Future Pipe Industries

The degree of this quality decrease depends on the supplier and type of glass. Its mechanism has numerous parameters and at the moment there is not yet a standardized method of testing. Through TechForFuture, Saxion was asked to research a method to predict the quality of the coating. Researchers and students have looked at the influencing parameters and have developed testing standards.

Martin Bennink, Lecturer Nano technology is responsible for the project. “Together with FPI with have researched a method to test the reason why some batches are of good quality and others are not by looking at the coating on both micro and nano scales. The research, which is conducted with our Saxion students, shows that an infra-red spectrometer is best used for this purpose. The collaboration between Saxion and FPI was really successful and the company is interested in future cooperation. They are in need of knowledge about a method with which they can test the heat resistance of the coating, because the circumstances in which the pipes are stored, especially in Asia, are sometimes extreme.”

TechForFuture works together with high-tech companies that want to develop their knowledge in the field of HTSM. They get direct access to the expertise of the educational and knowledge institutions, research labs and innovation centers in the field of high-tech mechatronics, nanotechnology, smart materials, plastics, IT in new products and systems. Through their correspondence to demands from the HTSM-market, a new influx of technicians with knowledge, creativity and extensive practical experience is formed.