SAFEMETAL

Increasing EU citizen Security by utilizing innovAtive intelligent signal processing systems For Euro-coin validation and metal quality testing

Coordinatore	ARDORAN OU    more  Organization address address: "HELTERMAA, PUHALEPA VALD" city: HIIUMAA postcode: 92312 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Douglas Cognome: Reid Email: send email Telefono: +372 56 615936 Fax: +372 46 94 147
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Estonia [EE]
Totale costo	1˙788˙853 €
EC contributo	1˙252˙482 €
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)	2010-12-01   -   2012-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ARDORAN OU  Organization address address: "HELTERMAA, PUHALEPA VALD" city: HIIUMAA postcode: 92312 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Douglas Cognome: Reid Email: send email Telefono: +372 56 615936 Fax: +372 46 94 147	EE (HIIUMAA)	coordinator	502˙295.84
2	DUNVEGAN SYSTEMS Ltd  Organization address address: Chetwood Avenue 15 city: Liverpool postcode: L23 2UU contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Matthew Cognome: Teinbas Email: send email Telefono: 441519000000 Fax: 441512000000	UK (Liverpool)	participant	365˙614.70
3	ALGOSYSTEMS AE  Organization address address: LEOFOROS SYGGROU 206 city: KALLITHEA postcode: 17672 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Nikolaos Cognome: Zervos Email: send email Telefono: 302118000000 Fax: 302110000000	EL (KALLITHEA)	participant	255˙241.39
4	EDIS (VYSKUMNE A VYVOJOVE DRUZSTVOPRE ELEKTRONICKE DIGITALNE SYSTEMY)  Organization address address: Rampova 7 city: Kosice postcode: 4013 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Josef Cognome: Blazek Email: send email Telefono: +421 55 6321566 Fax: +421 55 6321566	SK (Kosice)	participant	90˙035.83
5	TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INSTITUTE.  Organization address address: Technical University of Crete Campus - Kounoupidiana city: CHANIA postcode: 73100 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Ioannis Cognome: Papaefstathiou Email: send email Telefono: 302821000000 Fax: 302821000000	EL (CHANIA)	participant	18˙786.57
6	UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS  Organization address address: KALLIPOLEOS STREET 75 city: NICOSIA postcode: 1678 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Theocharis Cognome: Theocharides Email: send email Telefono: +357 22892251 Fax: +357 893455	CY (NICOSIA)	participant	10˙000.00
7	TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL  Organization address address: Ehitajate tee 5 city: TALLINN postcode: 19086 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alvar Cognome: Kurrel Email: send email Telefono: +372 6202159 Fax: +372 620 2020	EE (TALLINN)	participant	5˙765.28
8	Electronics Design Ltd  Organization address address: Tuulemae 5 city: Tallinn postcode: 11411 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alexander Cognome: Girfanov Email: send email Telefono: +372 6053060 Fax: +372 6053061	EE (Tallinn)	participant	4˙742.04
9	AS Metrosert  Organization address address: Aru Str 10 city: Tallinn postcode: 10317 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Toomas Cognome: Kübarsepp Email: send email Telefono: 3726814806 Fax: 3726814818	EE (Tallinn)	participant	0.00
10	RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE  Organization address address: KALKU IELA 1 city: RIGA postcode: 1658 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andrejs Cognome: Koliskins Email: send email Telefono: 37126583413 Fax: 37167089694	LV (RIGA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Euro coinage has been steadily subject to increasing outlawed counterfeiting activities. The most recent figures bring to 14 the number of illegal mints discovered to date, accompanied with a significant cumulative total of counterfeit coins detected or confiscated. Over 80 classes of counterfeit coins and corresponding tooling and working methods are identified, which by European Technical and Scientific Centre directives lead undoubtedly to the conclusion that the vast majority of counterfeit manufacturing facilities remain in operation. At the same time conductivity measurements are widely used for characterisation of heat treatment of aluminium alloys and other non-destructive testing, especially for safety-critical applications in aerospace industry, nuclear reactors etc. Prior art in the field has led to technologies made to reduce at manufacturing time the spread of electrical parameters and at validation time the measurement of electrical conductivity of the metal respectively. Due to the large number of coins produced by European mints, material for coin blanks is sourced from different suppliers. Recent European standards to increase the security of the coinage by reducing the spread of parameter values result in significant challenges for manufacturers of coin validators used in vending machines and bank coin sorting machines. The SMEs participating have identified these challenges and consider they represent major product opportunities. The developed metal validation technology will be required to distinguish between increasingly sophisticated counterfeit and the tightly specified genuine coins and to characterise the metal quality. This will be accomplished by developing advanced signal processing and data fusion techniques, and by also developing planar electro-magnetic sensors and pulse eddy-current measurement techniques with increased field sensitivity. The market being addressed includes coin validators and aerospace and nuclear industries.'