big science catalogue

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BIG SCIENCE TECNALIA I INSPIRING BUSINESS

Big Sciencewww.tecnalia.com

R&D solutions and technological services to enable the creation of installations to develop basic science programs.

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Inspiring Business

7 BUSINESSDIVISIONS

VALUES

IDEAS THAT CREATE VALUE

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COMMITMENT WITH THE FUTURE

BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

RESEARCH TENACITY

EFFICIENT CREATIVITY

FLEXIBILITY

CONNECTIVITY

SALES NETWORK

ASSOCIATED INNOVATION CENTRES

BRANCHES ABROAD

ALLIANCES

HEADQUARTERS

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

ICT-EUROPEANSOFTWARE INSTITUTE

INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT

HEALTH

TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES

TECNALIA Research & Innovation is the first private appliedresearch centre in Spain and one of the most important in Europe.A combination of technology, tenacity, efficiency, courage andimagination.

We identify and develop business opportunities through applied research. Inspiring Business is a unique and different vision: we visualise ideas that create value and provide creative and technological solutions that bring real results.

INNOVATION STRATEGIES

PRESENCE IN THE WORLD

THIS IS US,THIS IS TECNALIA

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ONE HUNDRED AND TEN

WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL:

1.5001st

OUR ACTIVITY IN FIGURES

EXPERTSON STAFF

MILLION EUROS INCOME

At TECNALIA we are organised in 7 fully interconnectedBusiness Divisions. Cooperation works thanks to the transversality of teams, projects and clients collaborating with each other, combining experience, commitment and knowledge. Our best asset is our team, made up of more than 1,500 experts who work to transform knowledge into GDP in order to improve people’s quality of live by generating business opportunities for companies. We are committed with the future, with society, with the Earth and with our environment and this responsibility reinforces our values and provides focus to our activities.

“TECNALIA transforms Knowledge into GDP to improve people's quality of life by generating business opportunities for Companies”

DOCUMENT PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2013

GENERATING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH APPLIED RESEARCH.

4 APPROACHES TO THE WAY WE WORK WITH COMPANIES

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TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES VENTURES

R&D PROJECTS TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION STRATEGY

YOUR PROJECT

BUSINESS

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FIRST PRIVATE SPANISH ORGANISATION IN ECONOMICAL RETURNS, APPROVED AND LED PROJECTS IN THE VII EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

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Big Science

In a world that is increasingly aware that its natural resources are limited, the big challenges facing humans (energy, health, food, the environment, water, transport, etc.), can be met by tackling these issues with Basic Science and the technology arising from it. All relevant government bodies know that investment in science and technology are highly cost-effective and ensure the future development of the society they serve. On the other hand, insufficient investment would inexorably condemn technology, industry and the economy to dependency.

Research Infrastructures contribute to the implementation of Europe 2020 Strategy and its Innovation Union Flagship Initiative, especially in the multidisciplinary domains of the "Grand Challenges". Research Infrastructures enable excellent research not being available without the access to these facilities, providing environments for excellent researchers to do outstanding Science at European and International level, contributing to benchmark research frontiers.

In this wide challenge, the Industry of Science (IoC) represents the group of companies working for organisations engaged in conceiving, designing, building, operating and maintaining scientific installations and instruments in any field, thus contributing to the advance of science and technology and reinforcing technological innovation.

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The aim of TECNALIA in the Big Science is to offer solutions and services to different sectorial players in order to provide technological and applied research, by collaborating on specifications for equipments, systems and installations.Providing special services, being a necessary partner to enable the creation of installations and instruments to develop Basic Science programs.

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Big Science Segments

PARTICLE PHYSICS

Purpose-built particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before the beams are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions.

ENERGY AND ICTS

The increased use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) require large amounts of energy to manage computation, transmission, storage and presentation of information. Reflecting on the new paradigm proposed by the sector and its confluence with the energy world.

ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE

The development of Astrophysics has been very vertiginous and both observational instruments located on land and those falling in satellites provide a wide range of data that donot only advance our general knowledge but have an immediate application in our daily life.

"The TECNALIA Strategic Vision identifies the organisation as a “private applied research centre of international excellence and great impact on local industry, that has become a driving force for people and organisations, in the process of consolidating and projecting itself in the emerging industry of science sector".

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FUSION SCIENCE

Big Science Segments

LCIS ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURES

The buildings housing the Large Scientific Facilities (LCIs) have a unique character and therefore also require special construction skills. These are installations where lots of people work and research. That means an important resourcemanagement.

Since the discovery of nuclear physics scientists have been working on using the energy of the atoms in order to obtainenergy by Nuclear Fusion. Fusion has advantages that ensuresustainability and security of supply.

BIOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES

Biology examines life at the cellular level. Find new ways to cure disease. Survey marine organisms in their Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean habitats. Delve into the complex relationship between mathematical models and experimental results.

"The European Spallation Neutron Source to be built at Lund, Sweden, will contribute to create 23,000 full time jobs and will increase the regional GDP in about 24,000 € (0.08% of annual growth) until 2040. The ESS in Lund, its effects on regional development."

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS. 2009 RÖNTGEN ÄNGSTRÖM CLUSTER. 2012

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Knowledge Areas

CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT

•Supportthedesignofnewfacilitiesand physic infrastructure (locations selection, environmental design for the facilities, mobility impact, best environmental practices).•Contributiontothecivilworkofsingular features.• Infrastructuremanagement,controland maintenance.•Advisorysupportontheinitialdefinition, when advanced solutions are required (sound insulation, energy consumption, safety).•Urbandevelopmentandintegrationin experimental buildings.•Scientificandexperimentalfacilities,in different areas of knowledge (mechanics and structures, acoustics).

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

•Designanddevelopmentofpower electronics equipment.•Controlsystemsforpowerconverters, and IGBT's.•SmartGrids.•Renewableenergysystems.•ProtocolsassociatedwithSmart Metering.•PLC-LVandPLC-MVtechnologiesfor Smart Grid Services.•Standardsusedinelectricalsubstation automation.•Standardsusedfortelecontrolin electrical networks and power system automation applications.

•Developmentofnewmaterials and their characterization in extreme conditions.•Heattreatmentsandsurfacecoatings and conservation.•Lightweightalloysandatomic displacements.•CellStructures.Multi-andnano- materials.•Compositematerialsandalloyswith nano-particles.•Weldingprocess(brazing,soldering).•Formingprocesses(EMF).•Laserprocessing.•Thermalsprayingprocess.

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Knowledge Areas

CODAC (CONTROL, DATA ACCESS & COMMUNICATION) AND RH (REMOTE HANDLING)

•Autonomousnavigationsystems.•Handlingsystemsbasedonparallel kinematics.•Remotehandling.•Authomatization.•Mechanicalofhighperformance materials.•Mechanicalofhighspeed.•Complexdataanalysisandknowledge management: - Data acquisition. - Data Mining. - Artificial Intelligence Techniques.

TESTING AND CERTIFICATION

•TestingandCertificationofelectrical equipment.•Assessmentofmaterialsand components behavior against corrosion phenomena, stress, fatigue, etc.•Conformityevaluationofelectrical equipment, diagnosis and maintenance of equipment in facilities and supplier qualification.

•Environmentalimpactevaluation.•Chemicalcharacterization,metallurgical and mechanical.•Design,manufacturingand maintenance failure.•NDT(NonDestructiveTest)andspecial test.

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References in Particle Physics

Description:

TECNALIAhasdevelopedthefollowinginitiatives:•Collaborationfortheimplementationof company equipment•Layoutandfacilitiescomissioningto process requirements•TraininginbothE-BeamandBrazing technologies.•Upgradefacilitiestoprocessesand specifications.

ESS-BILBAO: SPECIAL WELDING FACILITIES01. CERN: ESSAYS ON

LHC STRUCTURES02.ESS BILBAO: DEVELOPMENT OF ION OURCES: TECHNICAL SUPPORT03.

Description:

The specimen tested are support columns belongingtothenewLargeHadronCollider particles accelerator installed 27Km in circumference between 50 and 150 meters deep in the French-Swiss border.

Static tests conducted at the Laboratory ofExperimentalMechanicalandTestingabout 5% of the total production and low processdefinedbyEADS-CASAtoensurealignmentbetweentheLHCCryomagnets15 meters in length.

TECNALIA’stestcampaignwasperformedon 2 types of support SSS and Cryodypole made of fiberglass. 300 component trials were made during two years.

Description:

Front-end test stand for ion sources allowing to test, develop and optimize ion sources and their working parameters.

The first operational system, generates experimental data that can be contrasted with simulations to validate them. It also serves as test stand for control systems and hardware, and a small scale test of the data acquisition, logging and analysis that will be required for the accelerator.

TECNALIAhassupportedtheanalysisofthe electrical installation system, as well as the power source equipment.

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References in Astrophysics and Space Science

Description:

ESATechnologyTransferProgrammeOffice (TTPO), aims to strengthen Europeanindustrybyidentifyingnewbusiness opportunities for providers of space technology and systems. It enhances the know-how and competitiveness of these providers while broadening their business horizons.

TECNALIAistheSpanishleaderandrepresentative for Technology Transfer to other complementary sectors.

Description:

TheExtreMatIntegratedProjecttargetson the creation of new multifunctional materials, with complementary conventional materials development only.

Based on an integrated approach, ExtreMatwilldramaticallypushforwardthe limits in materials technology and will provide and industrialize new knowledge-based materials and compounds for top-end and new applications in extreme environments.

TECNALIAhasdevelopednewmaterialsand multi-material components.

ESA: TRIBOLAB04.ESA: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMME OFFICE (TTPO)05.

EXTREMAT: MATERIALS FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS06.

Description:

TriboLAB is one of the instruments selected byESAtobeplacedintotheEuropeanTechnologicalExposureFacility(EuTEF)whichis part of one of the International Space Station (ISS) at one of the external balcony oftheEuropeanColumbusmodules.Thepurpose of TriboLAB is to perform basic and applied tribological experiments to study the behaviour of lubricants and typical space mechanisms in the space environment. TriboLAB will carry out three types of tribology experiments. It will allow to evaluate the tribologic performance of a coating (POD) and to test the typical elements of a mechanism (BB, sealing systems).

TECNALIAhascontributedwiththeoperation of the three types of experiments.

Transfer of Space Technology

Business Incubation

Intellectual Properties

Investment Support

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References in Fusion Science

Description:

The scope of this work is planning, preparation, specimen manufacturing, execution, evaluation and reporting of material characterization at a given temperature.

ThematerialsthatTECNALIAcharacterizesare structural metals (steels, stainless steels, copper alloys, aluminium alloys, titanium base alloys, nickel base alloys, Tungsten, vanadium alloys), composites (glass/resin composites, carbon fibre composites), super conducting strands (Nb3Sn,copper,NbTi)andjoints(welding, brazing..). Mechanical tests, physical properties measurements and microstructural analysis will be the activities provided by TECNALIA for a period of 4 years.

ITER: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS07.

ITER: TEST BLANKET SYSTEMS08. ITER:

FIRST WALL PANNEL09.

Description:

TheITERblanketisoneofthemostcriticaland technically challenging components in ITER:togetherwiththedivertoritdirectlyfaces the hot plasma. Because of its unique physical properties, beryllium has been chosen as the element to cover the first wall.

TECNALIAcollaboratesinthedevelopmentof instruments for equipment, as part of the activities to support the conceptual andpreliminarydesignoftheEuropeantest blanket systems, by covering experimental activities, instrumentation development, qualification of functional materials, etc.

Description:

Front-end test stand for ion sources allowing to test, develop and optimize ion sources and their working parameters.

The first operational system, generates experimental data that can be contrasted with simulations to validate them. It also serves as test stand for control systems and hardware, and a small scale test of the data acquisition, logging and analysis that will be required for the accelerator.

TECNALIAhassupportedtheanalysisofthe electrical installation system, as well as the power source equipment.

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References in EnergyandICTs

Description:

TheElectricalLaboratoryofTECNALIAis the leading independent testing laboratory in Spain and Portugal.

This Laboratory has gained long time expertise in the field of the conformity assessment of products of distribution companies, as well as in the technical requirements and certification processes demanded by the electrical utilities.

Asasingularstation,TECNALIAoperatesthe highest rated and most extensive independent power test facility in thesouthwestofEurope,fittedwithsufficient capability so as to perform short circuit and high current testing (up to 200kA) on a wide range of high and low voltage electrical equipment, as well as making and breaking tests on low voltage equipment.

Description:

The Neutron Absorbers Material are key in the system of storage of worn-out fuel, attenuating the neutron radiation to reduce the thermal resultant stresses of the heat build-up for these radiations.

TECNALIAhasevaluatedcommercialNeutron Absorbers Materials, as well as differentlayersprojectedbyHighVelocityOxygenFuel(HVOF),whichincorporatesBoron, developed internally.

ON-SITE HV CABLE TESTING10.

PLATFORM FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT TESTING11.

NEUTRON ABSORBERS MATERIALS12.

Description:

TECNALIA’sMobileLaboratoryofferstesting commissioning, diagnostics and maintenance of underground cables and high-voltage submarine cables, through a VariableFrequencyResonantSystemTypeWRV80/260(66to400kV).

TECNALIAisrecognisedasareferencecentre in Partial Discharge measurements and, as an independent testing laboratory, has taken part in international alliances for commonprojects.

References in LCIsEngineeringand Infrastructures

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Description:

The Grand Telescope of Canary Islands (GTC)incorporatesEMIRwide-field,near-infrared,multi-objectspectrographproposed for the Nasmyth focus. It will allow observers to obtain from tens to hundreds of intermediate resolution spectra simultaneously, in the nIR bands Z,J,H,K.Amulti-slitmaskunitwillbeused for target acquisition.

EMIRisdesignedtoaddressthesciencegoals of the proposing team, providing a robust second-generation instrument for GTC while providing an observing mode unique among 8m class telescopes.

TECNALIAhascontributeddevelopingnew adhesives for cryogenic conditions.

GTC: NEW ADHESIVES FOR CRYOGENIC CONDITIONS13.

IAC: FEASIBILITY STUDY AND BUSINESS MODEL14.

EST: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER STUDIES15.

Description:

The Institute of Astrophysics of Canarias (IAC) is an internationalized Spanish research centre. It has two headquarters and two observatories set in an environment of excellent astronomical quality,bothconstitutingtheEuropeanNorthernObservatory(ENO).

TECNALIAhasdevelopedtheinitialFeasibility Study and Business Model for the Astrophysics Technology Centre.

Description:

SOLARNET(HighResolutionSolarPhysics Network) is the solar successor of OPTICON, as a common observing time allocationprocessforEuropeanSolarTelescopes(EST).

ThemainobjectivesaretoprovideaccesstoEuropeanSolartelescopesand instruments, and to develop data pipelines such that science-ready data is easilyavailableforusersoftheACCESS.

TECNALIAhasdevelopedtechnologytransfer studies between surface & space astrophysics.

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Clients andAgreements

CLIENTS

CERN

EADS

ESA: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMME OFFICE

ESS BILBAO

EUROPEAN SOLAR TELESCOPE

FUSION FOR ENERGY

INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS OF CANARIAS

ITER

AGREEMENTS

Collaboration in the Industry of Science /

Themainobjectiveofthecollaborationistojointforcesindevelopingprojectsrelated to construction, operation and maintenance of science installations for accelerators and targets, paying particular attention to the spallation neutron source in Bilbao astrophysics.

Collaboration between Ineustar and TECNALIA /

Themainobjectiveofthisagreementistotake advantage of the potential that may have in the new market of the Industry of Science by collaborative integration of the research, technological and industrial componentswithintheINEUSTARassociated industries as in the science and technologypresentinTECNALIA

Other Alliances /

EARTO

EUROTECH

MIT-ILP

FRAUNHOFER

TECNALIAParque Científico y Tecnológico de BizkaiaC/ Geldo, Edificio 700E-48160 Derio-Bizkaia (Spain)

T 902 760 000*T+34 946 430 850 (International calls)www.tecnalia.com

IÑAKI INZUNZABig Science Directoriñ[email protected]

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