Obiettivo Industrial ObjectivesThe principle technological objective of this project is to develop a new low cost, rapid, energy efficient microwave basedmoisture measurement and drying system.The prototype development of the microwave based moisture measurement and drying system and the associated controlsystem will improve the competitiveness of the SME plastic processing community consisting of more than 27,000 companiesof which an estimated 98% are SMEs, through the reduced energy requirement of the drying phase of polymerprocessing by 50%, increased productivity of 5% through savings in drying time and reduced waste by eliminatingfaults related to residual moisture as a consequence of inadequate drying. This will provide the plastic processingsector with the necessary momentum to increase our competitiveness against non-EU competition by contributingtowards our efforts to off-set the labour cost advantages of our Asian competitors.The economic objective of our work is to enable the partners and the estimated 10 licences to: Penetrate at least 5% of thecurrent European plastic processing market, generating sales of 19m and 2% of export markets generating sales of 8m.Furthermore our development will facilitate productivity improvements worth 100m and additional savings of 27.5mthrough cost savings from reduced process failures to the EU plastics processing industry.The work programme to deliver the technological objectives consist of work packages to enhance scientific understanding ofhow different polymer types affects the microwave absorption spectrum as a result of moisture content and how water is bound in polymers and of the mechanism behind the different stages of the water transport out of the granules of differentpolymer types under the influence of microwaves.A fast and accurate moisture sensing meter hardware based upon microwave signal loss with PC interface will be created,which will compensate for density variations and allow the operator to select existing p Campo scientifico natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencessocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopyabsorption spectroscopyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Programma(i) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Argomento(i) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts Coordinatore WITTMANN SCANDINAVIEN APS Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Kratbjerg 202 170 FREDENSBORG Danimarca Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto ESTIKO PLASTAR AS Estonia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Tehase 16 A TARTU 50107 Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato MUEGGE ELECTRONIC GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo HOCHSTRASSE 4-6 REICHELSHEIM Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato GISIP AB Svezia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Industrigatan 5 SKÖVDE Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato ITS-PLASTICS LTD Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 31 Sandles Road DROITWICH Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato PERA INNOVATION LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo PERA Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Hansastrasse 27 C MÜNCHEN Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato SØNDERBORG PLAST A/S Danimarca Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Peter Kaads vej 2 SOENDERBORG Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato