Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TONL20230815003
- Term of Validity
- 11 September 2023 - 10 September 2025
- Company's Country
- Netherlands
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- Dutch deep tech hardware scale up / technical university spin-out, has developed gearbox technology that is 5x more precise and 15% more efficient than existing high precision gear boxes. The patented technology utilizes smooth traction rollers instead of conventional gear teeth. The company is looking for collaboration partners in precision robotics, semiconductors, industrial machines, optical and medical equipment within the framework of a commercial agreement with technical assistance.
- Full Description
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Improving the performance/output of machines and robots on the aspects of precision, speed, energy usage and quality is a main challenge in many sectors. This counts e.g. for the manufacturing industry with a sustainability and re-shoring ambition but also for next-generation medical equipment willing to improve the healtcare/well-being of patients. However the gearbox technology needed for this transition has not changed for 50 years and has become the bottleneck in many high-precision applications. That's why this technical university spin-out has developed a precision gearbox that utilizes smooth traction rollers instead of conventional gear teeth.
This unique IP-protected speed reducer technology equips mechatronic applications with enhanced stiffness, efficiency, and precision, lowers noise and offers vital protection against overload failure. Based on the advantages and the technology's market potential, the company has defined the ambition to become the world leader in high-precision transmission systems.
To make steps towards this ambition the company is looking for innovative companies, corporates or SMEs, that want to become early adopters of their new high-precision transmission systems. With the goal to create better solutions for their market. After purchasing a high-precision toothless gearbox, it can be tested and in close collaboration with the scale-up be tuned to the specific needs of the company's application. Partners are sought in high-tech sectors such as precision robotics, semiconductors manufacturing, industrial machines and optical and medical equipment, within the framework of a commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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Advantages of the high-precision gearbox technology are:
- 5x more precise (far less mechanical play),
- 15% more efficient (less energy usage)
- 10x stiffer
- 15dB less noise
- protection against overload failure (overload does not damage the gearbox like with conventional gearboxes)
Innovative aspect of the high-precision gearbox technology is that it is the only high-precision gearbox that doesn't use gear teeth but relies on traction to transmit torque. So the precision gearbox does not have the negative aspects of using gear teeth (backlash, low efficiency, high noise, high heat generation, low durability, etc.) The high-precision gearbox technology is protected by the patent on “compound planetary traction drive” technology. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The foreseen partner is a corporate or SMEs that develops and manufactures high precision hardware such as precision robots, semiconductor related machinery, industrial machines and optical and medical equipment.
The partner is expected to integrate the gearbox into their application, test the gearbox, and collaborate on building their application based on the innovative gearbox technology. - Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Big company
- University
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 05005 - Micro- and Nanotechnology
- 02002019 - Micropositioning, nanopositioning
- 09001007 - Optical Technology related to measurements
- 02007010 - Metals and Alloys
- 02002018 - Microassembly, nanoassembly
- Market keywords
- 08003007 - Other industrial equipment and machinery
- 03007003 - Other analytical and scientific instrumentation
- 08002004 - Robotics
- 05004005 - Diagnostic equipment
- 03005 - Laser Related
- Sector Groups Involved
- Aerospace and Defence
- Electronics
- Digital
- Mobility - Transport - Automotive
- Targeted countries
- All countries
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