National Projects

The FAMPAI project develops and manufactures, with advanced processes, powdered materials of a metallic, intermetallic and ceramic nature, with a crystalline, amorphous structure, for industrial applications. The project focuses on shaping pieces by means of powder metallurgy and on the treatment and functionalisation of surfaces by means of coverings deposited by projection. The FAMPAI project should enable these powdered materials to be manufactured and applied, in the hope that Catalonia will become an international benchmark in the production of powder with high added value. Eurecat has participated in the project through its technological New Manufacturing Processes [...]

PLASTFUN develops techniques and methods necessary for establishing a pilot manufacturing line of plastic injection pieces with surfaces with advanced functions, on an industrial scale. The manufacturing pilot will enable companies in the territory to develop new products using these technologies and to acquire the necessary knowledge for their profitable production. The technologies developed will be validated into industrial demonstrations that will reflect, on the one hand, the advances in nanotexturing with film with the aim of creating integrated light effects with printed circuits that contain LEDs and, on the other hand, the advances in nanotexturing [...]

Reformulation of the genotyping technique using xMAP technology, which is capable of analysing multiple Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) variants to be used in generating dietary plans tailored to the needs of each individual, and customised face creams based on their genes. The genotype for dietary plans and face creams will be accompanied first by an analysis of urine metabolomics, using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) technology, in order to monitor the customised dietary plan, and a facial microbiota analysis using the mass sequencing technique, to evaluate the efficacy of the cosmetic product. The YB-METAGENCODE project aims to [...]

New platform for the sharing of medical information based on Blockchain and IPFS (the InterPlanetary File System), with patients being given control of their data, allowing or refusing access on the part of doctors, hospitals and research centres. The platform My_Health_Data_Control will allow patients to know at all times who is accessing their data, when, where from and why, and will also include a tokenisation system for healthcare assets and services, along with the sharing of clinical data. The project outcomes will serve to reduce the administrative complexity that exists today in the sector, will help [...]

Automated online 3D content generation system based on videogrammetry, the generation of three-dimensional models of objects and environments through video recording, to optimise and improve research, supervision and security systems. SV3D project will provide technological advances in the automation of content production and continuous dynamic 3D video generation, providing delayed content broadcasts so as to achieve real-time broadcasting. The tools to be developed include an online 3D content display platform with editing and surveillance tools specifically focused on the security sector, a documentation, display and 3D content generation system, and a series of software components to [...]

Comprehensive security chain management system to improve physical security, access control and cybersecurity in networks and infrastructure facilities involved in utilities resource management. During SECUTIL project cryptographic solutions will be implemented to guarantee the security and privacy of personal data throughout the service and technology cycle, reducing the window of risk to critical infrastructure information systems. Simulation tools will also be designed and implemented to assist in decision-making by the critical infrastructure security management team, as well as research into new infrastructure and systems security models. One of the most notable aspects of the project is [...]

Modular management and decision-making support platform integrating devices, people and processes within one single environment to provide integrated comprehensive management of traceability, quality and industrial maintenance. The SCOuT platform will use artificial intelligence (AI), automatic learning and process mining, among other technologies, to develop predictive and prescriptive tools to be included within a system to support production and comprehensive management, traceability and maintenance of operations. These integrated technologies will identify scenarios in real time and predict their future systemic statuses, providing recommendations to adjust processes and preventive alarms, through monitoring, oversight, supervision and protection of the [...]

Advance in the state of the art on the optical and electrical elements applicable to light signals in road infrastructure to achieve a greater energy efficiency and lower cost, both in production and operation processes. The PRINTLED project (Printed Electronics for Signal Applications) has developed industrial processes for the design, manufacturing and control of signaling systems to use functional printing technology as a lighting system and, in particular, to develop a technology to integrate of all the components of the signaling system in the same industrial process. General details Project PRINTLED   -  Printed [...]

The IMAQUA project develops monitoring and supervision tools allowing for integrated water management, from capture to the point of consumption, ensuring quality and minimising losses during distribution. The tools developed will be integrated within an ICT platform comprising a system capable of increasing operability and managing water infrastructure knowledge, tools to monitor and supervise pollutants offline and online (samplers, systems, cyber-physical systems), network supervision tools and support for decision-making so as to improve the efficiency of current management and planning strategies and display simulation tools to provide water managers with access to comprehensive information about all [...]

The aim of INNOESTAMP is to develop and demonstrate a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)-based surface treatment solution able to enhance the performance of tooling for press hardening of steel sheet. The project deals with the development of thick, nanostructured nitride-based PVD coatings and temperature resistant DLC coatings, with enhanced tribological properties through nanostructuring. Factors such as doping or the architecture of the coating and its influence on the final performance will be studied, in order to obtain an optimized solution. These solutions will be demonstrated in a press hardening pilot line, set up and validated during [...]

The IoECrops project improves the productivity, efficiency and resilience of large-scale crop production by supporting agricultural management through the use of technologies based on the Internet of Things (IoT). Over the course of the project, sensors were installed and tractors, seed drills and bale harvesters were connected to the Internet along with the irrigation and fertilization systems used in different fields, in order to improve the productivity of large-scale crop production. The sensors used gateways located on the machines or in the fields themselves (all of which were located in Catalonia) to connect to a cloud-based [...]

The KETRENOVIN project has obtained ingredients and products from new sources in order to respond to the challenges facing the health and nutrition industries, with demonstrable effectiveness on the health and wellbeing of animals and consumers alike. Over the course of the project, the healthiest supplements have been identified and developed with a view to improving the wellbeing of consumers or reducing the risk of developing a pathology. Additionally, innovative supplements and feeds have been developed to increase the value of the meat and its nutritional qualities, while also improving the health and wellbeing of animals [...]

The MICROBIOTA project has experimentally developed and researched various types of probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics that act on the intestinal microbiota, with the aim of improving the health of consumers and livestock (poultry and swine) and preventing risk factors for specific pathologies without losing organoleptic qualities and while maintaining the stability of the end product. The probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics obtained have been validated as ingredients that have a beneficial impact on the health of women at various stages in their lives, as well as on the health of newborns and people with chronic renal insufficiency, [...]

INNOFORMIN implements an innovative sheet forming center, which will integrate incremental and stretched deformation systems, with the aim of creating a hybrid technology that combines the technologies of Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) and Stretch Forming (SF). The combination of Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) technology, which allows the processing of metal sheets by cold deformation, with the aim of manufacturing pieces with a low initial investment, and Stretch Forming (SF), a process applied to the production of prototypes of single pieces or short series that uses the same tooling as the ISF processes, allows to increase the [...]

The PERFILS project is a response to the growing demand for ingredients, foodstuffs and food supplements for sufferers of a variety of physiological conditions, such as allergies, intolerances and pathologies, which demand certain nutritional requirements and for which there is a very limited range of suitable and safe food products. The project involved the development of ingredients and products that respond to the particular dietary needs of different groups: people at risk of metabolic pathologies such as obesity, hypertension and metabolic syndrome; people with an intolerance of histamine or lactose; and people with chronic renal insufficiency. [...]