Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TODE20240719005
- Term of Validity
- 19 July 2024 - 19 July 2025
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A German university has optimized the clamping of material samples in a testing device. The new coupling element simplifies handling considerably and enables an efficient endurance test. The university offers a lisence agreement as well as a technological cooperation.
- Full Description
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When testing material samples, the aim is to clamp the samples reliably and reproducibly in the testing device. However, high-frequency tests are necessary for a large number of endurance test cycles.
A German university has improved this testing method. In ultrasonic resonance testing systems, the specimen is gripped in the testing system using a newly invented coupling element, whereby the longitudinal specimens are usually parallel to the ultrasonic wave (and not orthogonal to it, as is usually the case). The reusable coupling element also allows a stimulation wave to be applied to the front of the specimen in order to achieve a more targeted and flexible application of force than with a conventional fastening system. This simplifies handling considerably and enables an efficient endurance test.
The university offers a license agreement to companies from the following sectors: construction industry, automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering or tool technology. The inventors are also available for technological cooperation if further technical development of the process is requested. - Advantages and Innovations
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Compared to existing methods for clamping material samples, the described invention offers the following advantages:
- Optimized sample holder for VHCF testing systems
- Accelerated testing procedure
- Affordable application
- Universally deployable - Stage of Development
- Lab tested
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
- IPR notes
- The inventors filed a German and an international patent application. Foreign applications in all PCT countries can therefore be submitted.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The university offers a license agreement to companies from the following sectors: construction industry, automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering or tool technology. The inventors are also available for technological cooperation if further technical development of the process is requested.
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- SME 11-49
- Other
- SME <=10
- Big company
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 09001002 - Analyses / Test Facilities and Methods
- Market keywords
- 03007002 - Other measuring devices
- 03007003 - Other analytical and scientific instrumentation
- 08002002 - Industrial measurement and sensing equipment
- Targeted countries
- All countries
