ECOPAT

Development of a cost-effective and lightweight hand pallet truck for application in material handling

Coordinatore	OFFICINE MECCANO-PLASTICHE SPA    more  Organization address address: VIA VAGLIETTA 3 city: LALLIO (BG) postcode: 24040 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Monica Cognome: Salvi Email: send email Telefono: +39 035 4500139 Fax: +39 035 4500168
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Sito del progetto	http://www.project-ecopat.eu/
Totale costo	1˙485˙895 €
EC contributo	1˙068˙019 €
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)	2010-08-01   -   2012-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	OFFICINE MECCANO-PLASTICHE SPA  Organization address address: VIA VAGLIETTA 3 city: LALLIO (BG) postcode: 24040 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Monica Cognome: Salvi Email: send email Telefono: +39 035 4500139 Fax: +39 035 4500168	IT (LALLIO (BG))	coordinator	439˙233.50
2	INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS POLAND SP ZOO  Organization address address: WIELOWIES 28 city: Gniewkowo postcode: 88-140 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Krzysztof Cognome: Goralewski Email: send email Telefono: +48 52 5669262 Fax: +48 525671380	PL (Gniewkowo)	participant	199˙486.00
3	CHABELI TRANS SL  Organization address address: CALLE SAN PABLO 10 city: SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR postcode: 30740 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Manuel Cognome: Perez Email: send email Telefono: +34 663110243 Fax: +34 968184653	ES (SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR)	participant	181˙289.50
4	Imprima Construction Cz a.s.  Organization address address: PLZENSKA 421/48 city: PRAHA 5 - SMICHOV postcode: 15000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Diego Cognome: Torri Email: send email Telefono: +39 335 7488279 Fax: +39 035 668198	CZ (PRAHA 5 - SMICHOV)	participant	145˙284.50
5	LIFTER S.R.L.	IT	participant	79˙690.50
6	D'APPOLONIA SPA  Organization address address: Via San Nazaro 19 city: GENOVA postcode: 16145 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Laura Cognome: Bertolucci Email: send email Telefono: +39 010 3628148 Fax: +39 010 3621078	IT (GENOVA)	participant	17˙835.00
7	POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA  Organization address address: PL MARII SKLODOWSKIEJ CURIE 5 city: POZNAN postcode: 60965 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Barbara Cognome: Dopierala Email: send email Telefono: +48 61 665 3612 Fax: +48 61 665 3788	PL (POZNAN)	participant	5˙200.00
8	"CENTRO DE CONTRATACION DE TRANSPORTES DE MURCIA, SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA"  Organization address address: Ctra Madrid Cartagena km 428.10 city: Miranda postcode: 30319 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Miguel Cognome: Solana Pedreño Email: send email Telefono: +34 968 160099 Fax: +34 968 160212	ES (Miranda)	participant	0.00
9	CIM-MES PROJEKT SP ZOO  Organization address address: UL. AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 125/127 LOK 503 city: WARSZAWA postcode: 2017 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Janusz Cognome: Krasucki Email: send email Telefono: +48 22 6312244 Fax: +48 22 6312245	PL (WARSZAWA)	participant	0.00
10	MACIEJ I TADEUSZ POPIELAWSCY PIMETSJ  Organization address address: KROTKA STR 5 city: PIASTOW postcode: 05 820 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Maciej Cognome: Popielawski Email: send email Telefono: +48 22 7234205 Fax: +48 22 7234206	PL (PIASTOW)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The manufacturing of plastic products has dramatically decreased during the last years. Therefore, several SMEs are opening their market to a wide range of not exploited sectors and developing advanced/innovative products through the use of cutting edge technologies. The hand pallet truck (HPT) production has been identified as one possible application where techno-plastics could play a crucial role in, totally modifying the performances as well as the business of the sector. The main aim of the ECOPAT project is to design and develop the new generation of all plastic, lightweight, chemically passive and cost-effective Hand Pallet Trucks able to sustain high payloads both statically and dynamically, thus guaranteeing the HPT an efficient use in material handling applications. This purpose will be accomplished by developing new self-reinforced plastics together with the energy-efficient manufacturing processes needed to produce components from this family of materials. Key to the development of flowing versions of self-reinforced plastics is the development of cost-effective techniques, such as microwave, infrared and induction-heating techniques. High performance, commodity polymers will be used to develop self-reinforced plastics with significantly enhanced properties over existing plastic and, for the first time, the ability to be compression and injection moulded. The project will end with the construction of one full scale hand pallet truck prototype which will allow the final evaluation of the structural performances of the identified self-reinforced plastic and the benefits on health and safety in handling environments. Typically, it is expected that the new generation HPTs weight will be 75% lighter than traditional steel pallet trucks, thus considerably improving their overall handling performances still yielding the necessary strength and stiffness for the safety lifting of loads between 500 kg up to 1000 kg.'