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Mauro Mattio Project coordinator
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GOLDEN-ICE
improvinG the efficiency Of saLt-spreaDing (de-icing) sErvices and emergeNcy call management on wInter professional vehiCles using Egnos
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Project Title improvinG the efficiency Of saLt-spreaDing (de-icing) sErvices and emergeNcy call management on wInter professional vehiCles using Egnos
Starting date 1st January 2010
Duration in Months 24 months Call identifier FP7-GALILEO-2008-GSA-1
Topic code GALILEO.2008.1.2.1 Use of EGNOS Services for Professional Applications
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SME with a strong experience on industrial automation and on the automotive field. Private non-profit research institution. Strong
background on GNSS and related application. Company manufactory of winter vehicle equipment (salt
spreader, snow plough, and special tools). The company focused on improvement of emergency
services in order to save lives. Key supplier of municipal equipment to CZ and SK
market.
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Is salting still the right solution?
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WRONG APPROACH GOOD APPROACH
Wrong salting approach has two bad consequences:
1.Portions of routes may will not salting enough.
2.Most parts of the roads are too much salting with a huge increasing of costs and bad consequences for the environment.
GNSS OBU employing EGNOS allows to increase the quality of positioning reducing the “security margin”
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Different needs in one compact solution
eCall: Time saved = lives saved
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Security Automatic control and
reduction of salt
Positioning accurancy and certification
Target: widespread
market appeal
Integration
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Main customers are in public and private administration entities In many Countries they are moving from internal to external services
In House Service: lowering of Tech specs to avoid supplier exclusion
Third parties: cost reduction,
internal staff high rotation, poor training
In House Service: experience and long term relationship.
Third parties: Product quality inquiry for total cost efficacy (aftersales and
maintenance)
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•Single professional truck: amounts of salt spread per year around 200 tons •Cost per ton (winter 2011): € 50/ € 100 generating an overall cost per vehicle/year around € 10000 to € 20000; 10% of salt reduction means a yearly reduction of costs between € 1000 to € 2000 per professional truck.
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Money saving Green salting approach
Regulation of claim
compensation
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Thank you for your attention. Mauro Mattio
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