Precision technology

R&D test set-up
Reason for development: Need for protective clothing against the effects of chemical agents. Requirement from the textile industry for clothing with special functionality. Research into possibilities for application of nano fibres manufactured using “electro spinning". Objective: Technological viability research into broad practical application of electro spinning using a functional laboratory set-up. Accumulating knowledge in relation to chemical composition nano fibres and electro spinning.

Aerospace Opto mechanics

Reason for development

The requirement for a scientific measuring instrument for detecting infrared radiation outside the atmosphere. Analysis of this radiation indicates whether there is water in the universe and where it can be found.

Objective

Designing and detailing the mechanics for an instrument with mirrors and detectors which operate in the approximate temperature range of 2 Kelvin.
The instrument must be resistant to the launch speeds, shocks and vibrations.
The mirrors must be properly aligned and stable.

Cryogenic design

Reason for development

The Dutch participation in the ALMA project.
Atacama Large Millimeter Array concerns a cluster of more than 60 dish aerials with a 12 metre diameter for studying sub-millimetre radiation from the universe.
As this radiation is fully absorbed by the atmosphere at sea level, the location is a 5000 metre plateau in the Atacama desert in Chilli, one of the driest places on earth.

In anticipation of the future

Mecon

Precision technology