Technology Development
| Netlab
operates as a virtual company, subcontracting work packages to reputed laboratories in
Europe and USA. selected on the basis of skills needed for a given
project, thus a "best of class" team is set up for each project.
Over 9 years of Netlab's existance we have established collaboration agreements with numerous laboratories and companies. |
Examples
of selected laboratories:
• Fraunhofer Institutes (Germany) • Technical University of Aachen (Germany) • Battelle Memorial Institute (USA) • Edison Welding Institute (USA) • SCAIME-Advoptics (France) |
| Examples of technology developments | Fiber Optical Sensors based on Bragg fiber technology are developed for strain, vibration and temperature monitoring. Typically 5 to 10 discrete sensors are spliced into one optical fiber line, each sensor being individually addressable. |
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| Optical fiber strain sensor developed in cooperation with SCAIME-Advoptics (France) | Application of optical fiber vibration and temperature sensing on the TGV Est track | TGV Est train linking Paris with Frankfurt and Stuttgart |
Prinicple of ultrasinic backscattering, drawing courtesy IZFP |
Ultrasonic Sensors for inspection of automotive components are being developed in collaboration with Fraunhofer (IZFP) for in-line inspection. | 
Robot with ultrasonic transducer follows the contours of an Al casting in water bath for detection of defects (gas bubbles, cracks and inclusions), photo courtesy IZFP |
5 MW wind turbine |
Condition Monitoring of rotor blades of wind turbines based on Bragg fiber technology. Strain sensors are attached to the inside of the blade, the opto- electronics unit is placed in the rotating hub, joint development with SCAIME-Advoptics (France). | 
Manhole entry to the wind turbine blade |