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Last week we performed a feasibility test, together with our project partner MPS Microsystems, at the TOMCAT beamline of PSI. Within this project a dedicated test bench was developed to operate a watch gear in the beamline. During the feasibility test the function of the test bench and its transmission to the synchrotron beam was checked. The results are promising. In the next step the real experiment will be planned for later this year.

We are pleased to present you with our 2022 Annual Report of our Technology Transfer Center. The Annual Report is available here in German.

RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, is an independent, state-owned research institute. As an innovation partner for the entire society, RISE develops technologies, products, services, and processes contributing to a sustainable world and competitive industry. RISE collaborates with and on behalf of the academia, private and public sector. Particular focus is placed on supporting small and medium-sized companies in their innovation processes.

Bread is a worldwide staple food, and baking industries across the globe supply food to millions of people every day. The oven is the largest energy consumer in industrial bakeries, leading more companies to explore new ways of baking bread. The combination of microwave and convective baking offers an energy-efficient way to bake bread in a shorter processing time. It could potentially help the industry overcome the challenge of reducing baking times while at the same time maintaining desired bread volume and quality properties.

The first week of May, our team together with SME company SwissSEM and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) conducted a measurement campaign at the ChipIr beamline in ISIS neutron source. We have investigated the effects of cosmic-ray irradiation on the reliability of nanoscale oxide layers in power semiconductors. The results help SwissSEM to better understand the device failure related to cosmic neutrons and support development of more robust power semiconductors.

ANAXAM together with colleagues from PSI have successfully exploited for a specific question of an industrial customer the usage of the Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE) technique for elemental analysis of welding samples.

Gulhfi AG is an international innovation leader in surface engineering and provides contract design, prototyping service and specific powder material and coating systems for such thermal spray equipment. Gulhfi is specialized in thermal spray coating technology in particular for medical, energy, aerospace, automotive and general industry like the printing industry. The core technology of Gulhfi is to provide engineering services to customers. Such services imply coating development, development of new material in terms of powder and coating properties, product prototype realization, robot programming of thermal spray equipment and implementation of production line at customer site.

Within the framework of a customer project for the investigation of ice samples, a tailor-made cryochamber was realised.

The name Springfix stands for modern forming technology and metal-cutting further processing in medium and large series production. We supply automotive suppliers, building equipment manufacturers and the electrical industry worldwide.

Springfix steel moldings are used in innovative, modern lighting solutions, manufactured with the utmost care and efficiency from pre-painted or pre-galvanized strip material. The well known and adapted manufacturing process nevertheless leads from time to time to quality defects of the products. These defects originate in complex material and process engineering problems, which is why we need the cooperation of a practical analytical service provider who also has a sound knowledge of materials science and process engineering.

Synchrotron CT study of arctic sea ice samples, together with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), at the ESRF in Grenoble (project "MICROSPRAY", Research Council of Norway, 2020-2025, project leader Sönke Maus) and the industrial customer Equinor.