Anaxam

ANAXAM
Company typeRegistered association
IndustryResearch, Services, Material analytics
FoundedMay 13, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-13)
Headquarters,
Key people
Christian Grünzweig (CEO), Frithjof Nolting (President)
Websiteanaxam.ch/en

ANAXAM stands for "Analytics with Neutrons And X-rays for Advanced Manufacturing" and it is a knowledge and technology transfer centre in Switzerland.[1] Anaxam is part of the federal government's "Digitalisation" action plan[2] and a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Transfer Centers (AM-TTC) association.[3][4] Anaxam is located on the Park Innovaare campus in the canton of Aargau.[5]

It is a non-profit organisation,[6] that aims to provide industry with access to advanced analytical methods originally developed for basic research.[1] Anaxam works with project partners on the basis of "public-private partnerships".

The centre provides industry with materials analysis using neutron and synchrotron radiation (X-rays) in the field of non-destructive material testing.[7][8] The technologies offered support companies in the optimisation of processes and products as well as in quality control and quality assurance. The project partners come from the raw materials industry, the metal industry, medical technology, the pharmaceutical industry and the automotive industry, among others.[9] They include large companies as well as SMEs, regional companies as well as national and international companies.[10]

Amongst others, ANAXAM uses the large-scale research facilities of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) – particularly the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ) and the Swiss Light Source (SLS). ANAXAM is located in the immediate vicinity of the Paul Scherrer Institute on the Park Innovaare Campus in Villigen, Switzerland.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Erfolgreiche Kooperation". Technische Rundschau (in German). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ "Aktionsplan 2019–2020" (in German). Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  3. ^ "Advanced Manufacturing Technology Transfer Centers". Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. ^ Rainer Klose (2021-11-27). "CH: Genaue Analysen von Werkstücken aus dem 3D-Druck". Die Mittelländische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  5. ^ Jocelyn Daloz (2023-01-30). "Neues Zentrum im Park Innovaare fördert Autos ohne Fahrer, Realität ohne Menschen und Intelligenz ohne Gehirne". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  6. ^ Haar, Martin, Es werde Licht, Triple A (in German), vol. 01/23, pp. 40–49
  7. ^ "Forschung und Innovation in der Schweiz - Zwischenbericht 2022" (PDF) (in German). Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  8. ^ "Grosser Rat bewilligt 2,4 Millionen für Technologiezentrum Anaxam". Baublatt (in German). 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  9. ^ "Geschäftsbericht 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  10. ^ Benjamin Alexander Senn (2022-11-07). "Von Fusionsreaktoren, Brennstoffzellen und Konservendosen". Swiss Science Today (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  11. ^ "Cutting-edge analytical methods made available to industry". Retrieved 2023-05-24.