icetec guðmundur gunnarsson puffun kick-off meeting may 21, 2007
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IceTec Guðmundur Gunnarsson PUFFUN Kick-off meeting May 21, 2007. IceTec. Primary function is : to transfer technology and expertise to business and industry, to assist companies in innovation, productivity and R&D. Board. General Director. Assistant Director. Quality Manager. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
IceTec
Guðmundur Gunnarsson
PUFFUN Kick-off meetingMay 21, 2007
Primary function is:
to transfer technology and expertise to business and industry,
to assist companies in innovation, productivity and R&D
IceTec
Organizational Chart
Board
General Director
Quality ManagerAssistant Director
Adminis-tration
Marketing
Misc. services
Finance
Technological Development and Education Informationand
CounselingIMPRA
One Stop Shop
forEntrepre-neurs and
SME’s
Materials and Environmental
Technology
Training and Management Consultancy
Centre ofFood
Technology
Centre ofChemicalAnalysis
IceTec
IceTec – Technological Institute of Iceland
IBRI – Icelandic Building Research Institute
Agricultural University of Iceland (part of)
Merger of IceTec and IBRI
IceTec and IBRI will merge on August 1, 2007 Nysköpunarsmiðstöð Íslands
“Innovation center of Iceland”
IceTec
Who are we?A governmental laboratory reporting to the Ministry
of Trade and IndustryWe can participate in new development companiesTraditional industries have been the main
customersA group of 55 people in various fields
70% external income30% gov. contributionl
Material and Product Testings
Product and material testing of metals and polymers.
NDT on metals Failure analyses
“Surface” projects
Surfaces for the food industry Biofilm formation Together with Rf, Marel and Sæplast
FUNCOAT – Enhanced functionality of self cleaning and antibacterial surface coatings – NICe project Glass or glased surfaces coated with titanium dioxide and silver
Superhydrophilic, radicals generated destroys organic matter on surface Antobacterial (silver)
NANOREP Scratch resistant coatings
Self cleaning/easy to clean traffic signs
Equipment for surface analyses
SEM – Scanning Eelctron Microscope, LEO Supra 25 AFM - Atomic Force Microscope, PSIA XE-100 Optical Profiling System – Solarius Viking CLA 400 Contact angle meter, KSV CAM 200
For surface energy calculations Surface energy of bacteria and materials
SEM of bacteria on surfaces
PP on PE
Photocatalytic self cleaning surfaces
Surface is coated with TiO2 nanoparticles
Irradiation with sunlight makes the surface superhydrophilic
Radicals formed on the surfaces breaks down organic matter on the surface
http://www.newkast.or.jp/english/museum/index.html
Surface properties of bacteria First step in bacterial adhesion is partly governed by
surface properties/energy of bacteria and materials
Surface energy can be estimated from contact angle measurements of bacterial lawns and materials with different liquids
Pseudomonas putida (PP) is a hydrophobic bacteria Explains why it is so widely found in fish processing plants Adheres better to hydrophobic than hydrophilic materials
Listeria monocytogenes is a hydrophilic bacteria Has lower tendency than PP to adhere to all materials