A Quality and Technology Network
Investigação & Desenvolvimento aplicada à Indústria Naval:
Novos Desafios e Casos de Estudo
Margarida Pinto
instituto de soldadura
e qualidade
Inovação e Transferência Tecnológica na Indústria Naval
Gare Maritima da Rocha Conde D`Obidos - Lisbon
26th June 2014
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Presentation Content
1 – About ISQ
2 – New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
3 – Portuguese participation in the FP7
4 – Industrial Maritime projects –
Case studies
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About ISQ
ISQ – instituto de soldadura e qualidade
ISQ is a technical inspection and
testing organization, providing world
class technical services to assure
quality and safety of constructions
worldwide.
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About ISQ
ISQ Profile
• Founded in 1965;
• Privately owned, being a non profit
technical and scientific association;
• Headquarters/Delegations:
Taguspark, Porto, Sines, Castelo
Branco
• Two hundred company members;
• Around 1400 Group staff teamed with
customers and partners;
• Turnover: 87 M€ (2013);
• Operating in 20 countries worldwide
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About ISQ
IT
Subsidiaries
Other
Subsidiaries
ISQ Ventures
Capital
ARGOS
INGENIERIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE MATERIALES. S. A.
USA
Turkey
China
Macau
Mozambique
French Guiana
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About ISQ
ISQ Operating Axles
Inspections
Laboratories
R&D
Formação
Training
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About ISQ
Vertical Areas
 Technical Inspections;
 Sustainable Development (Safety, Environment and Energy);
 Maintenance and Structural Integrity;
 Civil Construction;
 Mechanical construction;
 Non Destructive Control;
Transversal Areas
 Laboratories;
 Training
 R&D
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About ISQ
Main Supporting Laboratories
LABMM
Laboratory of Metallurgy and
Materials
LABCAB
Laboratory of Electrical Cables Testing
LABEL
Laboratory of Electrical Equipments
Testing
LABQUI
Laboratory of Environment and
Chemistry
LABEND
Laboratory of Non Destructive Testing
LABRD
Laboratory of Acoustic & Noise
Testing
LABET
Laboratory of Thermo Dynamical
Testing
LABCEM
Laboratory of Electromagnetic
Compatibility Testing
LABMEC
Laboratory of Mechanical Behaviour
Other Laboratories (Non accredited):
LABMETRO
Laboratory of Metrology
Laboratory of Concrete Testing
Laboratory of Anticorrosion
Protective Coatings
AEROLAB
Welding & Robotics
Laboratory of Structural testing
Laser
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About ISQ
Research & Development – Mission
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH BASED
ON TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Technological seed
Companies
Increase of business
volume and
Technology transfer
consolidation
National and
International prestige
R&D
SME`s support
Increase of services
Internationalisation
Added value
New business opportunities
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About ISQ
Research & Development – Mission
“Sustainable Growth based on Technology and Innovation”
Concept
R&D
Model
Testing
Design
Industrial
Scaling-up
Market
ISQ can act in all phases of an R&D project, from the concept to
the market, being the ideal partner for Innovative Technological
Solutions for Industry
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About ISQ
Research & Development – Resources
R&D Department
70 qualified technical staff working in different areas
• Materials behaviour
• Integrated maintenance including advanced NDT
• Sustainable Development
• Production Technologies
• Electronics and instrumentation
•Training
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About ISQ
Research & Development – Background
(A) 41 % Production Technologies and Materials Behavior
(B) 29 % Inspection and Industrial Life Assessment
Projects approved since 1985 > 300
(C) 21 % Environment, Heath & Service
(D) 9 % Information Technologies
(B) 29%
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~ 1000
~ 30 different countries
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TECNOVERITAS, AI Navais, TWI, TNO, THYSSEN, RWTH…
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Research & Development
About ISQ
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Research
&
Development
Services
Technological
Development
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
Challenges for Transport
Achieve a transport system that is…
 Resource efficient
Rail
Road
 Environmentally friendly
 Safe and seamless
 Beneficial for the citizens, the economy and society
and promote globally competitive transport industries
The logic: a holistic approach which…
 Recognises modal specificities
 Responds to policy requirements
 Is focused on the societal challenges
 Reconciles competitiveness and sustainability
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
Challenges for Transport – Waterborne SRA
“Staying ahead of the wave” – Towards greener, safer, and
more competitive Waterborne transportation
Waterborne Figures
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Europe is the larger maritime region ;
90% of EU external trade is carried out by sea;
35b tonnes of cargo and 350 million passagers pass through the EU 1200 seaports;
EU is a world leader in shipping with over 9000 merchant vessels accounting for a quarter of World`s tonnage;
Some 184.000 people are directly employed in the sea transport sector and 43.000 in inland water transport.
Shipbuilding employes in Europe 500.000 people in some 300 shipbuilding and ship repair yards representing a
annual turnover of 30bilion euros.
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
Challenges for Transport – Waterborne SRA
“Staying ahead of the wave” – Towards greener, safer, and
more competitive Waterborne transportation
WATERBORNE PILLARS
 Safe, Sustainable & Efficient Waterborne Transport
 Safety & Security
 Environmental Sustainability
 Efficiency
 A Competitive European Waterborne Industry
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Transport and Operations
Shipbuilding and Equipment
Offshore Services and Technologies
Recreational craft
Infrastructure, Ports and Dredging
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
Challenges for Transport – Waterborne SRA
“Staying ahead of the wave” – Towards greener, safer, and
more competitive Waterborne transportation
WATERBORNE PILLARS
 Managing and facilitating the growth in transport volumes and the changes intrade
patterns
 Technology tools to cope with trade growth and changed patterns
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
H2020 – Mobility for Growth [2014 – 2015]
EUROPE NEEDS:
 A modern, safe, secure and resource efficient waterborne transport system.
 Sustainable development: optimal use of energy sources, minimization of environmental impacts.
 Competitiveness: creation and deployment of R&I solutions; exploring new frontiers in terms of vessels,
operational paradigms and industrial use of oceans.
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New Challenges
New Challenges for the Maritime Industry
H2020 – Mobility for Growth [2014 – 2015]
 Towards the energy efficient and emission free vessel – 2014
 Safer and more efficient waterborne operations through new technologies and smarter traffic
management – 2014
 System modelling and life-cycle cost and performance optimisation for waterborne assets – 2015
 Advancing innovation in the Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) sector – 2014
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Source: Smart, Green and
Integrated Transports;
Mobility for Growth
WP Dec 2013
New Challenges
Towards the energy efficient and emission free vessel – 2014
SPECIFIC CHALLENGE:
Make new and existing vessels used in maritime operations (including leisure)
and in inland navigation significantly more efficient and less polluting
SCOPE (1 or more issues):
Optimisation of conventional ship engines
Low-maintenance, affordable off-the-shelf retrofit solutions for engines
LNG/dual fuel powered engines for small and mid-size ships plus related aspects
New and improved propulsion means and vessel configurations
New energy sources including renewables, alternative fuels, hybrid and electric
solutions
EXPECTED IMPACT:
Go significantly beyond normal progress / BAT (Best Available Technology)
Efficiency +15% (retrofit), +30% (new); GHG -30%, pollutants -80%
TYPE OF ACTION: Innovation Actions
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Source: Smart, Green and
Integrated Transports;
Mobility for Growth
Infoday Dec 2013
New Challenges
Safer and more efficient waterborne operations through new technologies and smarter traffic
management –2014
SPECIFIC CHALLENGE:
A: Ensuring and enhancing the safety of waterborne operations, esp. for large
passenger ships and in extreme conditions B: Efficiency gains in all areas through
better traffic management and integration
SCOPE (1 or more issues): A1: Safety through innovations in vessel and
systems design A2: New devices for evacuation, fire protection, black out
avoidance, salvage B1: Systems for surveillance, monitoring and integrated
management B2: GNSS and ICT solutions for safer port approach, pilotage and
guidance B3: Solutions supporting e-maritime and e-navigation, incl. input to
international regulations
EXPECTED IMPACT:
Significant improvements in navigational safety and efficiency (in particular
emission reductions), decrease in administrative burdens. Decrease in fatalities,
ship losses and specific incidents Relevant input to international maritime safety
regimes
TYPE OF ACTION: Innovation Actions
Source: Smart, Green and
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Integrated Transports;
Mobility for Growth
Infoday Dec 2013
New Challenges
Advancing innovation in the Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) sector –2014
SPECIFIC CHALLENGE:
Achieve a step change for IWT in efficiency and emission reductions.
Support the NAIADES II policy agenda: IWT as a quality mode of transport: wellgoverned, efficient, safe, integrated into the intermodal chain, with quality jobs
occupied by a skilled workforce, and adhering to high environmental standards
SCOPE (all issues combined):
Introduction of alternative energy concepts and technologies for energy efficiency and
emission reductions (incl. retrofit and certification) ;
Establishment of a comprehensive testing and monitoring regime for the application of
strict emission limits ;
Digital tools for education/training and cost-efficient navigation, vessel operation and
cargo handling (including modal links)
(International co-operation and standardisation inputs as required)
EXPECTED IMPACT:
Major progress in environmental performance and energy efficiency .
New qualifications for a more mobile and up-skilled work force.
TYPE OF ACTION: Research and Innovation Actions
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Source: Smart, Green and
Integrated Transports;
Mobility for Growth
Infoday Dec 2013
New Challenges
System modelling and life-cycle cost and performance optimisation for waterborne assets – 2015
SPECIFIC CHALLENGE:
New design and production processes for minimal total costs over the useful
economic life of the product for waterborne assets ( vessels and maritime structures).
SCOPE :
New design and mathematical modelling tools and paradigms for full understanting of
operational pratices and economic life of a vessel or maritime structure.
Comprehensive and detailed approach to system integration and optimisation for
vessels.
Large scale virtual demonstrator.
EXPECTED IMPACT:
Achieve measurable cost reductions in design, production and during lifetime of
waterborne asset.
Enable shorter time assement and integration of sub-systems on board vessels.
Better integration of complex systems specially ones related with energy issues and
efficient operations.
Efficiency +20%, other operational costs -10% .
TYPE OF ACTION: Research and Innovation Actions
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Source: Smart, Green and
Integrated Transports;
Mobility for Growth
Infoday Dec 2013
New Challenges
Societal Challenge 2: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and
inland water research and the bioeconomy
Blue Growth: Unlocking the potential of Seas and Oceans– 2015
NEW OFFSHORE CHALLENGES:
•BG-5-2014 – Preparing for the future innovative offshore economy (CSA)
•BG-6-2014 – Delivering the sub-sea technologies (ROV, AUV) for new services
at sea (RIA)
•BG-7-2015 – Response capacities to oil spills and marine pollution (RIA)
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Source: Blue Growth:
Unlocking the potential
of seas and oceans
WP – Dec 2013
Portuguese Participation in the FP7
Portuguese participation in the FP7 [2007-2013]
Ano
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
Propostas Apresentadas UE
Propostas Apresentadas PT
Propostas Coordenadas PT
16445
1525
246
11588
817
178
17280
1062
274
17245
942
270
23149
1352
391
23757
1495
477
14573
1752
258
124037
8945
2094
Projectos Aprovados UE
Projectos Aprovados PT
Projectos Coordenados PT
3523
270
32
2704
191
49
3460
207
56
3655
200
44
3753
255
52
4001
284
58
2228
282
38
23324
1689
329
109
45
67
110
47
378
65
23
47
82
37
254
72
43
45
101
21
282
72
25
50
96
20
263
98
28
62
103
35
326
109
36
100
97
40
382
82
56
75
116
68
397
607
256
446
705
268
2282
Número de
Participações PT
(propostas retidas p/a
financiamento)
Ensino Superior
Grandes Empresas
PMEs
Centros de Investigação
Outros
Total
Financiamento UE
Financiamento PT
Taxa de sucesso p/ nº
de propostas
7.510,47 M €
77,65 M €
UE
PT
Percentagem Portuguesa
3.910,24 M €
49,90 M €
5.511,90 M €
67,07 M €
5.345,12 M €
56,95 M €
7.139,96 M €
78,50 M €
8.088,62 M €
104,26 M €
6.986,29 M €
93,54 M €
44.492,60 M €
527,85 M €
21,42%
17,70%
23,33%
23,38%
20,02%
19,49%
21,19%
21,23%
16,21%
18,86%
16,84%
19,00%
15,29%
16,10%
18,80%
18,88%
1,03%
1,28%
1,22%
1,07%
1,10%
1,29%
1,34%
1,19%
Source: GPPQ_FCT, Set 2013
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Portuguese Participation in the FP7
Portuguese participation in the FP7 [2007-2013]
AERONÁUTICA
Financiamento
GALILEO
Nr participações
TOTAL
120,00 M €
400
80,00 M €
250
161
60,00 M €
200
150
40,00 M €
100
20,00 M €
50
COOPERAÇÃO
CAPACIDADES
Fissão
Fusão
INCO
COH
SiS
Potencial
Regiões
PME
Infra
PESSOAS
IDEIAS
Segurança
Espaço
SSH
Transportes
Ambiente
Energia
NMP
ICT
0
KBBE
0,00 M €
Saúde
Financiamento
300
Participação em projetos
350
31,6M€
100,00 M €
EURATOM
Source: GPPQ_FCT, Set 2013
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Portuguese participation in the FP7
Maritime Projects [2007-2013]
Portuguese Participation in the FP7
Acronym
Title
Coordinator
RISPECT
Risk-Based Expert System for Through Life Ship Structural
Inspection and Maintenance and New-Build Ship Structural
Design
UK
FIREPROOF
Probabilistic Framework for Onboard Fire-Safety
UK
PROPS
Promotional Platform for Short Sea Shipping and Intermodality
EL
CO-PATCH
COMPOSITE PATCH REPAIR FOR MARINE AND CIVIL
ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS
EL
ARGOMARINE
Automatic Oil-Spill Recognition and Geopositioning integrated in
a Marine Monitoring Network
IT
EXTREME
SEAS
Design for Ship Safety in Extreme Seas
NO
ECO-REFITEC
Eco innovative refitting technologies and processes for
shipbuilding industry promoted by European Repair Shipyards.
ES
Participant
Instituto de Soldadura e
Qualidade
ISQ
Instituto Superior Técnico
IST
Instituto de Soldadura e
Qualidade
TIS PT, Consultores em
Transportes, Inovação e
Sistemas, S.A.
Estaleiros navais de Peniche,
S.A.
Instituto de Soldadura e
Qualidade
ISQ
TISPT
ENP
ISQ
Universidade do Algarve
UALG
Instituto Superior Técnico
IST
Estaleiros Navais de Viana do
ENVC
Castelo, S.A.
Instituto de Soldadura e
ISQ
Qualidade
Estaleiros navais de Peniche,
ENP
S.A.
Source: GPPQ_FCT, 2014
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Portuguese Participation in the FP7
Portuguese participation in the FP7
Maritime Projects [2007-2013]
Acronym
Title
Coordinator
Participant
Instituto Superior Técnico
FOUL-X-SPEL
Environmentally Friendly Antifouling Technology to
Optimise the Energy Efficiency of Ships
PT
REFRESH
Green Retrofitting of Existing Ships
UK
TROPOS
Modular Multi-use Deep Water Offshore Platform
Harnessing and Servicing Mediterranean, Subtropical and
Tropical Marine and Maritime Resources
ES
MOSAIC
Materials Onboard: Steel Advancements and Integrated
Composites
IT
SHOPERA
Energy Efficient Safe SHip OPERAtion
SAFEPEC
IST
Estaleiros navais de Peniche,
ENP
S.A.
Instituto de Soldadura e
ISQ
Qualidade
AI Navais - Associação das
AI Navais
Indústrias Navais
TECNOVERITAS - Serviços
de Engenharia e Sistemas TECNOVERIT
Tecnológicos, Lda.
Wave Energy Centre - Centro
de Energia das Ondas
WavEC
Instituto Superior Técnico
IST
Estaleiros navais de Peniche,
S.A.
ENP
EL
Instituto Superior Técnico
IST
Innovative risk-based tools for ship safety inspection policy
will be elaborated
PT
GLINTT INOV, S.A.
GLINTT INOV
PORTOPIA
Ports Observatory for Performance Indicator Analysis
BE
GLINTT INOV, S.A.
GLINTT INOV
LEANWIND
Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind
Installations with Novel Developments
IE
EDP - Inovação, S.A.
EDP
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Case Studies
Maritime Projects Research Areas of ISQ
(last 20 years)
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Structural Integrity Vessels (including corrosion protection)
 Production and Repairing activities
 Safety and Environment
 Damage inspection and monitoring
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Case Studies
FIREPROOF
Security
Probabilistic Framework For Onboard Fire Safety
Objectives
• Enhancement of the fire safety
regulations by the development of a
probabilistic framework for fire safety.
• Presentation of the framework to IMO
(International Maritime Organization)
and the Maritime Safety Committee
for future enforcement.
Partners
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The Ship Stability Research Centre
University of Strathclyde
BMT Group
Fire Safety Engineering Group
University of Greenwich
National Technical University of Athens
Centre for Maritime Technologies e.V
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University College London
Bureau Veritas
Indian Register of Shipping
Color Line AS
Carnival Plc
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
American Bureau of Shipping
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Case Studies
RISPECT
Maintenance
Risk-Based Expert System for Through – Life Ship Structural Inspection and Maintenance and New-Build Ship Structural
Design
Objectives
• Develop an intelligent decision tool based on a network database that enables the
implementation of a plan of interventions.
• Set methods of structural reliability for the different components and systems of
the ship.
• Implement a inspection planning system for structural reliability and assurance for
consideration in new vessels design.
Partners
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Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde
Atlantec Enterprise Solutions
Bureau Veritas
CONSAR
Gdansk University of Technology
Instituto Superior Técnico
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
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University of Newcastle
Shipbuilders and Shiprepair Association
The Welding Institute
SE.MA2
Case Studies
CORFAT
Corrosion/Fatigue/Maintenance
Cost Effective Corrosion and Fatigue Monitoring
for Transport Products
Objectives
• Produce a final prototype of monitoring
equipment for transport products.
• Create a generic maintenance and inspection
programme using the AE monitoring
technology.
• Create drafts for standardisation.
Partners
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TUV Austria Services GmbH
Vallen Systeme GmbH
American Bureau of Shipping
Inst. for Materials Research &Testing
Aristotle University of Technology
Gdansk University of Technology
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Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
LAR, Krakow Univ. of Technology
Nuclear N.D.T.
RENEKO AS
Naval Shipyard Gdynia
Case Studies
EU-MOP
Environment
Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution
Objectives
• Develop innovative intelligent robot technologies for
oil spill management.
• Formulate an integrated structure for oil spill
management and logistics at both the strategic and
tactical levels.
• Introduce an advanced structure of dissemination
concerning oil pollution response policy.
Partners
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National Technical University of
Athens(NTUA)
University of Strathclyde
SIREHNA
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
British Maritime Technology Ltd
Centro de Estudios Tecnico-Maritimos,
Sociedad Limitada (CETEMAR)
Environmental Protection Engineering
S.A.
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Aurensis,S.L
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of
the University of Oxford
Consultrans S.A
Bureau Mauric
Institute of Shipping Economics and
Logistics
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung
der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Case Studies
FOUL-X-SPEL
Environmentally Friendly Anti-fouling Technology
to Optimise the Energy Efficiency of Ships
Marine
Objectives
• Research and develop an alternative for poisonous antifouling coating
• Modification of usual hull applications by providing a new antifouling coating,
which can provide biocide activity, in order to avoid adhesion and to promote a
long-term effect of surface protection.
Partners
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Carnival Corporation & plc
Estaleiros Navais de Peniche S.A.
Fundacion Tekniker;
Hempel's Marine Paints A/S
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
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Instituto Superior Técnico,
Lloyds's Register
National Technical University of Athens
The University of Strathclyde
University of Southampton
Co-Patch
Case Studies
Composites/Marine
Composite Patch Repair for Marine and
Civil Engineering Infrastructure Applications
Objectives
Co-Patch is a novel and potentially effective repair
and/or reinforcement method for large steel structures.
Demonstrate that composite patch repairs or
reinforcements can be environmentally stable and
therefore, that they can be used as permanent repair
measures on steel marine structures and steel civil
engineering infrastructure applications.
Partners
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Asociación de Investigación Metalúrgica •
del Noroeste
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ALVEUS d.o.o.
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BUREAU VERITAS
Francisco Cardama S.A.
CETENA S.p.A.
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Estaleiros Navais de Peniche S.A.
Hellenic Register of Shipping
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Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
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METTLE SARL
National Technical University of Athens
NORGES TEKNISK NATURVITENSKAPELIGE
UNIVERSITET
Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers
Association
TWI Ltd
The University of Surrey
Umoe Mandal AS
Case Studies
SHIPWELD
Welding
Automatic Welding Process for the
Shipbuilding Industry
Objectives
The project aimed at obtaining a fully automated hull
welding system that enables:
• Online control and adjustment of process parameters
• Adaptive welding trajectory
• Production of high grade welded seams
Partners
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Fundación Fatronik
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Cardiff University
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Ecole Centrale Nantes
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
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STX France Cruise SA
Universidad de Vigo
AQUA
Case Studies
Robotics/Welding
Advanced high quality production by the use of an overall system architecture for small batches
Objectives
Develop a robotic production cell for the
automation of metal working operations such as
cutting, assembly and welding.
Partners
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Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
FBTS - Fundação Brasileira de Tecnologia de
Soldagem
PETROBRAS
APS GmbH
METALGRUPO – Sociedade de Construções e
Montagens Metalomecânicas, Lda.
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Case Studies
DEMOWFLOAT
Energy
Demonstration of the WindFloat Technology
Objectives
Demonstration of the Wind Float Technology - project
aims to bring wind energy applications closer to market
in European deep off-shore areas by demonstrating the
cost competitiveness of deep offshore systems.
Partners
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EDP Inovação
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e
Geologia
Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
Caixa – Banco de Investimento
Principle Power (Europe), Limited
Vestas Wind Systems A
Sea Energy Renewables
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Damen Shipyards Gorinchem
WavEC – Offshore Renewables
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Repsol
SgurrEnergy
A. Silva Matos Energia
ROBHAZ
Case Studies
Affordable Underwater Robotics Welding Repair System
Objectives
The project intended to develop welding repair
techniques and affordable robotics equipment which
could be readily available to underwater inspection
and maintenance.
Partners
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Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
GKSS
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Welding
Research Topics
CANDIDATE MARITIME RESEARCH TOPICS
OF POTENTIAL INTEREST
 Application of UAV to traffic survellaince
 Inspection of structures and specific dangerous locations
through the use of UAV
 Energy efficiency
 Asset management
 Offshorewind and O&G opportunities
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Documents
DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST
 “Vision 2025 - Meeting the Challenges through ambitious Innovation”;
Waterborne Transport & Operations;
 Towards European Integrated Ocean Observation; Directorate-General for
Research and Innovation-Transports; January 2013
 “Staying ahead of the wave”; Directorate-General for Research and Innovation-Transports; 2012
 “The Ocean of Tomorrow Projects (2010-2012)”; Directorate-General for Research and Innovation; 2013
 Sustainable Surface Transport Research-7th Framework Programme 2007-2013;
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A Network of Technology and Quality
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