The visit of the EU Programme Directorate and CDTI Territorial Cooperation to CIDETEC took place last 4 December. In the course of proceedings, Juan Antonio Tébar and Guillermo Álvarez gave centre representatives and a group of guests from collaborating companies a preview of new features with regard to the future Horizon Europe Framework Programme. This presentation was followed by an exchange of ideas regarding open issues, their prospects, and the activities of the CIDETEC Energy Storage, Nanomedicine and Surface Engineering centres.
The seminar, “Analytic Bath and Additive Control Techniques”, took place at CIDETEC on 22 November. This eminently industrial workshop was given by GOMENSORO, a corporate expert in analysis and laboratory equipment. The “ICP-OES SpectroBlue TI” recently purchased by CIDETEC was introduced to the participants in the course of the event.
The seminar was attended by numerous companies interested in the significant analytical advantages of this technique, such as high resolution, solidity and analytical quality. They also had the chance to delve deeper into the concepts of sample preparation as a key stage in the analytical process. Seminar participants were able to conduct in situ analyses of real samples provided by the participating companies, discussing technical aspects of the equipment and of this analytical technique of great potential for analysing the compositions of baths, additives and/or solid samples.
29 NOVEMBER saw the gathering of the Hazitek FUNCIONA 4 consortium on the subject, “Customised-function Products through Adaptable and Versatile Technologies” at Cidetec Surface Engineering installations. The project, spearheaded by ORBEA, is funded by SPRI through the HAZITEK programme and has availed of a global budget of € 6.5M over a three-year period, to conclude in December 2018.
The meeting pooled together the most significant project results, attesting to its excellent outcome and the compatibility and synergy existing between participating companies.It ended with a tour of Cidetec Surface Engineering installations.
The Cidetec technical team thanked all the consortium members, distinguishing MAIER, MUGAPE, IRURENA, CIKAUTXO, ABB NIESSEN and AMPO and, above all, its leader ORBEA for the active cooperation shown throughout project implementation and for demonstrating that the united efforts of the different companies and centres of the RVCTI make it possible to attain objectives efficiently to satisfaction.
On 21 November, the innovation committee of HEGAN – the Basque Country aeronautics and space cluster, of which CIDETEC is a member – met at the CIDETEC Surface Engineering facilities.Among other matters, this meeting dealt with the R+D stakes of the sector and HEGAN’s positioning as a cluster.
The day was capped by a visit to CIDETEC Surface Engineering installations, underscoring the decided CIDETEC stake in the aeronautics sector through its qualification in non-destructive testing and its successful participation in the European Clean Sky R+D programme being developed within the framework of Horizon 2020.
iModBatt was presented by CIDETEC Energy Storage in the International EV Batteries 2018: Cost-Effective Engineering for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on the 6-7th of November 2018 in London, an event organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
The conference was focused on understanding how actors in the field are planning to meet future demands on material resourcing, manufacturing, recycling and second life of EV and HEV batteries. Topics as EV range, battery pack performance and tools to simulate batteries’ short and long term behaviour were discussed.
In this line, Iosu Cendoya from CIDETEC Energy Storage Systems Unit, and coordinator of iModBatt, presented the results achieved during the last year of iModBatt project related to the Selection of commercial cells to fit a multiple purpose modular battery pack concept: iModBatt:
- Commercial cells selection to fit the power profiles and requirements of two different vehicles: a mainstream EV (Renault Zoe) and an urban LEV (e.Go).
- Cells are selected keeping in mind the reusability and second life concepts through a modular battery pack.
- In parallel to the cell testing and selection activity a battery pack modular concept is developed in order to ensure a smooth shift from the mainstream EV application to the urban LEV in case of reuse.
