Portfolio

Operational Platform to manage a fleet of semi-autonomous drones exploiting GNSS high Accuracy and Authentication to improve security and safety in port areas. The PASSport project designs and develops a new solution extending the situational awareness based on aerial fixed/rotary wing and underwater drones with the objective to improve safety in docklands. The innovation promoted by the project aims to complement the current platforms by expanding the surveillance perimeter through a fleet of drones that provide operational support to the recognition, management and analysis of aspects related to security and other daily operations, paying special attention [...]

New digital cloud-based genotype to phenotype platform relying on Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence and using large-scale publicly available and experimental omics datasets. The GLOMICAVE project, coordinated by Eurecat, addresses the need to build systems that allow the use of primary data analytical processes and support large-scale omic experiments, thus maximising the utility of omic data at a massive level and increasing the understanding of biological systems as a whole. The new open platform developed by the project has the objective to assist experts and non-experts in identifying and understanding new links between genotype and [...]

New waste effluent treatment system to convert and recover useful and sustainable resources such as biogas, bio-fertilizers and regenerated water. The LIFE INFUSION project demonstrates and validates a new wastewater treatment purification system, based on the circular economy concept, which allows to recover sustainable resources such as biogas, regenerated water, nutrients or bio-fertilizers. LIFE INFUSION project has the main objective of improving the current treatment of wastewater from municipal waste treatment, through a series of technological processes that do not destroy the nutrients contained in these waters. With this innovative solution, which combines various biological treatment [...]

Design, manufacturing and validation of the next generation of battery packs for the automotive mass-market. The MARBEL project develops an innovative and competitive lightweight battery with increased energy density and shorter recharging times with the objective to accelerate the mass market take-up of electric vehicles. The project innovation is based on the following main pillars: Advanced battery packaging using a Design for Assembly (DfA) and Disassembly (DfD) methodology. Lightweight and sustainable Battery Packaging. Solutions and processes for the sustainable dismantling and 2nd life Flexible advanced battery management systems. Ultra-Fast Charging strategies and enhanced thermal management Procedures for [...]

Raising awareness of legislation on water saving and reusing to promote the circular economy in the tourism sector. The WAT’SAVEREUSE project overall objective is to explain the benefits of water legislation and national initiatives to promote the circular economy in water consumption, particularly in the tourism industry, targeting both water savings and water reuse, with a special focus on the Mediterranean environment. In the framework of the project, which counts with the participation of Eurecat’s Sustainability Area, different awareness raising campaigns addressing four identified target groups will be carried out. The action to achieve the main [...]

Development of a complex material model for press hardening of steel, covering mechanical, thermal and metallurgical factors to generate an accurate prediction of the final behaviour of the material. The MiPre project has the objective to improve the accuracy of metallurgical and mechanical modelling to predict material properties in press hardening. Together with improvements in sensoring and process control, these advances will allow a further level of microstructural tailoring, leading to components with locally optimized properties. The use of new press hardening technologies in combination with high strength metallurgical concepts is known to be a competitive [...]

Development of an innovative membrane technology and reactor process with high quality of water recycling. The Sub-FO (submerged forward osmosis) project presents a specific configuration which combines the benefits of forward osmosis (FO), such as the high separation performances and low energy requirements, with submerged membrane processes, as the treatment of highly polluted and concentrated streams. The project is of key interest in the context of water in the circular economy by assuring reuse of water of the highest quality and nutrients concentration for facilitated downstream process. On the other hand, reuse and upgrading of existing [...]

Development of a new technology which enables to reinforce parts with continuous fibres, multiplying in this way the mechanical properties while reducing the weight. The CFIP (Continuous Fiber Injection Process) technology is a new post-processing, developed and patented by Eurecat, based on injecting the continuous fibers simultaneously with liquid resin inside tubular cavities in the part. Once cured the part, the solidified resin works as a mechanical interface between the fibers and the rest of the part. CFIP technology aims to enable the use of 3D printing in new applications where high mechanical and lightweghting performance [...]

Development of large-scale innovation applications for multiple water users and sectors at various relevant scenarios. The B-WaterSmart project has the objective to accelerate the transformation to water-smart economies and societies in coastal Europe and beyond. The project applies a large-scale systemic innovation approach to select, connect and demonstrate a tailored suite of technology, management and smart data solutions for multiple water users and sectors, and create new business models based on circular economy and water-smartness. In addition, B-WaterSmart project will develop methodologies, tools and processes to allow the safe use of water alternative sources, particularly reused [...]

Innovative software infrastructure that allows the evaluation of the image quality for deep learning segmentation and classification algorithms. The Framework project has the objective to design and develop a new software infrastructure which allows the evaluation of images quality for deep learning segmentation and classification algorithms, allowing the quality measurement of the images according to the prediction accuracy of different deep learning algorithms. The innovations promoted by the project aims at the evaluation of the image quality from the satellites after being compressed and restored, to analyse to what extent the images can be modified so [...]

Production of metal glass powder through the development of a new centrifugal atomization technology. The GLASCENT project aims to develop a new technology for producing glass metallic powders. Metallic glasses are metals with an amorphous microstructure that are obtained by rapid cooling techniques. These advanced materials have a huge interest in many fields of engineering due to their combination of properties and characteristics such as a high hardness, a high yield strength and a high fracture toughness or corrosion resistance. The Unit of Metallic and Ceramic Materials of Eurecat participates in the GLASCENT project in the [...]

Systemic and holistic approach towards the creation of a European Union market for locally-produced circular textiles and clothing made from bio-based waste. The HEREWEAR project has the objective to promote new materials solutions on the latest bio-based polyesters and cellulose developments. The Functional Textiles Unit of Eurecat participates in the project developing, at semi-industrial scale, emerging sustainable technologies for wet and melt spinning and their transformation into yarn and fabrics. On the other hand, the Unit of Waste, Energy and Environmental Impact (WEEI) of Eurecat participates in tasks related to the eco-friendly enzymatic treatment for finishing [...]

Study and analysis of the problem of the use of the workspace by robot arms or mobile robots and their collaboration with workers. The Robots on Factory project includes the design of robots with the aim of making them more suitable for spaces of small and medium-sized industries, as well as the implementation and learning of forms of movement and navigation that are safe for humans. The Robotics and Automation Unit of Eurecat participates in the project by developing an external tissue (skin) that detects the proximity of the operator and allows direct human-robot interaction. In [...]

The “Advanced analytics in pig farms” project applies Artificial Intelligence to livestock farms in the pig sector with the objective of increasing their production and competitiveness. Advanced data analytics has a great importance for the agri-food sector as it is a field with an important potential for generating data. The massive use of sensors to obtain data from agricultural and livestock farms requires large processing capacities and new strategies in data analytics that allow improvements in decision-making. In this sense, the project, promoted by Smart Management Systems Unit of Eurecat, aims to demonstrate to the sector [...]

European federation of Data Driven Innovation Hubs to create a common data space of reference in Europe. The EUHubs4Data project aims to consolidate a the European reference for data driven innovation and experimentation, fostering collaboration between data driven initiatives in Europe, federating solutions in a global common catalogue of data services, and sharing data in a cross-border and cross-sector basis. The new federation promoted by the project is formed by 21 partners and 12 DIHs, all of them referents in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, that offer companies a unique access to their [...]