Objective The manufacturing of plastic products has dramatically decreased during the last years. Therefore, several SMEs are opening their market to a wide range of not exploited sectors and developing advanced/innovative products through the use of cutting edge technologies. The hand pallet truck (HPT) production has been identified as one possible application where techno-plastics could play a crucial role in, totally modifying the performances as well as the business of the sector. The main aim of the ECOPAT project is to design and develop the new generation of all plastic, lightweight, chemically passive and cost-effective Hand Pallet Trucks able to sustain high payloads both statically and dynamically, thus guaranteeing the HPT an efficient use in material handling applications. This purpose will be accomplished by developing new self-reinforced plastics together with the energy-efficient manufacturing processes needed to produce components from this family of materials. Key to the development of flowing versions of self-reinforced plastics is the development of cost-effective techniques, such as microwave, infrared and induction-heating techniques. High performance, commodity polymers will be used to develop self-reinforced plastics with significantly enhanced properties over existing plastic and, for the first time, the ability to be compression and injection moulded. The project will end with the construction of one full scale hand pallet truck prototype which will allow the final evaluation of the structural performances of the identified self-reinforced plastic and the benefits on health and safety in handling environments. Typically, it is expected that the new generation HPTs weight will be 75% lighter than traditional steel pallet trucks, thus considerably improving their overall handling performances still yielding the necessary strength and stiffness for the safety lifting of loads between 500 kg up to 1000 kg. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator OFFICINE MECCANO-PLASTICHE SPA EU contribution € 439 233,50 Address VIA VAGLIETTA 3 24040 LALLIO (BG) Italy See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Monica Salvi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MACIEJ I TADEUSZ POPIELAWSCY PIMETSJ Participation ended Poland EU contribution No data Address KROTKA STR 5 05 820 PIASTOW See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maciej Popielawski (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO DE CONTRATACION DE TRANSPORTES DE MURCIA, SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA Participation ended Spain EU contribution No data Address Ctra Madrid Cartagena km 428.10 30319 Miranda See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Miguel Solana Pedreño (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Imprima Construction Cz a.s. Czechia EU contribution € 145 284,50 Address PLZENSKA 421/48 15000 PRAHA 5 - SMICHOV See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Diego Torri (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LIFTER S.R.L. Italy EU contribution € 79 690,50 Address LOCALITA' IL PIANO 53031 CASOLE D’ELSA (SI) See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rosella Bianchi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA Poland EU contribution € 5 200,00 Address PL MARII SKLODOWSKIEJ CURIE 5 60-965 POZNAN See on map Region Makroregion północno-zachodni Wielkopolskie Miasto Poznań Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Barbara Dopierala (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RINA CONSULTING SPA Italy EU contribution € 17 835,00 Address VIA CECCHI 6 16129 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laura Bertolucci (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CIM-MES PROJEKT SP ZOO Poland EU contribution No data Address UL. 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JEROZOLIMSKIE 125/127 LOK 503 02017 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Janusz Krasucki (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS POLAND SP ZOO Poland EU contribution € 199 486,00 Address WIELOWIES 28 88-140 Gniewkowo See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Krzysztof Goralewski (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CHABELI TRANS SL Spain EU contribution € 181 289,50 Address CALLE SAN PABLO 10 30740 SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Manuel Perez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
