LOCOLITE
An industry system enabling the use of a patented materials processing technology for Low Cost forming of Lightweight structures for transportation industries
| Coordinatore | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 5˙970˙798 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙988˙160 € |
| Programma | FP7-NMP
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-TP |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-12-01 - 2016-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
UK (LONDON) | coordinator | 747˙730.40 |
| 2 |
IMPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Organization address
address: EXHIBITION ROAD PRINCES GATE 52 contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 465˙600.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Organization address
address: Richmond Street 16 contact info |
UK (GLASGOW) | participant | 391˙840.00 |
| 4 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Organization address
address: Edgbaston contact info |
UK (BIRMINGHAM) | participant | 372˙091.10 |
| 5 |
DIAD GROUP SRL
Organization address
address: VIA NICOLA FABRIZI 136 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 290˙080.00 |
| 6 |
ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA
Organization address
address: CARRETERA DE PAMPLONA 1 contact info |
ES (CORDOVILLA) | participant | 286˙400.00 |
| 7 |
PAB COVENTRY Ltd
Organization address
address: CHARTER AVENUE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE contact info |
UK (COVENTRY) | participant | 255˙200.00 |
| 8 |
CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA
Organization address
address: Strada Torino 50 contact info |
IT (ORBASSANO) | participant | 203˙199.50 |
| 9 |
"AUTOMATION, PRESS AND TOOLING, A.P.& T. AB*AP&T"
Organization address
address: INDUSTRIGATAN 5 contact info |
SE (TRANEMO) | participant | 201˙270.00 |
| 10 |
TBZ - PARIV TECHNOLOGIEBERATUNGSZENTRUM PARALLELE INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNG GMBH
Organization address
address: BERNSDORFER STRASSE 210-212 contact info |
DE (CHEMNITZ) | participant | 191˙709.00 |
| 11 |
HELLENIC AEROSPACE INDUSTRY SA
Organization address
address: Mesogeion street 2-4 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 144˙000.00 |
| 12 |
ESI GROUP
Organization address
address: 100-102 AVENUE DE SUFFREN contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 140˙800.00 |
| 13 |
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAND RESEARCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Organization address
address: FEIDIPPIDOU 22 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 127˙400.00 |
| 14 |
SC PLASMATERM SA
Organization address
address: STRADA BUDIULUI 66A contact info |
RO (TARGU MURES) | participant | 107˙200.00 |
| 15 |
ROGER WILLIAM HALL
Organization address
address: BOULEVARD MARBEAU 30 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 63˙640.00 |
| 16 |
LOTUS CARS LIMITED
Organization address
address: POTASH LANE - HETHEL contact info |
UK (NORFOLK) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Environmental wellbeing backed by increasingly severe legislation dictates that pollution and energy consumption by automobiles must be reduced significantly. The outcomes of this project will enable both these imperatives to be achieved simultaneously. The project aim is to establish production lines in Europe that manufacture components for lightweight complex-shaped automobile body structures that are significantly lighter and of comparable strength and stiffness to those currently available. This will be achieved by exploiting a new patented thermo-mechanical processing technology (HFQ) for sheet aluminium alloy that enables, for the first time, parts in heat treatable alloys to be produced to net-shape with maximum attainable mechanical properties. The life-cycle energy consumption of automobiles will be reduced; in the production stage, by the low energy requirements of HFQ, which is enhanced by the potential use of low cost recycled raw material and in the driving stage, by the reduced fuel consumption associated with lightweight vehicles. Reduced pollution is a natural corollary of low energy consumption. Exploitation of this groundbreaking technology will be achieved through refinement of its laboratory scale development by university, research institution and manufacturing SME collaboration, leading to production lines being established in Tier 1 companies. Two such lines are anticipated as an outcome of the project. In 8 year period, over 30 production lines will be established in Europe and over 1000 jobs could be created. It is expected that new Al-alloy body and chassis structures will be produced in a mass-production scale, with weight saving of over 40% for the Classes C&D and above segment vehicles (which are currently made of steel). Thus, 60% of cars could be made with Al-body and chassis structures, and the resultant fuel saving in car usage would be up to 23% on average.'