Skagerrak test arena
Supporting the development of entrepreneurship in the blue bioeconomy
The right conditions for your technological development
Do you have a product or solution you want to test? Or does your company want to take the next step towards increased competitiveness and sustainability? Having access to the right equipment, staff to help you manage it and space in our premises will save you time, space and money.
We are here for those with new ideas as well as for those who want to develop an existing business. We know that the transition required for increased sustainability and competitiveness requires major changes and investments. The demonstration environment at the PTC is a living environment where you can come to see and test the latest technologies and methods in production engineering and talk to trained staff and experts in the field - this way your journey towards a sustainable future will be significantly less risky.
PTC is constantly evolving and we strive to have the latest technology. Below we list some of our equipment. Contact us and we will tell you even more!
| Automated production of composite products The composite arena is equipped with, among other things, an oven capable of handling large components, a grinding room, an extraction box for chemicals, a storage area with a freezer for storing fabrics and chemicals and a large climate-controlled room. |
| Flexible industrial automation The automation lab includes control systems, PLCs, industrial robots, grippers, sensors and transducers, as well as software and engineering tools for simulation and development work. |
| Additive manufacturing We have a number of different equipment for additive manufacturing. Above all, it is about additive manufacturing in metals of various kinds, but there are also machines for the production of components in plastic materials. |
| Materials testing In materials testing, we have equipment in the form of, among other things, a cutting machine for sample material, casting equipment, fume cupboard, microscope with camera and associated computer, hardness measurement equipment, tensile testing machine, grinding and polishing machine with automatic dosing and scanning electron microscope. |
| Non-destructive testing - NDT We have equipment for microfocus X-ray, ultrasound, eddy current testing, IR thermography and Gom Aramis optical strain gauges. |
| Thermal spraying Our lab is well-equipped with technology and expertise for a variety of coating methods in thermal spraying. |
