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endika · September 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment

The HARVEST project M12 meeting took place in Athens (Greece) at National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR “Demokritos”) Congress Center on September 5 and 6, 2019.

During the two-day meeting, the attendees reviewed the achievements made on the different work packages, progressed on the work plan for the next few months and debated several issues of the project. Representatives of CIDETEC Surface Engineering presented the work developed in the last 6 months on new polymeric resin formulations with self-sensing and self-repairing capabilities, containing different amounts of carbon nanoparticles.

The consortium’s next M18 meeting will be held in Belgium.

endika · September 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment

On 20 September, the seminar on Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation of European Projects was held at CIDETEC, delivered by Jörg Scherer & Stephanie Weber, members of the Eurice consultancy firm, within the framework of the initiatives developed by the European IPR Helpdesk. The European IPR Helpdesk is a service managed by the European Commission’s Executive Agency that supports cross-border SMEs to manage, disseminate and exploit technologies and other intellectual property rights at EU level.

One of the main objectives of the European IPR Helpdesk is to offer a full range of training and capacity-building measures to beneficiaries of EU-funded projects, including support for them to develop their own intellectual property (IP) management strategies and processes. It was within this framework that the seminar was held, attended by all the CIDETEC professionals who, in carrying out their activity, must tackle tasks of communication, dissemination and exploitation of IP.

Although communication, dissemination and exploitation are connected to each other in one way or another, it is common to find problems when it comes to clearly defining and differentiating the different concepts. Providing the keys to overcome this confusion was one of the central objectives of the seminar.

CIDETEC has been collaborating regularly with the Eurice consultancy firm in the last five years in the management of different FP7 and H2020 projects.

endika · September 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment

El día 20 de septiembre se celebró en CIDETEC el seminario sobre Comunicación, Diseminación y Explotación de Proyectos Europeos impartido por Jörg Scherer & Stephanie Weber, miembros de la consultora Eurice, en el marco de las iniciativas desarrolladas por la European IPR Helpdesk. La European IPR Helpdesk es un servicio gestionado por la Agencia Ejecutiva de la Comisión Europea que apoya a las PYMEs transfronterizas para gestionar, difundir y valorizar las tecnologías y otros derechos de propiedad intelectual a nivel de la UE.

Uno de los principales objetivos de la European IPR Helpdesk es ofrecer una gama completa de medidas de capacitación y capacitación a los beneficiarios de proyectos financiados por la UE, incluido el apoyo para que puedan desarrollar sus propias estrategias y procesos de gestión de propiedad intelectual (IP). Es en ese marco donde se ha llevado a cabo el seminario, al que asistieron todos los profesionales de CIDETEC que en el desempeño de su actividad deben abordar tareas de comunicación, difusión y explotación de la IP.

Aunque la comunicación, la difusión y la explotación están conectadas entre sí de una forma u otra, es frecuente encontrar problemas a la hora de definir y diferenciar claramente los distintos conceptos. Proporcionar las claves para superar esta confusión fue uno de los objetivos centrales del seminario.

CIDETEC ha venido colaborando regularmente con la consultora Eurice en los últimos cinco años en la gestión de distintos proyectos FP7 y H2020.

endika · September 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Eurocorr , the EFC’s annual conference focused in corrosion science was held in Seville (Spain) on September 9-13. Eurocorr has been, once again, the meeting point of the corrosion science community in which the latest advances in the field were shown by the most leading corrosion scientists worldwide.

During the metallic coating session, CIDETEC Surface Engineering researcher Asier Salicio Paz delivered the talk entitled “Microstructure, mechanical properties and tribo-corrosion behavior of electroless Ni-P functional multilayers”. Moreover, CIDETEC contributed with 2 posters related to its research in the tribo-corrosion behavior of metallic coatings and the corrosion performance of decorative chrome plated respectively.

Eurocorr 2019 has been a very successful event in which CIDETEC had the opportunity to show its latest developments in the field of corrosion protection and advance metallic coatings. It has also been a great opportunity for strengthening its relationship with leading corrosion scientist as well as with scientific associations and industry representatives attending the event.

The CIDETEC Surface Engineering contribution:

Oral presentation: “Microstructure, mechanical properties and tribo-corrosion behavior of electroless Ni-P functional multilayers”, by Asier Salicio Paz.

Poster 1: “Understanding the different corrosion mechanism of micro-porous nickel-chromium coatings due to the presence of cupric ions in a chloride based electrolyte”.

Poster 2: “Tribocorrosion study of Ni/B electrodeposits with low B content: a mechanistic approach”.

During the event, Dr Eva García-Lecina, Director of CIDETEC Surface Engineering, had the opportunity to attend the EFC’s General Assembly Meeting.

CIDETEC Surface Engineering attended EUROCORR 2019

endika · September 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

The final Shift2Rail event of the PIVOT, Mat4Rail, Run2Rail and FairStations projects was held in Paris on 17 September. During the course of the event, the main results of these projects were presented, which form part of the Shift2Rail Innovation Programme 1 (IP1): “Efficient technologies for high capacity trains”. Within IP1, the MatRail project covers what Shift2Rail calls “Technology Demonstrators TD 1.3, 1.6 and 1.7”, i.e. the demonstrators for train boxes, doors and interiors.

Dr. Elena Jubete, coordinator of the Mat4Rail project, and Dr. Alaitz Rekondo, leader of Work Package WP2: New materials for rolling stock, took part on behalf of CIDETEC Surface Engineering.

The event included presentations on the main objectives and the results of the projects, given by the coordinators Paul Böttcher (PIVOT, Bombardier Transportation), Elena Jubete (Mat4Rail, CIDETEC Surface Engineering), Marta Andreoni, (Run2Rail, UNIFE) and Umberto Battistta (Fair Stations, STAM), as well as specific presentations for each TD. In the case of Mat4Rail, prototypes of the ultra-light seats developed in WP6, the aluminium door manufactured through disruptive methodologies in WP5, the “Plug and Play systems” to improve train connectivity in WP7 and samples of composites that exceed HL2 in fire (WP1) were presented, as well as a virtual prototype that shows the versatile modular design for the train cabin within WP8. All these prototypes and demonstrators clearly showed the disruptive results obtained by Mat4Rail for the manufacture of lighter and more modular trains.

The event brought together around 90 participants, including producers of technology, materials and components for trains, as well as service providers, large manufacturers and other important companies in the railway world.

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