VORTEXSCAN

Vortex Robot for Rapid Low Cost Scanning and Improved Non-Destructive Testing of Large Concrete Structures

Coordinatore	INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE    more  Organization address address: IOANNOY METAXA 59 KARELAS 59 city: KOROPI ATTIKIS postcode: 19400 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Panos Cognome: Chatzakos Email: send email Telefono: +30 6977467158 Fax: +30 2106526419
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	1˙274˙172 €
EC contributo	988˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2013
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-07-01   -   2016-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE  Organization address address: IOANNOY METAXA 59 KARELAS 59 city: KOROPI ATTIKIS postcode: 19400 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Panos Cognome: Chatzakos Email: send email Telefono: +30 6977467158 Fax: +30 2106526419	EL (KOROPI ATTIKIS)	coordinator	265˙479.25
2	ENKON ENDUSTRIYEL KONTROL KAYNAK SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI	TR	participant	203˙682.88
3	DTK ELECTRONICS OOD  Organization address address: TZARIGRADSKO SHOSSE BLVD 133 ET 2 of 205 city: SOFIA postcode: BG-1784 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Daniel Cognome: Todorov Email: send email Telefono: 35929718511 Fax: 35929718512	BG (SOFIA)	participant	201˙958.88
4	DOTSOFT OLOKLIROMENES EFARMOGES DIADIKTIOY KAI VASEON DEDOMENOM AE  Organization address address: KOUNTOURIOTI 3 city: THESSALONIKI postcode: 54625 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Maria Cognome: Adamoudi Email: send email Telefono: +30 2310 500181	EL (THESSALONIKI)	participant	198˙951.00
5	BRUNEL UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Kingston Lane city: UXBRIDGE postcode: UB83PH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Teresa Cognome: Waller Email: send email Telefono: +44 1895266206	UK (UXBRIDGE)	participant	41˙932.99
6	INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE LIMITED - INNOTECUK  Organization address address: HILDERSHAM ROAD NORTH WING THE OLD LIVERY city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6DR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Munawar A. Cognome: Dossul Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223893209	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	39˙356.00
7	UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA  Organization address address: "LEOFOROS STAVROS S NIARCHOS, PANEPISTIMIOUPOLI IOANNINON" city: IOANNINA postcode: 45110 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Isaac Cognome: Lagaris Email: send email Telefono: 302651000000 Fax: 302651000000	EL (IOANNINA)	participant	22˙095.01
8	"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: Ms. Nome: Martina Cognome: Fabijan Email: send email Telefono: +385 91 6594 575 Fax: +38 5 1 6530 849	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	14˙544.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Large public infrastructure facilities around the world like dams, cooling towers and bridges use cement as the main building material. Although made from a durable material many of these large assets have begun to age and are in need of periodic inspection to ensure their integrity. Current inspection routine involves setting up scaffolds that have to be moved around for personnel to reach to the whole of the surface. The VORTEXSCAN proposal seeks to develop a vortex robot that will autonomously navigate the vertical surfaces of such structures while deploying a combination of non destructive inspection techniques. Air suction through a nozzle of a specific geometry will create a vortex and initiate a force that attaches the robot to a vertical surface while its wheels move it around. Novel phased array Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) will be one of the two NDT equipment carried by the robot. Low frequency ultrasonics will also be deployed and an innovative fusion of data from the two techniques will be performed. The fusion will diminish the drawbacks of each technique and create an accurate representation of the underlying material and its defects. VORTEXSCAN will create a system that can rapidly and economically inspect large vertical concrete structures saving huge amounts currently spent during the manual periodic inspections. The system will target EUs electrical power industry structures such nuclear reactor containment, dams and cooling towers as a large number of these infrastructure types are beginning to age; some of them having been built nearly a century ago.'