Tekniker | Annual Report 2019

Annual Report

2019

Revenues Activity revenues evolution Figures in thousands of euros · K€ 2015

23.412

2016

24.063

2017

25.381

2018

25.441

2019

25.015

Balance sheet At 31/12/2019 Figures in thousands of euros · K€

29,7 % Basque Government

44,6 % Private activities

R&D&I Revenues

1,1 % | AGE | DFG | Others

24,6 % European Union

ACTIVE Non-current assets

39.058

Current assets

24.908

Total

63.966

PASSIVE Net equity

55.772

Non-current liabilities Current liabilities Total

People

442 7.752 63.966

Total 286 59 PhD

Highlights

Anti-bacterial, hygienic and biocidal surfaces The Tekniker technology centre has extensive experience with regard to manufacturing and characterising anti-bacterial, hygienic and biocidal surfaces that can be potentially adapted and applied to produce anti-viral surfaces.

Surfaces provide the first point of interaction between a material and the surrounding environment.

Consequently, and thanks to surface modification techniques it is possible to improve the properties of materials and incorporate a number of functionalities.

Tekniker, member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), has developed a range of surface modification/processing technologies to achieve a number of functionalities. Thanks to the organisation’s expertise, the centre has proven experience in terms of manufacturing and characterising anti-bacterial, hygienic and biocidal surfaces to be researched and eventually adapted and applied to anti-viral surfaces.

Surfaces that destroy pathogens by using a physical or chemical interaction or by releasing anti-bacterial and biocidal agents.

Tekniker has developed tantalum and titanium nitride (Tan and TiN) Physical Vapour Deposition –PVD- coatings featuring metallic doping agents such as copper to manufacture surfaces that destroy pathogens as well as coatings based on Sol-Gel matrices and paint or lacquer containing metallic and embedded oxide particles that act as anti-bacterial agents.

Moreover, and thanks to these technologies, Tekniker has developed photocatalytic titanium oxide (TiO2) coatings that are able to remove organic compounds by the action of ultraviolet rays (UV). Likewise, and by using Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation -PEOtechnologies, titanium oxide (TiO2) coatings have been developed and doped with a number of ions on titanium alloys for anti-bacterial implants.

Surfaces preventing bacterial deposits and the formation of biofilm. Hydrophobic surfaces.

Thanks to pulsed laser technologies and to the direct etching of different microstructures on metallic, ceramic and polymeric surfaces (both on flat and 3D surfaces), Tekniker can provide superhydrophobicity features to prevent bacterial deposits and the subsequent formation of biofilm.

The technology centre also has experience with polymers. In this regard, the organisation has developed injected components with hydrophobic properties by microstructuring moulds. It also has capacity to manufacture nano and micro hierarchical structures to produce film polymers with superhydrophobicity features by means of nanoprinting and roll to roll technologies.

Equipment “Made in the Basque Country� for wire arc additive manufacturing Developing and fine-tuning an additive laser manufacturing process for large metal structures using wire arc.

Manufacturing processes for metallic components using 3D printing with direct deposition of material in the form of wire represent one of the most promising

technologies used to manufacture large components in the aeronautical, aerospace and shipbuilding sectors, among others.

It is within this context that Tekniker is currently developing direct laser metal deposition (LDM) from a process and equipment development perspective.

The LMD technology offers a lower level of dilution of the material deposited on the base and a closely monitored thermal application. It also guarantees the structural integrity of components during the manufacturing process.

The technology centre intends to implement this additive manufacturing system at companies in diverse sectors such as aeronautics, aerospace, shipbuilding and wind power. The machine tool sector, moreover, could also eventually become a potential integrator and manufacturer of machines featuring this technology.

It is in this area where simulation tools are being frequently used to improve production process efficiency. One of the trends that has grown over time is related to “digital twins”.

Digital twins and virtual commissioning

Tekniker is developing digital twins to enable equipment software to be tested, corrected and validated prior to developing the physical/real equipment to perform operational debugging.

Nowadays, it is not only cyberphysical systems (CSP), artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) or Big Data, among others, that have been rated as disruptive technologies used to address an increasingly more demanding and competitive “Industry 4.0” context.

In this regard, the technology centre has applied the so-called “virtual commissioning” methodology to several projects associated with critical equipment such as, for example, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope so that test can be run in earlier stages of a project to detect any errors and reach the finetuning stage with a more debugged software.

This corresponds to conventional equipment development processes where all subsystems (mechanical, electrical, control, software, etc.) are developed independently and making it impossible to test and validate subsystems until a more advanced development stage has been reached. More specifically, control software is usually the last link on the manufacturing and assembly chain, which is why the amount of time available for testing and validation for this subsystem is usually shorter due to disorders accumulated throughout the project.

When applied to equipment software, this methodology offers a large number of improvements that minimise the amount of time required for commissioning and the risk associated with incidents and allows tests be performed automatically to avoid repeating errors. Additionally, software quality and maintainability are also improved.

The Bin Picking technology for industrial solutions Bin picking solutions combine artificial vision to identify parts to be removed and robotics for their manipulation once extracted.

The manipulation of materials in production processes, both in terms of feeding a machine or preparing orders, is a low-added value task that can be automated.

These activities, however, are usually complex when attempts are made to automate them due to a number of reasons such as associated costs, ROI, product variability and how material arrives at the machine. The “bin picking� problem has been addressed for years in the area of research and nowadays, thanks to the existing 3D technology, it nowadays possible to offer industrial solutions.

Tekniker has finalised its own bin picking solution regardless of brands, types of robots or cameras used.

All algorithms have been developed internally for a broad range of adaptations to produce feasible improvements.

A rapid calibration system has been developed to be placed between the vision system and the robot in such a manner that, once a robot has been repaired or changes have been made in cell layouts, it is possible to commission the machine very quickly. A standard has been developed to include communications between the PLC, robot and vision system to facilitate the installation of third-party systems.

Tekniker’s bin picking solution meets an industrial demand associated with removing randomly placed parts from inside containers or baskets that combines artificial vision to identify the parts to be removed with robotics to perform all manipulation operations properly.

Bin picking solutions are highly attractive in the case of processes that require a rapid and repetitive extraction of elements from inside boxes or containers that are to be processed or packaged by automatic machines or production line feeds to implement resilient production practices focused on small batches and multiple references to transform single-reference lines into multi-reference lines to manage orders automatically in terms of logistics and reference systems without repetitive models (FOOD 4.0), among others.

Governing Board Chairman Jesús Mª Iriondo Arrizabalaga Microelectrónica Maser, S.L.

Deputy Chair José Ignacio Torrecilla Zubizarreta Maher Holding, S.A.

Secretary Alejandro Bengoa Gorosabel (Fundación Tekniker)

Company members

Institutional members

(Elected from among Collaborating Organisations)

Francisco Javier Fernández de Retana Irisarri Aernnova Aerospace, S.A.U.

Alberto Fernández González Dept. of Economic Development and Infrastructures of the Basque Government

José Pérez Berdud Fagor Automation, S.Coop.

Adolfo Morais Ezquerro Dept. of Education of the Basque Government

Álvaro Martínez de Lagos Salvador Goizper, S.Coop.

Manuel Baraza Alonso Ibermática, S.A. Jaione Lamy Insausti Kutxabank, S.A. Ander Aramburu Jiménez Lazpiur, S.L.U. Aitor Atutxa Arribalzaga Maier Technology Centre, S.Coop.

José Antonio Malumbres García Siemens Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.

Jon Gurrutxaga Mongelos Gipuzkoa Provincial Council Miguel de los Toyos Nazabal Eibar Town Council Juan Ángel Balbás Egea Debegesa José Luis Martín González UPV/EHU Natividad García Rodríguez Alumni Association - Armeria Eskola Imanol Urreisti Ulazia Armeria Eskola

Juan Jesús Alberdi Landa Ulma Handling Systems Íñigo Segura Díaz de Espada Zigor, S.A.

Governing Board at 31/12/2019

Collaborating Organisations Collaborating Organisations at 31/12/2019 Aernnova Aerospace, S.A.U. Alfa Lan, S.A. Doimak, S.A. Egile, S.L. Etxe-Tar. S.A. Fagor Automation, S.Coop.

Punteados de Precisión Goialde, S.L. Goizper, S.Coop.

Ibermática, S.A. Iline Microsystems, S.L. Industrias Electromecánicas GH, S.A. Jaureguizar Promoción y Gestión Inmobiliaria, S.L. Juaristi Boring & Milling Machines, S.L.U. Kutxabank, S.A. Construcciones Mecánicas José Lazpiur, S.L.U. Maher Holding, S.A. Maier Technology Centre, S.Coop.

Matz-Erreka, S.Coop Microelectrónica Maser, S.L. Ojmar, S.A. Ona Electroerosión, S.A. Pasaban, S.A. Siemens Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L. Ulma Handling Systems.

Zayer, S.A. Zigor Corporación, S.A.

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