RINGMAN

"Offshore Wind Turbine Towers – A Quicker, Cheaper Flange Supply Route"

Coordinatore	SANBORN AS    more  Organization address address: ZBRASLAVSKA 27 MALA CHUCHLE city: PRAHA postcode: 15900 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Zak Cognome: Anthony Email: send email Telefono: +420566 503770 Fax: +420566 503793
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Czech Republic [CZ]
Totale costo	1˙500˙041 €
EC contributo	1˙132˙700 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2011
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-12-01   -   2013-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	SANBORN AS  Organization address address: ZBRASLAVSKA 27 MALA CHUCHLE city: PRAHA postcode: 15900 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Zak Cognome: Anthony Email: send email Telefono: +420566 503770 Fax: +420566 503793	CZ (PRAHA)	coordinator	337˙417.00
2	AQUASIUM TECHNOLOGY LTD  Organization address address: PEMBROKE AVENUE 43 DENNY INDUSTRIAL city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB25 9QX contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Evans Email: send email Telefono: +441223 815340	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	353˙965.00
3	"INETEC-INSTITUT ZA NUKLEARNU TEHNOLOGIJU DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA ISTRAZIVACKO RAZVOJNE I KONSULTING USLUGE, PROIZVODNJU I TRGOVINU"  Organization address address: DOLENICA 28 LUCKO city: ZAGREB postcode: 10 250 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Marko Cognome: Budimir Email: send email Telefono: +385 1 6594 555 Fax: +385 1 6530 849	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	252˙837.00
4	VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S  Organization address address: HEDEAGER 44 city: AARHUS postcode: 8200 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Sigfred Cognome: Mortensen Email: send email Telefono: +45 9730 3786	DK (AARHUS)	participant	64˙617.00
5	FORJAS IRAETA HEAVY INDUSTRY SL  Organization address address: MEAGAKO ERREPIDEA 10 city: ZESTOA postcode: 20740 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Manu Cognome: Lasa Email: send email Telefono: +34 943147645 Fax: +34 943897029	ES (ZESTOA)	participant	54˙657.00
6	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lucy Cognome: Parker Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 899532	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	34˙680.00
7	LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: University Campus, Porsoen city: LULEA postcode: SE97187 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Milan Cognome: Veljkovic Email: send email Telefono: +46920 491982 Fax: +4670 5515499	SE (LULEA)	participant	34˙527.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'There is a tendency to higher power offshore wind turbines, leading to larger turbine towers (5m diameter and greater) and a requirement for large diameter connection flanges between the tower sections and between the tower and foundation transition pieces. Currently, forged rings are specified, with inherently high cost and few suppliers worldwide. This leads to long lead times and higher costs for these strategic parts.

RingMan will develop an alternative manufacturing route (using lower-cost cold rolled plate) which will enable the fabrication of large diameter wind tower flanges to be undertaken by our SME consortium members.

The project will enable the partners to commission:

• Development of high quality, low distortion, thick section electron beam welding fabrication and machining to produce flanges from readily available cold rolled steel plate material. • Understanding of the flange property requirements and how these can be met by a fabricated flange leading to design tools to enable wind turbine tower designers to specify these products. • Procedures for inspection that will aim to ensure that the parts manufactured meet or exceed the required performance properties.'