JCB Electromecánica NarcísClavell

TurKey Enabling Technologies 2012

25 May 2012 – Istanbul

JCB Electromecánica

Narcís Clavell

[email protected]



JCB: Profile and Areas of Expertise

– Electromechanical engineering company established in 1999 in Girona, Spain

– Focus on customized industrial solutions

– Signal processing and instrumentation

– Piezoelectric sensors and transducers

– Optical sensors and spectroscopy

– Wireless communications

– Process engineering

– Bought in 2006 by CRIC to become a business incubator for start-ups

JCB Experience in FP7 Projects: R4SME

DEVELOPMENT OF A FAST AND RELIABLE FRYING OIL/FAT SENSOR FOR

THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY

(OILFAT)

During frying, the frying oil undergoes hundreds of

chemical reactions giving rise to about 400 various

chemical compounds. Many of the degradation products

formed are toxic to human health. Therefore, frying oils

should be discarded when they have been used for a

certain period of time.

This project developed an on-line frying oil/fat sensor

which measures the quality of frying oils/fats and

determines the time to discard the oil/fat.

JCB Experience in FP7 Projects: R4SMEOILFAT achievements

Viscosity proved to be an adequate method of differentiating between

acceptable and unacceptable frying media. A sensor was developed based

on viscosity.


DEVELOPMENT OF AN ULTRASONIC RHEOLOGICAL SENSOR FOR NON-

INVASIVE AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF DOUGH

(RHEODOUGH)

The objective of this project was to provide SME millers with

a rapid means of detecting major flour defects and poor

dough quality.

A non-invasive, non-destructive sensor was developed using

ultrasound technology.

Dough waste was reduced by at least 80% and the

requirement for skilled operators for manual assessment of

dough was minimised.


RHEODOUGH achievements

The product is currently being

commersialised


LOW COST WIRELESS METROPOLITAN NETWORK LOCATION AND

CITIZEN SERVICES

(CITYBEE)

CityBee is a metropolitan network focused

on providing various services to citizens.

CityBee is based on a ZigBee wireless technology.

JCB patented a Voice-Over-Zigbee Technology

Some of the different services that CityBee offers:

•Location Service

•Emergency Service

•Information Service

•Message Service


Q-MEAT

HELPING EU PROCESSORS BECOME COMPETITIVE USING AUTOMATED

AND NON-CONTACT PIGMEAT PIECE QUALITY CLASSIFICATION



LENZ INSTRUMENTS – A start-up company (2011)

offering products and services for industrial monitoring

applications, particularly targeted to the food industry

Starting commercialization of fat analyzers for meat

pieces, based on inductive sensor technologies.

http://www.lenz-instruments.com

JCB is committed to promoting market uptake of project results



FP7– Research for the Benefit of SMEs

EPISOS

Objectives:

Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide and 6 million in Europe.

In order to reduce the number of deaths caused by absence of aid during

tonic-clonic epileptic seizures, it is very important to continuously monitor

the epileptic patient’s state.



FP7– Research for the Benefit of SMEs

EPISOS

The EpiSOS system is an intelligent bracelet that will allow detection of tonic-

clonic epilectic seizures.

The system integrates the following devices:

1. a monitoring device to evaluate an epileptic event;

2. a sensor for detecting patient falls and seizures;

3. a Bluetooth module to communicate with a mobile phone.

In the event of a seizure, the device will send a signal to a smartphone

that will notify a patient’s relative or caretaker with the coordinates of

the patient by SMS.

To determine the patient’s location, both the GPS and GSM modules of

the smartphone could be used.



Consortium - profile of known partners

No Partner Name Type Country Role in the Project

01 CRIC RTD SpainProject coordinator,

Instrumentation and software

02 UPC RTD Spain Sensor design

03 Högskolan i Borås RTD Sweden Bracelet design

04 Akern S.R.L SME ItalyInstrumentation and

West European country distribution

05 JCB SME Spain System integration



Consortium - required partners

No Expertise Type Country Role in the project

01 SME Textile electrodes design

02 SME Printed electronics

03 SME East European country distributor



JCB Electromecánica

Narcís Clavell

[email protected]

www.jcb-sl.com

+34 932049922

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