By Swiss Nanoscience Institute
The center, known as ANAXAM (Analytics with Neutrons and X-Ray for Advanced Manufacturing) provides cutting-edge materials analysis services to industrial companies working with modern manufacturing technologies. Outstanding materials analysis can provide crucial information in the context of technology transfer. In the Canton of Aargau, this gave rise to the idea of establishing a technology transfer center to allow Swiss industrial companies to benefit from the neutron and X-ray analysis carried out at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). In addition to its activities as a service provider, ANAXAM is also a guarantor of innovation in the field of analytics. The array of methods, devices and expertise offered by ANAXAM is broadened by the participation of the FHNW and the SNI, resulting in a diverse spectrum of applications in a variety of industrial fields. The most varied materials can be analyzed and measured in detail, minute modifications – including those affecting a product’s interior – can be represented, and production processes can be examined and optimized using the methods at the center’s disposal. The materials analysis services on offer at ANAXAM go beyond laboratory work: ANAXAM employs highly trained personnel with the necessary skills to efficiently use the large-scale research facilities and infrastructure, who can offer professional advice to the center’s customers from industrial companies at all times.
