Projects

A flexible, reliable and efficient solution in costs in order to produce functional micro functional parts with complex shapes. It reduces the energy use, enables savings in toll-related expenses and minimize the degradation risks of plastic. SONO"R"US project develops and optimizes the first ultrasonic moulding machine ready for being sold on the market. The innovative concept of SONO "R" US offers major advantages for the moulding process, reducing the energy use by up to 90% in comparison with the conventional injection technologies. Because electric heaters are not used, the process is highly efficient, minimising the deterioration [...]

The PREVIEW project (PREdictive System to Recommend Injection Mould setup) aims to provide the mould injection industry with process control mechanisms that will reduce the time to set up a mould configuration, afford in energy consumption and waste material, and increase productivity due to the process flexibility. PREVIEW develops a universal acquisition system for moulding parameters; a robust network of communications to monitor in real time the processparameters, designed to work in today’s existing industrial environments; and an advanced prediction system centralised in the cloud developed by Eurecat, which provides machine configuration recommendations based on the statistical [...]

  Advanced manufacturing technologies, personalised design, the engineering of knowledge, sustainable production technologies and anthropometry and ergonomics to demonstrate that the personalised production of eyewear can be a profitable business of close optician-user contact, in addition to being sustainable and fashionable. The Optician2020 innovations are based on medical prescription, anatomical data of customers and aesthetic preferences. Therefore, manufacturers and sellers will be able to offer unique products adapted to the specific needs and preferences of individual users with a real added value. The ophthalmic industry paradigm for 2020 will tend to the manufacture of completely customised [...]

Activities between Europe and Latin American countries to strengthen research, training potential and industrial competitiveness as facilitators of the implementation of nano materials and advanced materials technologies in the health, water and energy areas in Latin America. NMP-DeLA project develops activities to build new skills that facilitate local knowledge; to foster synergies and cooperative programmes with local and regional lawmakers; and to create the EUROPEAN UNION-LATIN AMERICAN Nanocluster. During the project, 4 workshops and 2 summer school programmes were held  (in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Chile); the programme has taken part in the most important European sector [...]

The ICARUS project develops an unmanned search and rescue technologies for detecting, locating and rescuing humans. The objective of the team of robots is primarily gathering data. In major crisis, a primary task of fire and rescue services is the search for survivors at the site of the incident. This is a complex and dangerous task, which frequently, causes deaths among the managers of the humanitarian crisis. The introduction of unmanned rescue and search devices can speed up rescue and become a valuable tool to save human lives. The Autonomous Systems group at Eurecat was the [...]

DEPHOTEX project aims to obtain organic photovoltaic (OPV) fabrics. They conserve the properties inherent to the textile, which enable the production of new low-cost textile products. The future challenge will entail getting the fabric itself to capture solar energy. This would mean producing fabrics that can generate clean, renewable, portable and autonomous energy, thanks to their exposure to the sun Control panels for the interiors of cars, pillows, curtains and jackets are a few of the items on display at the end of the project at several European events. Photovoltaic fabrics present great potential in extensive [...]

Assistance technologies related to the Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) to improve physical and social autonomy, as well as the quality of life of people suffering disabilities. BackHome project develops a solution that allows to cover the needs of these people and offer inclusion services and teleassistance to those who need it. BackHome has achieved 5 key innovations, advancing the current state of the art: (i) a modular and distributed architecture; (ii) a new BCI system with practical electrodes that aim to set a new standard of lightness, autonomy, comfort and reliability; (iii) user-friendly software tailored to [...]