The Institute of Photonic Technologies (LPT) is an institute of the department of mechanical engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. We are developing and optimizing processes that use light as a tool for different tasks. We are not only working on laser-based manufacturing technologies like laser beam cutting or welding but apply light as well in medical diagnostics and therapeutics, for example for the detection and treatment of cancerous tissue. Ultrashort pulse laser technologies are a focus of our research activities. Laser pulses as short as pico- and femtoseconds bear great potentials in material processing on a microscopic or even nanoscopic scale. We strive towards clearing the path for ultrashort pulse laser to industrial application and thus to realize efficient processes with extremely high precision. Furthermore, we are developing capable simulation methods which contribute to an in-depth understanding of laser based manufacturing processes. Our models enable the…

Several laboratories are available to the LPT  and span the whole range from ultrashort nano-machining to macro-scale
high-power remote laser processing. Within the labs following lasers are available:
• Several multi-kW cw disk lasers
• Single mode fiber laser at kW power
• Excimer laser
• Several additive manufacturing machines (for both metal and polymers).
• Several diode lasers for brazing, soldering and polymer welding applications.
• Several ultra short pulsed lasers reaching from 100 fs up to pico- and nanoseconds pulse duration.

For all the mentioned laser systems appropriate system technology and measurement equipment is in place (scanners, F-Theta lenses, focusing objectives, multi-axis linear tables, beam profile cameras, wavefront sensors, power meters etc.). In addition, the LPT has access to a broad range of diagnostic tools, including:
• SEM (Zeiss Merlin)
• Several high-speed cameras with up to 400 kHz acquisition rate
• Laser scanning microscope
• Micro hardness analyzer….

The aim of the Institute of Photonic Technologies is to establish a link between scientific progress and industrial application in the field of photonics and laser technology. Topics with academic and technological relevance are emphasized so that e.g. production and medicine may benefit from our achievements.
Our current research focuses on:

Simulation & Modeling
Sensing, Control & Real-time Systems
Ultrashort Pulse Laser Technologies
Photonics in Medical Engineering
Additive Manufacturing

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA develops, tests and implements components, devices and methods, up to entire machines and manufacturing plants. The nearly 1 000 employees in 15 departments are coordinated via six business units, which together conduct interdisciplinary innovation projects with automotive, machinery and equipment industry, electronics and microsystems, energy, medical engineering and biotechnology as well as process industry.

Fraunhofer IPA supports the regional industry to successfully operate in a global competitive environment. The research focus is on the cost-effective production of sustainable and personalised products. We are putting this ethos into practice together with our partners in the framework of flagship projects such as the ultra-efficient factory, FastStorageBW, the Center Lightweight Engineering, and the Center Smart Materials. Customised products in batch size 1 at mass manufacturing cost become a reality. The factory of the… Facilities and equipment:

Industrial-scale facilities and laboratories for equipment and process development, image processing, 3D visualisation, nanomodified materials etc.
Test facilities for construction of automation systems, robots, testing of assembly and machining processes
Application Centre Industrie 4.0
Future Work Lab
nICLAS innovation centre for laboratory automation
Centre for Ultraclean Technology and Micromanufacturing (cleanrooms, cleanliness measurement and certification etc.)
Surface enginering facility for coating technology, plating technology, electrochemical and gas-phase deposition etc.

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Components / breadboard / process development & testing
Manufacturing pilot lines / demonstration lines
Proof of concept / lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ characterisation
Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
Scientific & technological studies / designs / simulations
Vocational training in all aspects of manufacturing industries
Production optimisation

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National Open Access Scientific Center for Future Energy Technologies was established at Lithuanian Energy Institute on 8thof March 2013. The Open Access Center – is a functional subdivision of the Lithuanian energy institute, which operates on the principles of open access for external as well as internal customers and providing scientific research and experimental services by employing scientific investigative and experimental development infrastructure(see, http://apc.lei.lt/en/about-us/rules-and-procedures).

1. Usage of physical technologies (magnetron sputtering, e-beam evaporation, PIII and other plasma based processes) for the synthesis of thin films and modification of surface properties.

2. Hydrogen production from water, employing plasma activated Al and Mg metals(or their alloys). The technology is patented (Lithuanian Patent No. LT5983) and currently under commercialization.

3. Oxide based functional thin films deposition on polystyrene grains and expanded polystyrene  foam sheet…
Wind noise measurement equipment
Wind and other atmospheric physical parameters’ measurement equipment
Meteorological tower
ArcView 10 software
WindPro software
Fuel calorimeter
The device for very small air (gas) flow measurements
Particle Image Velocimetry 2D PIV system
Laboratory flue gas analyser system (CO, CO2, NOx, SO2, O2, CiHj concentration)
Fuel elements analyzer Flash
Non-invasive ultrasonic water flow meter
Precision scales set
Mini thermo-anemometer
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer
Test equipment for determination ash content and volatile fractions
Portable combustion products (NO/NO2, CO, CO2, SO2, H2O, CiHj, O2) analyzer
Portable laser flow meter
Thermovisor heat flow visualization and measurement
Gas calorimeter
High-speed video camera with a laser light source / optical equipment laser light beam to manage(PIV system for micro flow analysis using particle imaging method)
Air humidity calibrator
Analytical equipment for….

Scientific divisions » Possibilities for Business

1. The analysis of the thermal processes taking place in the smart metering, accounting and monitoring equipment, their components and systems and the assessment of the opportunities to improve them.
2. The development of the methodology for heat and electricity efficiency evaluation of the objects (buildings and their equipment).
3. The testing of efficiency and adaptability of Venturi type condensate valves while changing the pressure of the steam and condensate flow in the steam lines and thermal equipment.
4. The analysis of thermal / hydraulic process ongoing in the energy and industrial facilities and their systems. The scientific research of operational and emergency processes in the energy and industrial facilities and their systems.
5. The safety analysis of energy and industrial facilities and their systems. The preparation of safety evaluation fundamentals for energy and industrial facilities and…. Yes. service.

AlgoSolis is a public facility that develops and optimizes new technologies for microalgal biomass production and biorefining.

AlgoSolis has been designed to address R&D issues related to the setting of a mass-scale, controlled and efficient exploitation of microalgae. AlgoSolis incorporates the latest innovations in the field, thanks to the work of GEPEA laboratory (www.gepea.fr) and its partners. This includes several breakthrough processes like intensified photobioreactors and wet-biomass biorefining, strains of industrial interest, optimizes procedures for culture media recycling and microalgae culture on industrial effluent.

AlgoSolis is belonging to the University of Nantes and CNRS (UMS CNRS). AlgoSolis has integrated the EERA Bioenergy consortium (http://eera-bioenergy.eu/), as a facility enabling R&D effort at pre-industrial scale for biofuel production from microalgae. 
AlgoSolis infrastructure

1500m² of biomass production area (350m² in thermoregulated greenhouse) with over 20 independent lines of cultivation
Downstream processing R&D unit (240m²)
Rooms for microalgae pre-culture and laboratory for analysis (100m²)

AlgoSolis main features

20 lines of biomass production equipped with various PBR technologies including newly patented technologies (CNRS-GEPEA)
Fully equipped downstream processing R&D unit (Evodos harvesting processes, membrane filtration, processes for cell disruption and metabolites extraction/fractioning)
All production-downstream processing units can be used individually or be connected to set a complete exploitation process
Global supervision and automation of the complete facility
Possibility of medium recycling implantation

. AlgoSolis offers a complete infrastructure including culture and analysis rooms, biomass production areas (thermo-regulated greenhouse, outdoor area), downstream processing unit for algal biomass harvesting and biorefining. The infrastructure of AlgoSolis allows the individual development of units to validate and optimize their performance, or the study their integration into an overall process from the production of biomass to the extraction of molecules of interest.

AlgoSolis enables (1) investigations in representative conditions of industrial applications of microalgae (outdoor production, large-scale, waste treatments) and (2) integration of technological bricks defining an industrial exploitation of microalgae. AlgoSolis integrates state-of-the-art and breakthrough technologies for microalgae culture and for algo-refinery. This includes several breakthrough processes like intensified photobioreactors and wet-biomass biorefining, strains of industrial interest, optimizes procedures for culture media…. Yes. service.

FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE TECNOLÓGICO DE GALICIA - ITG is a TECHNOLOGY CENTRE located in Galicia, Spain [No. 115 Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness Register]

We are a PRIVATE NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION set up in 1991

Our BOARD OF TRUSTEES are: Architects, Civil Engineers and Industrial Engineers Galician Associations, Mining Engineers’ Assoc., Galician Agronomic Engineers’ Council, Naval and Oceanic Engineers’ Assoc.; Galician Businessmen Confederation, and Universities of A Coruña, Vigo and Santiago de Compostela
We have certification in UNE-EN ISO 9001standard (Quality Management System) and in UNE 166002 standard (R&D&I management system)

At ITG we are organised in 5 INTERCONNECTED KNOWLEDGE AREAS, Energy, Water, Sensor & Comms, ICTs and Sustainable Construction

In Sensor & Comms, we have experience in Integral Systems and Solutions for remote control and monitoring mainly based on the open SWE (Sensor Web Enablement) of the Open Geospatial Consortium, OGC and OSGi (Open Services Gateway… Termographic camera, electrical network analyzer, luxometer.

Electronics Laboratory for design and develop hardware prototypes.
. Hardware prototyping design and development for remote monitoring based in sensors and wireless communications: Flexible and scalable Hardware and Software Architectures for DAQ systems, integration of heterogeneous and complex sensors from different manufacturers on the same datalogger, posting data to web-based datacenter applications, autoconfiguration and plug&play capabilities.

Data Analytics: Qualitative and quantitative techniques and processes used to modeling IoT data to generate useful information and supporting decision–making systems. Data analytics builds an analytical model, using predictive modeling tools or other analytics software and programming languages such as Python, R and Matlab.

Building Energy Simulation and Modeling
Through Design Builder, a specific building energy simulation software tool, ITG has extensive experience and background in:
- Assessing the effectiveness and optimization of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) design alternatives
- Comfort analysis…. Yes. service.

FORCE Technology is a leading research and technology organisation. We offer consultancy and services in 58 business areas within e.g. the energy sector, oil and gas, audiology, photonics, micro- and nanoelectronics, the maritime sector, manufacturing, the service sector and infrastructure.

What makes our services unique is that they are supported by a range of technologies and facilities, as well as by education and training. This enables us not just to advise on particular problems, but to find solutions to those problems for our customers.

The headlines for FORCE Technology in relation to key enabling technologies are

- Advanced manufacturing technologies
- Advanced materials
- Micro- and nanoelectronics
- Industrial biotechnology
- Nanotechnology
- Photonics

Research & development – the cornerstone of our work
To ensure that we are always able to offer the most up-to-date knowledge and latest technologies we regularly participate in research and development projects. Partners are both… Selected KET equipment at FORCE Technology:

Advanced Manufacturing technologies
Selected facilities: Advanced characterization laboratory including highly advanced SEM (ESEM, FIB-SEM, EBSD, micro-XRF, WDX), confocal microscopy and AFM, Advanced laser welding center from 80 W to 32 kW with capability of advanced additive manufacturing through wire or powder geometric build up, Full range metallurgical laboratory

Advanced Materials
Selected facilities: Advanced characterization laboratory including highly advanced SEM (ESEM, FIB-SEM, EBSD, micro-XRF, WDX), confocal microscopy and AFM, Polymer and composite laboratory, including. GPC, DSC, TGA, FTIR microscopy, Surface tension, prototype fabrication, weathering (UV, Temperature, Humidity chamber). Thermal spraying facility. Advanced high-pressure and high-temperature test facility

Micro- and nanoelectronics
Selected facilities: ASIC design software, wafer test facilities, IC packaging facility, Automatic Test Equipment for…. - Advanced manufacturing technologies – Peter Tommy Nielsen (+4522697401; [email protected])

- Advanced materials – Marianne Strange (composits; plastics; overfladekarakterisering) (+4542627646; [email protected]); Lisbeth Hilbert (korrosion; metallurgi) (+4522697153; [email protected])

- Micro- and nanoelectronics – Martin Krogstrup Nielsen (+4523271302; [email protected])

- Industrial biotechnology

- Nanotechnology - Marianne Strange (+4542627646; [email protected]); Thomas Fich Pedersen (+4522697174; [email protected])

- Photonics– Martin Krogstrup Nielsen (+4523271302; [email protected])
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With a total of 200 employees in Southwest Germany, Hahn-Schickard offers applied research and development services in microsystems engineering, micro assembly technology, microanalytical systems, medical devices, and information technology.

In three foundries for

MEMS (Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 10, 78052 Villingen-Schwenningen, Phone: +49-7721 943-100)
Lab-on-a-chip systems (Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg,Phone: +49-761 203-73275)
Micro assembly + packaging (Allmandring 9 B, 70569 Stuttgart, Phone: +49-711 685-83712)

Hahn-Schickard develops and validates prototypes up to serial-production quality.

Available technologies:

Silicon technology
Precision machining
Polymer + molding technologies
Functionalization of surfaces
Microassembly + packaging
Printing technologies

Applications:

Mobility + movement
Life sciences + medical technology
Sustainability, energy and the environment
Internet of Things

In the certified clean room, Hahn-Schickard produces bulk silicon micro-mechanical products and is a reliable partner for low to medium quantities. All technological processes for silicon micro-mechanics are available as stable and qualified standard processes. The maximum size of the wafers to be processed is 150 mm. In addition, the implementation of individual processes or process sequences on any supplied substrates may be commissioned as a service at any time. Timely processing of the order is guaranteed.

Furthermore, Hahn-Schickard is equipped with measurement and testing technologies for failure analysis and develops custom-tailored laboratory test rigs for special measuring tasks.

Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
X-ray analysis systems (EDX)
3D measuring technology
Motion simulators

Single- and Multi-axis rotary tables
Vibration test systems

Other devices:

Various light microscopes, digital cameras, and imaging processing systems
Materials science grinding….
Sensors
Actuator technology + dosing technology
Microelectronics
Integrated microsystems
Lab-on-a-chip + analytics
Micro energy harvesting + energy management
Information technology
Measurement + testing technology, damage analysis
Modeling + reliability
Technologie
Production

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INCDO-INOE 2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation Subsidiary (ICIA) Cluj-Napoca (www.icia.ro) is a national research institute dedicated to applied analytical chemistry in three main directions: Bioenergy and Biomass, Instrumental Analytical Chemistry and Environment and Health. The institute is accredited for research since 2008 (ANCS Decision no. 9634/14.04.2008) and at the evaluation as research institute it was obtained grade A+. ICIA has implemented the quality management system according to ISO 9001:2008 (certificate nr. RO13474Q).
The Institute manages remarkable endowment appropriate to the multidisciplinary character from research to technology transfer, enabling the approach of projects from the research stage to that of technology transfer to the beneficiary. ICIA Subsidiary is deeply concerned, by the performed activity, to sustain and stimulate the technology transfer, in close correlation with its own research strategy.
ICIA Subsidiary has as… ICIA infrastructure
Spectroscopy
- ICP-MS ELAN DRC II Perkin-Elmer
- ICP-OES Optima 5300 DV Perkin Elmer
- ICP-AES SpectroflameD Spectro Analytical
- GF-AAS1100 Perkin-Elmer
- UV/VIS Spectrophotometer LAMBDA 25 Perkin-Elmer
- FAAS 3030B Perkin-Elmer
- UV/VIS Spectrophotometer CE 3041 CECIL
- FT-IR Spectrum BX Perkin Elmer
- Hydra C Mercury Analyzer for solids, Leemen Teledyne Instruments
- Hydra AF Mercury Analyzer for liquids, Leemen Teledyne Instruments
- XRF INNOV x System X-ray portable Spectrometer
- Multi C/N 2100S Analyzer Analytic Jena
- Multi X 2000, organic halogens analyzer, Analytic Jena
- X-Ray Diffractometer D8 Advance, Bruker

Chromatography
- 6890N Gas chromatograph with 5975 B Mass Detector Agilent Technologies
- 6890N Gas chromatograph with ECD and NPD Agilent Technologie
- 7890A GC-FID, Agilent Technologies with Combi-PAL Autosampler CTC Analytics
- TSQ 8000 Evo GC-MS/MS Thermo Scientific
- Agilent 1200 Series HPLC with Applied Biosystem 3200 QTrap LC/MS/MS…. ICIA Services
- training for chemical technician (spectroscopy and gas-chromatography techniques)
- consultancy in the field of biofuels obtaining technologies;
- assistance in the field of Romanian legislation in force, in biofuels production and commercialization.
- assistance for technologies development at lab scale to pilot level and to put into operation
- quality certification of biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol according to SR EN 14214 and SR EN 1537, respectively);
- assistance for environmental quality assessment, monitoring and legislation in force (chemical analyses of water, soil, air, sludge, waste and vegetation, admissible levels)
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Since 1 February 2017 the departments of “Materials Science and Engineering”, “Chemical Engineering and Technical Chemistry” and “Textiles” of Ghent University have merged into one new department : “The Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering” (acronym: MaTCh)

The creation of a structure with almost 250 employees offers many opportunities due to the multidisciplinary character and the presence of high-level fundamental and applied research together with academic education.  The knowledge and expertise of this department allow a strong interaction with (external) stakeholders which certainly can lead to a win-win situation for all parties involved.

MaTCh provides a wide range of services to the industry in the different laboratories:

Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Centre for Textile Science and Engineering
Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Centre for Polymer and Material Technologies
Sustainable Materials Science
Industrial Catalysis and Adsorption Technology
…
Mechanical testing equipment
Modelling software and computer infrastructure
Polymer processing equipment
Additive manufacturing equipment
Pilot plant for steam cracking
2 high-throughput kinetics set-ups
TAP set-up (Temporal Analysis of Products)
10 bench scale set-ups related to:

Thermochemical processes
Catalytic processes
Polymerization processes

(Access to) catalyst characterization infrastructure
GC x GC chromatography (TOF-MS/FID/NCD/SCD)
Bicomponent extruder: semi-industrial coextrusion line
Lisport XL machine for testing durability of artificial turf
Testing and measuring devices for artificial turf and other textile related materials
Physical and chemical testing equipment
Spectrometers: UV/VIS/NIR, FT-IR, FT-Raman
Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Temperature Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimeter (MDSC)
Optical microscope with image processing system
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
Fabric Touch Tester
Different…. The Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering can be contacted for different services:

Testing, such as:

Mechanical, physical and chemical testing of textile and related materials (e.g. fibres, yarns, fabrics, floor coverings, artificial turf, automotive textiles, plastics, wood, composites, …) according to national and international standards and special tests
Thermal analysis of fibre and polymer materials
Microscopy and spectroscopy of fibre and polymer materials
Polymer processing and material characterization
Recycling of polymers and composites
Additive manufacturing: testing and design
Access to experimental facilities (operation by UGent staff)
Product certification for flooring and geotextiles
Classification of textile floor coverings and artificial turf
Laboratory and field tests on artificial turf, accredited by FIFA, FIH and World Rugby
Forensic Analysis
Evaluation hydrogen/material interaction
Hardness tests
Tensile tests on metallic materials
…. Yes. service.

The main objective of INDICO http://www.indico.inoe.ro/ (site to be upgraded soon) is to characterize by optical and complementary methods of materials, components and systems with application in optoelectronics, according to the objective of the Excellence Research Program, which states the development of experimental and testing laboratories and of certification authorities according to the requirements of the European Union regarding conformity evaluation to technical regulations. INDICO provide services of evaluation of the conformity according to the harmonized European standards, associated to the required directives both to the public authorities supervising the market and to the manufacturers to fulfill their objectives. We provide innovative services of characterization of materials, optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical components and lasers in an integrated form that assure a continuity in the applied research/manufacture activities, leading to the achievement of products vendible in Romania… LASER ENERGY / POWER

One of the most important characteristic of a laser source is its energy (for a pulsed laser) or its power (for a CW laser). Measurements can be done at high acquisition rates allowing thus an accurate determination of pulse-to-pulse energy fluctuation. All measured data are stored and processed to get statistics (average, standard deviation, RMS, maximum, minimum, peak-to-peak).

LASER BEAM PROFILE

A more precise diagnostic of a laser source requires an analysis of the laser beam profile. A laser beam profiler provides important information characterizing the laser, as the energy (pulsed lasers) or power (CW lasers) distribution in a cross section of the laser beam, the waist of the beam, its divergence and M2 factor (that quantifies the beam quality of laser beams).

LASER PULSE WIDTH

Temporal behavior of the pulsed lasers is characterized by the pulse width (duration). Because the commercially available lasers have pulse widths of few ns, the pulse width measurement…. Training: 

Laser beam characterization methods

Optical components characterization methods

Materials optical characterization methods

Testing services:

Laser energy,power, beam profile, pulse width;

Optical spectrum analysis;

Polarization state analysis;

Optical components characterization: includes focal lengths (effective and back focal length), angle of prisms and flatness of plane surfaces (not only optical);

Surface flatness;

Dimensional measurements;

Surface Perpendicularity;

Materials: Spectral analysis;

Thin films optical characterization;

 
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