ULTRAGRIP

Development of a high grip designing tool

Coordinatore	INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL CALZADO Y CONEXAS    more  Organization address address: POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL CAMPO ALTO-CALLE ALEMANIA city: ELDA (ALICANTE) postcode: 3600 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Raul Cognome: Segura Email: send email Telefono: +34 965395213 Fax: +34 965381045
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Sito del progetto	http://www.ultragrip.eu
Totale costo	1˙206˙334 €
EC contributo	935˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2010-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-10-01   -   2012-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DEL CALZADO Y CONEXAS  Organization address address: POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL CAMPO ALTO-CALLE ALEMANIA city: ELDA (ALICANTE) postcode: 3600 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Raul Cognome: Segura Email: send email Telefono: +34 965395213 Fax: +34 965381045	ES (ELDA (ALICANTE))	coordinator	0.00
2	NEW MILLENIUM SPORTS SL  Organization address address: CALLE MIGUEL SERVER (PARQ. IND.) 10 city: ELCHE postcode: 3203 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Luis Cognome: Maestre Email: send email Telefono: +34 96 665 79 00 Fax: +34 96 665 79 30	ES (ELCHE)	participant	261˙270.00
3	MARMOR HOTAVLJE DRUZBA ZA OBDELAVOKAMNA DD HOTAVLJE  Organization address address: HOTAVLJE 40 city: GORANJA VAS postcode: 4224 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Zdenko Cognome: Mrdja Email: send email Telefono: +386 4 5070 067 Fax: +386 4 5181 640	SI (GORANJA VAS)	participant	137˙106.00
4	BASE PROTECTION SRL  Organization address address: via Bruxelles 7 city: Barletta postcode: 70051 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Mauro Cognome: Di Molfetta Email: send email Telefono: +39 0883 334813 Fax: +39 0883 334812	IT (Barletta)	participant	127˙250.00
5	VENDER PROIZVODNJA TRGOVINA INZENIRING IN ZASTOPSTVO DOO - VENDER D.O.O.  Organization address address: SLANDROV TRG 1 city: ZALEC postcode: 3310 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Dusan Cognome: Verdel Email: send email Telefono: +3863 713 22 10 Fax: +3863 713 22 20	SI (ZALEC)	participant	112˙088.40
6	CAUCHOS RUIZ-ALEJOS SA  Organization address address: AVDA DE QUEL 26 city: ARNEDO LOGRONO postcode: 26580 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Monica Cognome: Aldama Email: send email Telefono: +34 941380711 Fax: +34 941383126	ES (ARNEDO LOGRONO)	participant	105˙800.80
7	"EXAGRES, S.A."  Organization address address: AVENIDA REINA DE LOS APOSTOLES S/N city: BECHI postcode: 12549 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Sara Cognome: Rubert Email: send email Telefono: +34 964 623 250 Fax: +34 964 621 166	ES (BECHI)	participant	96˙749.00
8	VERNIS SA  Organization address address: AV MANUEL ESCOBEDO 18 city: ONDA CASTELLON postcode: 12200 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Francisca Cognome: García Email: send email Telefono: +34 964600600 Fax: +34 964601365	ES (ONDA CASTELLON)	participant	94˙735.80
9	ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LASINDUSTRIAS CERAMICAS AICE  Organization address address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO RIU SEC city: CASTELLON postcode: 12006 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Mª Del Mar Cognome: Rodriguez Email: send email Telefono: +34 964 34 24 24 Fax: +34 964 34 24 25	ES (CASTELLON)	participant	0.00
10	ZAVOD ZA GRADBENISTVO SLOVENIJE  Organization address address: DIMICEVA ULICA 12 city: LJUBLJANA postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Neža Cognome: šolinc Email: send email Telefono: +386 1 2804 545 Fax: +386 1 2804 484	SI (LJUBLJANA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Due to strong competition from Asian countries encountered recently, footwear and flooring Manufacturers hope to achieve a high quality product with new performance in order to stand-out from the vast range of products that are currently available on the market. Increasingly important factors with regard to both footwear (professional and for everyday use) and floorings are safety and comfort. Many injuries caused by slipping could be avoided if appropriate sole materials and tread were chosen. Instead, there continues to be many accidents in the work environment most of which, i.e. 44.2%, are caused by slipping, 41.4% by trips and 14.4% are sprains. Currently, sole manufacturers design their models to be anti-slip using basic design criteria, often relying on their intuition and previous experience. The problem resides in the lack of design tools that can be used in the conception of footwear, which would make prototyping much cheaper, quicker and more effective in creating an answer to the friction that the shoe would be subjected to when used. The availability of these tools would lead to a reduction in the design-production time of the footwear as well as a reduction in costs, as unnecessary costs could be avoided, such as those derived from amendments to sole moulds, materials used for the production of prototypes, slip resistance validation tests following prototyping. For this reason, the main objective of the project is to develop guidelines and specific software which could be used as a design tools for soles and floorings to optimise their performance in relation to slipping.'

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Footwear manufacturers have, in the past, often relied on intuition and previous experience to design soles for shoes. This approach has contributed to the large number of accidents caused by slipping, and also makes the design process more expensive and time consuming.

The EU-funded 'Development of a high grip designing tool' (http://www.ultragrip.eu/ (ULTRAGRIP)) project aimed to produce a range of software tools and guidelines for footwear and flooring manufacturers to design better soles and flooring. The project also developed several technological tools.

Researchers produced two documents that contain recommendations and requirements to improve slip resistance under different conditions. These were intended to improve on current government legislation regarding this topic.

The project also developed a 'wear and tear' simulator to allow manufacturers to investigate the durability of their anti-slip designs. Another technological tool created was high-speed image acquisition and the accompanying software. This allows manufacturers to study in great detail the interaction between sole, floor and various slippery substances.

Lastly, several design tools were advanced and tested. These include slip behaviour prediction software and a tool to correlate the slip testing methods used in the two industries.

The ULTRAGRIP project will improve the competitiveness of the two manufacturing sectors by streamlining and improving the design process. In the long-term, the work done here will help to make working environments a safer place.