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;

 
. Yes. service.

The ReCAST activity is mainly related to:

thin film Physical Vapor Deposition (dc, rf, pulsed bipolar magnetron sputtering, cathodic vacuum arc, thermal evaporation) with associated physical characterization methods;
plasma surface treatments;
ultrahigh vacuum (UHV)  technologies, including leak detection by mass spectrometry;
ion sources for ion assisted surface processing.

Thin film deposition research activities were developed in the last years especially due to potential applications in material coatings and surface engineering. Ion assisted magnetron sputtering and cathodic vacuum arc were applied and developed preferentially.
Thin films deposition:

​Magnetron sputtering units (2 AJA UHV deposition units; Octogon deposition unit)
Cathodic arc deposition unit
Thermal/ Electron beam evaporation unit

Plasma Surface Treatment (Plasma  – nitridation unit)

Surface investigation:

Nano SAM Lab S Scanning Auger Microscopy System
Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) – Modular PHY system
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX)
X-Ray Diffractometer SmartLab 
X-ray Difractometer MiniFlex-II
V-670 UV-Vis/NIR Spectrophotometer
Jasco FT-IR-6300 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
AFM/STM Microscopy System
Veeco DEKTAK 150 Surface Profilometer
Nanoindenter Hysitron TI Premier
TriboLab UMT Bruker
Hall Measurement System
Contact angle measurement system  
VersaSTAT-3 potentiostat/galvanostat

​Plasma  investigation: 

Electrical probes
RF mass spectrometry – with differential pumping
Optical emission spectroscopy (DC and pulsed plasma)

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Service portfolio of measuring and analysis techniques aimed at optimizing of products and production processes;
Development of demonstrators and prototypes, testing demonstrators and prototypes;
Plasma surface treatments;
Service for leak detection by mass spectrometry.

More details:

http://recast.inoe.ro

https://erris.gov.ro/ReCAST-1
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DTI develops, applies and transfers robotic technology to industry and society. Our focus is to apply new research, knowledge and technology to create robot technology solutions that make a difference.
2000 square metres with the latest robot technology including a SensorLab, a DroneLab, a Robot Safety Lab and a Robot CoWorker Lab. We have more than 15 industrial robots and 40 robotics specialists within industry and services.
. Our products and services delivered to companies, public organizations and others cover:

Robotic Solutions. End-user centered design and set up of business cases, development of robotic systems as well as competences and organizational capabilities at end-user sites, deployment of robotic solutions.
Test & Documentation. Performance measures on robotic systems in real end-user environments or in realistic lab set ups, analysis of these results and statistical analysis, good documentation, and dissemination of test results where appropriate.
Training & Education. Tools, methods and theories transferred to end-users, system integrators, technology specialists, key stakeholders in robotic industries and users hereof with a focus on practical built up of skills.
Consultancy. Identify robotics application potentials in current practices, resolve and troubleshoot malfunctioning robotic solutions, comparative studies of technologies and application specifics, general advice about robotics.
Networking …. Yes. service.

CETMA is a no-profit Research and Technology Organization. It carries out independent research activities and provides advanced services to enterprises (specially small and medium ones) and to public institutions.

It is a multidisciplinary center and is organized in three Department:

Advanced Materials Engineering Department

Computer Engineering Department

Industrial Design Department

Its expertise concerning Materials Engineering are about carbon fiber composites, other polymer composites, polymeric materials, ceramic and ceramic composite materials, bio-based materials, shape memory alloys. A special expertise is about recycling of waste materials.

In Computer Engineering its  expertise are about developing software for industrial and engineering applications, for Advanced Visual Systems using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and for robotics and automation applications including e-health applications.

Industrial Design Department is experienced in all phases… Material and component characterization equipments

Universal Testing Machine for mechanical testing on materials and components

HDT- VICAT fordetermination of Equipment for measurement of Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) and of Vicat Softening Temperature

HPLC - High-pressure liquid chromatography

GPC - Gel permeation chromatography

Thermal Conductivity λ-Meter

Optical Flexmeter and horizontal optical dilatometer

Contact angle analysis

Automatic hydraulic systems for static and low frequency dynamic tests on building materials

Climatic chamber

Infrared thermo-camera

Ultrasonic Equipment

Polling system for FBG sensors for monitoring of components and structures.

Optical Backscatter Reflectometer for monitoring of components and structures.

Material Processes equipments

Compression Molding Pilot line

Induction welding

RTM (Resin Transfer Molding)

Industrial…. Thanks to its multidisciplinary approach, CETMA  provides a very large range of services for enabling  SMEs into using advanced technologies:

Development and Process of Advanced Materials
Materials Characterizations
Structural Health Monitoring
Numerical  Simulation of complex phenomena
Product Design  & Engineering
3D printing and prototyping
Software for Robotics, Automation and Control Systems
Software for Information Systems and Knowledge Management
New Product Market Analysis & Business Planning
Training
Innovation management
Contract Research

. Yes. service.

Cikatek´s main lines of research are:

Research and development of polymeric materials, particularly elastomer
Process and product development and innovation for the anti-vibration, sealing and fluid conduction fields in the automotive and household industries.
Promotion and development of new business lines
Development of simulation tools for elastomer

Cikatek has:

A mechanical laboratory for product validation
A chemical laboratory for material characterization

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Cikatek has:

Hot and cold dynamic fatigue testing for pipes, with simultaneous application of high- and low-frequency movements.
Hot and cold single- and dual-axis fatigue testing for anti-vibration components.
Rheometric testing
Ozone chamber testing
Ageing tests
Microscopy tests
Product and process development area

. Yes. service.

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias is a private, non-profit Research and Development Institute created in January, 2002 from the former Solid State Technology group of INESC which existed since 1992. Since January 2008, INESC MN belongs to the Associated Laboratory - Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN) - to work in the emerging fields of Nanotechnology, BioNanotechnology and Nanosciences.

INESC MN is dedicated to leading edge research and development in strategic technological areas of micro- and nanotechnologies and the application of these technologies to electronic, biological and biomedical devices. INESC-MN research work shares the laboratories and class 100/10 clean room facilities used for student training. An important part of INESC MN’s mission is to provide advanced training at Master, PhD and post-doctoral levels, acting as a bridge between the Technical Engineering School (IST, Universidade de Lisboa) and industrial partners worldwide. INESC-MN also offers transfer of… INESC MN has a Class 10/100 cleanroom (~200 m2) with a Class 10.000 grey area (~200 m2) for support and laboratorial equipment. INESC MN also has an additional 170 m2 of laboratory space for materials and device characterization as well as microfluidic processing.  

A list of the equipment available at INESC MN include:

MATERIALS AND MICRO AND NANOFABRICATION EQUIPMENT

Magnetron sputtering systems (5) – Nordiko 2000; Nordiko 7000; Alcatel; 2 homebuilt systems
Ion Beam Deposition and Milling systems (2) – Nordiko 3000; Nordiko 3600
PECVD systems (3) – Electrotech Delta; Aixtron Black Magic; 1 homebuilt system
Reactive Ion etcher – LAM Rainbow
Optical Lithography – Heidelberg Instr. DWLii
E-beam Lithography – RAITH 150
Photoresist spin coater and developer track – SVG series 88
Plasma cleaner

FILM AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION

SEM – Hitachi S-2500
Optical and Fluorescence microscopy (Olympus and Leica)
Nano-spotter (GeSim NP2.1 Nanoplotter)
X-ray diffractometer
…. INESC MN provides cleanroom microfabrication and prototyping services to industry, SMEs, research institutes and university groups both inside Portugal and around the world. The types of services we provide include:

THIN FILM DEPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT

Magnetic thin films and multilayers
Transparent electronics (ITO, IZO, AZO, SiO2, MgO, TiO2)
Oxide and nitride thin films (SiO2, SiNx, AlN, TaN, MgO, TiO2)
Thin film semiconductors (a-Si:H, nc-Si, alloys with carbon, doped layers)

MATERIALS AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION

Magnetic characterization
Optical and optoelectronic characterization
Optical and fluorescence microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy
Profilometry and ellipsometry

DEVICE AND SYSTEM PROTOTYPING

Magneto resistive sensors
Magnetic devices
MEMS
Micro-electrodes
Magnetic surface scanners
Microfluidic devices
Biosensors and Lab on Chip systems
Sensors on CMOS

. Yes. service.

Name:            Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics

http://www.uibk.ac.at/textilchemie/

 General information: The Institute, founded in 1982 as a research institute of the University of Innsbruck, cumulates fundamental research and applied research activities in the field of textile chemistry and textile physics. The Institute is located in Vorarlberg, close to main parts of the Austrian textile industry in the building of the HTL-Textile where an area of 500m² is dedicated and equipped especially for the requirements of scientific work. In the period 2010 – 2015 research activities were strategically extended towards the field of technical textiles and fibre research. The activities also can be characterised by intensive interdisciplinary and intersectoral research. The research activities build on formation of research co-operations with complementary academic institutions as well as companies e.g. in the sectors health, construction, mobility. Particular contribution has… Equipment for textile analysis (diode array photometer, electrochemical equipment, HPLC, AAS, GC, FTIR, DSC, TGA, Dynamic mechanical analysis, Laser-scanning microscope, colour measurement, inverse size exclusion chromatography, Zeta potential measurement, Nitrogen analyser), climate chambers, laboratory scale and pilot scale textile processing units up to lots of 5 kg, pilot scale membrane filtration unit (UF, NF and RO).Textile chemical and physical testing equipment (tensile strength, abrasion, light fastness) for all stages of textile production.

http://www.uibk.ac.at/textilchemie/

email: textilchemie@uibk.ac.at
. The Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics (TCTP) covers basic research and applied research in the field of Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics, polymer chemistry and material sciences. Lectures and courses for these specialised fields are offered. The Institute undertakes a bridge function ranging from fundamental research, applied research to technology transfer and information supply for industrial partners.

Services range from small projects for industrial partners to large consortia in national, and EU funded programmes,

Fundamental research is performed in strategic fields of textile and polymer chemistry and physics
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The NANOLYON platform is dedicated to Micro and Nanotechnolgoy. It includes 600m² of clean room and 700m² of technological rooms. It is operated by a team of engineers and technicians, corresponding to 16.5 full time employees. It is part of the Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology, a Joint Research Unit of CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and CPE Lyon.

The NANOLYON platform is a member of the Renatech+ network, is labialized as a national proximity facility since 2002. It includes high performance, flexible and easily accessible technological equipments. The platform allows to develop the Micro and Nanotechnologies by combining the know-how of communities in Engineering and with existing strengths in Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Materials Science and Physics. It is the privileged tool which allows to offer to the actors of the fundamental and applied researches a complete set of tools and specific expertise allowing the emergence of original
technology processes.
… The platform is equipped with a wide range of generic and specific equipments, dedicated to Micro and Nanotechnologies. Fabrication tools are dedicated to generation and fabrication of materials, including thin layers and nanostructures, components and devices, sensors, microsystems.
This is completed with design and characterization tools. These technological resources are dedicated to applications in the field of electronics,biotechnologies and photonics.

Equipments include:

• Surface chemistry and wafer cleaning
• Porosification by electrochemical anodization
• UV Photolithography, maskless UV laser lithography, ebeam writing, UV holography
• Epitaxial growth (SSMBE, LPE, VPE)
• Evaporators (thermal, e-beam)
• ALD, PECVD-ECR, multi-electrodes PECVD, LPCVD, reactive sputtering, electrolytic depositions
• Wet etching, RIE, ICP, electrochemistry
• Microimprint, thermoforming, micro-drilling
• Photomasker/synthetisers of DNA chips
• Optical microscopy, SEM, AFM, ellipsometry, XPS, DXRD,…. The platform is a ‘hand-on” facility which develops internal and external projects (exogenous projects) with
technological challenges within the framework of the scientific collaborations including university and/or
industrial partnerships. The platform hosts external partners, including industrials and academics, that use the facilities for their own developments. 

« EASY ACCESS and FLEXIBILITY » : The platform currently develops technological research conducted
in INL (Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology) and supports external projects (academic and industrial R&D community).
« SPECIFIC EXPERTISE » : The technological developments are mainly focusing from standard to
very dedicated process.
Education training offer (400 h/year for projects and practical training – around 160 students)
Visiting users are specifically trained by the technical staff and/or the direct supervisor in the
use of equipment and processes

Our technological offer : to set up classical (litho-deposition-etching) or more…. Yes. service.