accessing the technology gateway network 2016

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ACCESSING THE TECHNOLOGY
GATEWAY NETWORK 2016
A GUIDE FOR COMPANIES
Enterprise Ireland | Accessing the Technology Gateway Network 2016 – a guide for companies
Graphical Representation of the Technology Gateway Network
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
WiSAR
Wireless Solutions
IT Sligo
PEM
Precision Engineering
& Manufacturing
Athlone Institute of Technology
COMAND
Connected Media
GMIT Galway
APT
Polymer Technologies
Dublin Institute of Technology
MET
Medical & Engineering Technologies
CREST
Coatings Innovations
Institute of Technology Tallaght
MiCRA
Bio Diagnostics
Limerick Institute of Technology
Shannon ABC
Applied Biotechnology
Institute of Technology Tralee
IT Carlow
Design+
Applied Design
ImAR
Intelligent Mechatronics & RFID
Waterford Institute of Technology
Shannon ABC
Applied Biotechnology
SEAM
Engineered Materials
Cork Institute of Technology
CAPPA
Applied Photonic Solutions
TEC
Embedded Systems
PMBRC
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
MSTG
Mobile Services
Contents
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Introduction to Technology Gateway Network
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Profile of Technology Gateways
APT Gateway - Applied Polymer Technologies
CAPPA Gateway - Innovation Through Light
COMAND Gateway - Connected Media
CREST Gateway - Coating Innovations
Design+ Gateway - Applied Design
IMaR Gateway - Intelligent Mechatronics and RFID
MET Gateway - Medical & Engineering Technologies
MiCRA Gateway - Biodiagnostics
MSTG Gateway - Mobile Services
PEM Gateway - Precision Engineering & Manufacturing
PMBRC Gateway - Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Shannon ABC Gateway - Applied Biotechnology
SEAM Gateway - Engineered Material Technologies
TEC Gateway - Embedded Systems
WiSAR Gateway - Wireless Solutions
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Introduction to the Technology Gateway Network
Near-to-market solutions for business and industry
Companies all over Ireland are using the Technology
Gateways to develop new or better products and services
and smarter ways of doing things.
Through the Technology Gateway Network, they are
leveraging the expertise of over 300 industry-focused
researchers, together with the specialist equipment and
facilities of the Institutes of Technology, to access near-to
market innovation and solutions.
Since 2008, over 600 Irish companies have used the
Technology Gateway Network to complete more than 1,500
innovation projects.
From polymers and photonics to mobiles
and mechatronics
This publication provides a guide to the 15 specialist
gateways within the Technology Gateway Network.
Each Technology Gateway focuses on key technology areas
aligned to industry needs. These range from polymers and
photonics to mobiles and mechatronics… and everything
in between—materials, industrial design and precision
engineering—to biotechnology and pharmaceuticals—right
through to embedded solutions and wireless services.
Within each Gateway, a dedicated Gateway Manager and
a team of specialised business development engineers
act as the key contact points for industry and manage the
successful delivery of projects on time and within budget.
Small projects, big impacts
Technology Gateways are used by companies of all sizes, but
especially SMEs. Typical projects focus on the development
of a new product or service or the optimisation of a process.
About 90 per cent of the projects undertaken by Technology
Gateways are small, involving a total spend in the region of
¤5,000 to ¤10,000. But for businesses—and for Ireland Inc—
the impact is usually far greater.
According to a recent economic evaluation, for every ¤1
invested in the Technology Gateway Network, the company
turnover increased by ¤5.85.
With real results for companies
In the same evaluation 87 per cent of companies interviewed
said that working with the Technology Gateway Network had
brought about benefits for their business.
Moreover, successful collaborations often result in the
Gateway becoming an extension of the company’s R&D
facility over time, as it partners with the business along the
innovation journey towards increased growth, sustainability
and competiveness.
Gateway Managers are always happy to discuss potential
collaborations with industry, so for more more information,
read through this guide, visit www.technologygateway.ie,
follow us on Twitter @EITechGateway or simply get in touch.
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The open access nature of the Technology Gateways is shown by the partner companies ranging in size from Start-ups,
including HPSUs (High Potential Start-ups), SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) to large indigenous and MNC (MultiNational Coporations)
Technology Gateway Network
Industry Collaborators
Start-up
Large Indigenous
HPSU
MNC
SME
Demonstration of the increased level of industrial collaboration achieved from 2008 to 2015
Total Industrial Collaborations
Innovation Voucher Projects
Innovation Partnership Projects
Projects Directly Funded
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Industry projects completed from 2008 to December 2015
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Total Industrial Collaborations
Project Type
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Innovation Voucher Projects
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Innovation Partnership Projects
Projects Directly Funded by Industry
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Profile of Technology Gateways
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The APT Gateway | Applied Polymer Technologies
About Us
Case Study: Injection Moulding Support
Contact details
The APT Gateway is based on the
Athlone IT campus. APT is providing
polymer technology solutions for
companies in the medical, composite,
recycling and pharmaceutical sectors.
APT provides industry with access to:
Henkel are a large adhesive supplier with a
large manufacturing and R&D facility located
in Dublin. Henkel R&D staff have been
developing adhesives to promote bonding
between polymers and metals. Their research
and benchtop testing has to date focused on
testing using a small benchtop piston moulding
apparatus which is not similar to the actual
processes employed industrially. They needed
to test their compounds using state of the art
moulding technology.
Name
Sean Lyons
APT Gateway Manager
ilot and Production scale
P
Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding,
Thermoforming, Extrusion and
Compounding lines
Advanced Analytical Facilities for
materials research, testing and
troubleshooting
Design, Rapid Prototyping and MicroMoulding Capabilities
“The APT Gateway is
extremely useful to us and
located only one hour from
our plant – we are planning
to utilise the equipment to
create several samples for
our internal test protocols.”
Darren Nolan Managing Director,
Henkel
APT has pilot and production scale injection
moulding facilities and through a collaboration
100% funded by Henkel APT designed and built
a custom insert injection tool for use with the
Henkel materials. APT then provided Henkel
R&D engineers with usage of the tool in a state
of the art injection moulding machine with the
assistance of an experienced injection moulding
engineer to create samples for them to analyse.
Henkel have ongoing access to the APT facility
to test their adhesion materials in an industrially
relevant setting. Future trials using additional
materials are already planned.
Telephone
+353 90 646 8284
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.aptireland.ie
Twitter
@apt_ireland
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The CAPPA Gateway | Innovation Through Light
About Us
Case Study: Analysis of Mozzarella Cheese
Contact details
The CAPPA Gateway based in CIT
is applying light based photonic
technologies for near to market
problems for industrial partners
seeking solutions for:
Four Star Pizza is a fast food pizza company
operating throughout the island of Ireland which
specialises in the home delivery and carry-out
service of special recipe pizza. As of August
2015 there are 31 stores in operation. The first
outlet opened in 1986 and the chain has steadily
grown, being present in most regions of Ireland.
Outlets vary from being both fully owned by
the company, or owned and operated on a
franchised basis. Four Star Pizza Wilton is an
independently owned franchise part of Four
Star Pizza Ireland which is a wholly owned Irish
company. Four Star Pizza is nearly 30 years in
Ireland.
Name
Liam Lewis
CAPPA Gateway Manager
New Photonics Devices
Med Tech & Pharmaceuticals
Food & Beverages
Manufacturing Technologies
“The CAPPA group engaged
with us from the onset
where they explored the
viability of the project.
The group maintained
contact with us during the
entire process where they
demonstrated commitment
to understanding the
issues and the impact to
our business. The group
were successful in building
a quality control model to
allow us asses the maturity
of mozzarella which will
help us to ensure customer
satisfaction. We have found
CAPPA to be an extremely
valuable and flexible
resource in providing quality
control of our mozzarella
cheese. We would highly
recommend the CAPPA
group and would have no
hesitation in working with
the group in the future.”
Séamus Lane Managing Director, Four
Star Pizza Wilton
Four Star Pizza Wilton and the CAPPA Gateway
in CIT developed an ongoing relationship
whereby CAPPA supports the quality control
of the cheese products used by the company
with its suite of spectroscopic equipment. A
critical part of this technology support is
the utilisation of CAPPAs Near-Infrared and
Raman spectrometers which can provide
non-destructive testing of mozzarella cheese.
In combination with multivariate analysis,
specifically Principle Component Analysis
and Regression analysis, CAPPA have helped
Four Star Pizza Wilton monitor the quality of
mozzarella cheese through the development of
a maturity prediction model. The model allows
the utilisation of the product in a more time and
cost efficient manner with increased product
consistency and quality.
Mobile
+353 86 838 9797
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.cappa.ie
Twitter
@cappa_cit
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The COMAND Gateway | Connected Media
About Us
The COMAND Gateway, based in AIT
is delivering solutions for the software
industry across multiple media
platforms. The industry focussed
technology offer from COMAND
includes:
Cloud Media Platform: Leverage media
processing in the cloud and end user
Media Systems: Intelligent and Cross
Platform Multimodal Development
User Interfaces: multimodal interfacing
Real Time Data Analytics
Interoperability of the Internet
of Things
“The work undertaken
in conjunction with
AIT has accelerated
our development path
considerably and has
allowed us to bring
innovative solutions to
the market quickly, which
is crucial in the retail tech
space. The work was of a
very high standard and the
engineers were extremely
professional and diligent.
We found working with
them to be a seamless
process and one which
we would be keen to
repeat in the future.”
Fergal Downey CEO of Touchpoint
Interactive Media
Case Study: Creating a digital channel in the
physical retail space
Touchpoint Interactive Media is an Enterprise
Ireland client company based in a Dublin that
works in the advertising and retail domain
providing in-store digital media solutions for
brands such as Vodafone and Paddy Power.
The company is a specialist in touch, gesture
and holographic display technologies and designs
complete solutions around these technologies.
Touchpoint spotted a market opportunity to use
their expertise to assist retailers and approached
COMAND to help implement it. It’s estimated that
38% of consumers have experienced leaving a
store empty handed because the product they are
looking for is unavailable, and that retailers in the
UK are missing out on sales of £1bn per month as
a result.
Holding high stock levels is expensive for retailers,
and they are restricted by the limitations of
space in the physical store. Their online “virtual
inventory” allows them make significantly more
products available in this channel and so a gap
exists in the online and offline offerings. Current
options for creating a digital channel within
physical retail either require expensive, time
consuming integrations and hardware, or use
handheld devices requiring staff intervention to
complete ordering or new payment technologies.
Through an Innovation Partnership project
with Touchpoint the COMAND Gateway designed
a backend solution for the proposed hardware
client names BoscaPay. This was achieved
through the addition of new functionality that
included the seamless delivery of the interactive
display performance and the utilisation of
external data sources to determine the scheduling
processes. An important feature of the system is
it’s capacity to share information between mobile
devices and the platform’s driven screens. This
project also investigated the scope for pulling
data feeds into BoscaPay and delivering template
User Interfaces’. BoscaPay, has just been launched
to the market and is being very well received by
retailers and there are currently 3 trials in place
with System Integrators.
Contact details
Name
Anthony Cunningham
COMAND Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 90 648 3096
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.comand.ie
Twitter
@aitsri
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The CREST Gateway | Coatings Innovations
About Us
The CREST Gateway based in DIT
delivers coatings innovation solutions
for industry in the engineering,
construction, healthcare and
biomedical industries. CREST
offers companies expertise in:
Protective Coatings for
challenging environments
Surface treatment of
metal components
Coatings for
Environmental Applications
Biomedical Devices
“This technology will keep
50 jobs in Ireland and will
generate sales of ¤10 ¤20M p.a. at full production.”
Mike Young Business Development
Manager C&F
Case Study: High performance coatings for
automotive applications
Formerly known as Iralco, C&F Automotive is
now part of the C&F group and employs 370 staff
at the Collinstown site in Co. Westmeath. The
company export aluminium trim to Automotive
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) such
as VW, Volvo, Daimler, Porsche and Bentley.
The CREST Gateway has a long collaborative
relationship with C & F Automotive. From an
Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership project
CREST and C & F Automotive developed a sol
gel coating technology called Dualion that was
applied to the company’s aluminium trims to pass
the Volkswagen TL182 performance standard.
The Dualion technology was licensed to C & F
Automotive and it was subsequently successfully
tested by Volvo and Daimler. Trial batches were
originally synthesised in Finland by Millidyne, a
recognised Sol-Gel manufacturer.
In November 2012 the TL182 standard was revised
with UV requirements and the preferred version
of Dualion did not meet their full specification.
CREST and C & F staff reformulated the Dualion
technology within the scope of the existing
patent to meet the needs of C & F clients. 2015
saw several variations synthesised with a final
preferred technology developed with sufficient
scratch resistance and UV resistance. This
version was approved by Volvo for Qualification
Assessment. To achieve qualification, C & F have
to prepare full size parts (length of 1.2-1.4m) which
required new equipment and large volumes. Both
CREST and CF Automotive met with TE Labs
(Tullow, Co. Carlow) and arranged for batch trials
to be blended. By September 2015 TE Labs had
undertaken blending of 1,000L of the new Dualion
Sol-Gel generation for testing by Volvo.
Final trials for C&F with Volvo have been held for
securing contracts on their 2017 models. Daimler
has also accepted the technology and will be
incorporating the Dualion product during 2016.
Contact details
Name
Brendan Duffy
CREST Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 1 402 7964
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.crestdit.ie
Twitter
@crestdit
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The Design+ Gateway | Applied Design
About Us
Case Study: Electrical drug delivery patch
Contact details
The Design+ Gateway based in IT
Carlow is applying its Industrial Design
capabilities for companies from the
Engineering, ICT & Software and Bio
Lifescience sectors nationally. The
technology offer to industry is:
Design+ engaged with Magnetar Medical Devices
to further design and develop their product.
Magnetar’s electrical drug delivery patch (patent
pending) has a niche application as a medical
product, replacing traditional hospital IV infusion
equipment used to deliver morphine to patients.
The product is designed to be initially applied
by a medical practitioner onto the patient for
the first delivery of the drug and then used by
the patient thereafter.
Name
Ailish Delaney
Design+ Gateway Manager
The delivered design has many key features that
allow the product to be used successfully and
safely by the patient and medical practitioner.
Some of these features include a boost button,
LED interaction points and the ability to refill
the product. The patch was visually designed by
Design+ to conceal its presence by making the
material the same colour as skin tone; over-thecounter plasters use this technique to great effect.
Twitter
@designplus_ITC
Engineering: Prototype design
and scale to manufacture
ICT & Software: Integration of user
experience and interface design
Bio Lifesciences: product design
orientated by end user needs
“We have found Design+
Technology Gateway’s
input to be inspirational
and efficiently executed.
Incorporating their knowhow at an early stage has
expedited the process
of fully realising our
concepts. We are extremely
satisfied with the work
produced and found
Design+ to be responsive,
dynamic and creative.”
Ger Fitzgibbon Magnetar
Medical Devices
Once used, the patch can be easily removed
by pulling a tab, and then refilled. The whole
system and product was designed to be simple,
manufactured efficiently and use as little material
as possible while still being easily modified if
required. The project combined design thinking
with electronic engineering.
On conclusion of the project, the client was
provided with a set of technical drawings of
the product components and assemblies along
with corresponding 3D computer generated
models. They were also supplied with materials
and manufacturing specifications. Since their
engagement with Design+ the client has
subsequently engaged with potential investors.
Magnetar Medical Devices are currently operating
from the Institute’s Enterprise and Research
Incubation Campus in Carlow. They have been
selected as one of the best technologies in the
EU at the Medtec 2016 Europe exhibition. They
have also successfully secured Competitive Start
Funding from Enterprise Ireland.
Telephone
+353 59 917 5208
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.designgateway.ie
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The iMAR Gateway | Intelligent Mechatronics and RFID
About Us
The IMaR Gateway based in IT Tralee is
applying its core expertise in providing
electronic and mechanical hardware,
software, IoT and data analytics
innovation for increased productivity
in the manufacturing, agriculture and
process sectors.
Intelligent sensor systems & robotics
automation
RFID and data analytics to enable
process automation
Process Analytic Technology
Industrial Internet of Things
“When Astellas contacted
IMaR with the issue of
tracking the Hazardous
waste onsite we found
their approach to the issue
very analytical and we are
very satisfied with the high
professional standard and
valuable support provided
during the project. We
feel that the reliability,
dedication, and partnership
that IMaR personnel have
shown during this project is
a credit to the institute.”
Eamonn Foley Astellas
Case Study: Hazardous Waste Track and Trace
using the Internet of Things Technologies
Astellas Ireland is a Multinational Corporation
based in Killorgin Co. Kerry since 1990 and
currently employs 309 people. This plant
manufactures and supplies globally a range
of treatments, including the immunosuppressant
Prograf® and Protopic® (tacrolimus ointment).
There is also a plant in Dublin employing over
70 people. The main activity of this facility is
the manufacture of three bulk active
pharmaceutical ingredients which are supplied
to the global market, namely, famotidine*,
solifenacin and tamsulosin.
The IMaR Gateway and Astellas collaborated on
an Innovation Partnership Feasibility study to use
Internet of Things technologies, such as RFID
scanning and web-services integration, to address
the problem of track and trace of Pharmaceutical
waste from source to industrial disposal overseas.
Advanced hazardous waste track and trace
management systems are becoming increasingly
important across many industrial sectors, using
a complex combination of identification labels to
track waste containers at point of origin, enabling
accurate departmental and cost centre analysis
and a traceable product. Few systems however
are fully automated and therefore are prone to
error. Continual traceability of the waste produced
is one of the optimal goals of an automated waste
tracking system.
In this project, the IMaR Gateway developed an
onsite electronic RFID based Waste tracking
system. A number of methods for Hazardous
waste track and trace were investigated through
a combination of a detailed literature review
and the investigation of commercially available
systems. The different systems and approaches
were analysed for the best fit for the company’s
individual requirements and a system was
proposed which meet the criteria set by the
company. This investigation has demonstrated
the potential for the integration of an advanced
Internet-of-things based waste tracking system.
It has de-risked a number of key concerns in
relation to this system and has helped significantly
in preparing a business case for full system
development. IMaR and Astellas have commenced
a full Innovation Partnership to develop this
concept further.
Contact details
Name
Daniel Riordan
iMaR Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 66 714 4216
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.imar.ie
Twitter
@imar_ie
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The MET Gateway | Medical & Engineering Technologies
About Us
Case Study: Cerebral Vascular Model Generation
Contact details
The MET Gateway based in GMIT
offers technology solutions targeted
at medical device and engineering
companies. Their core competencies
focus on:
Neuravi is an Enterprise High Potential Start
Up based in Galway. The company developed
an innovative clot-retrieving device designed
to treat patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Ischemic stroke is characterised by the sudden
loss of blood circulation to an area of the brain,
resulting in a corresponding loss of neurologic
function. An acute ischemic stroke is caused by
a thrombotic or embolic occlusion of a cerebral
artery and is more common than a haemorrhagic
stroke. Prior to carrying out costly in vivo trials,
the company was required to verify device
performance through a series of in vitro studies.
No cerebrovascular model was commercially
available that simulates the specific anatomical
challenges relevant to testing the device so the
MET Gateway and Neuravi collaborated on an
Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership project
to address this technology gap by developing an
in vitro simulation system designed for testing the
performance of their product.
Name
Eugene McCarthy
MET Gateway Manager
Medical Imaging Technologies
Biomedical Engineering
Technologies/Solutions
Data Analytics and Visualisation
Design Engineering/Verification
“The neurovascular
models developed by
the MET Gateway played
an important role in
Neuravi’s EmboTrap device
development, and we
also use these models in
training stroke doctors in
our technology. The work
at GMIT has made an
important contribution to
the successful treatment
of acute ischemic stroke
patients with our device.”
Michael Gilvarry Head of Research
& Development Neuravi
As one of GMIT’s core competencies is 3D
vascular modelling and expertise in the fabrication
of complex non-planar models, the Gateway’s
research staff worked with the company to
identify a set of performance criteria through
medical image analysis of patient specific
cerebrovascular anatomy. Once a comprehensive
image based analysis and reconstruction of 3D
cerebrovascular anatomy was carried out various
elastomeric models were fabricated. Each of the
models generated closely mimicked both the
geometrical compliance and frictional behaviour
properties of the native vasculature.
A flow rig design system incorporating the
clinically relevant developed models was then
designed and generated, facilitating the in vitro
evaluation of the company’s device delivery
and performance. Since completion of the
innovation partnership GMIT has maintained a
high level of interaction with the company and
has generated several patient specific models
with varying tortuous characteristics. The
close relationship between Nueravi and MET
was further demonstrated when the company
cosponsored a PhD through the IRC employment
based programme. MET and Neuravi have also
applied together to a Horizon 2020 (call: Virtual
Community H2020-EINFRA-2015-1). Neuravi
is one of the industry representatives on the
MET Gateway industry steering committee. The
company has successfully secured venture capital
funding, including ¤5.2 million in 2012 and ¤19
million in 2015.
Telephone
+353 91 742 329
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.metgateway.ie
Twitter
@MET_Gateway
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The MiCRA Gateway | Biodiagnostics
About Us
The MiCRA Gateway based
in IT Tallaght delivers solutions
for companies in the in vitro
diagnostics, environmental, food
and pharmaceutical sectors with
expertise in:
Sensor prototyping and manufacturing
Materials development and
characterisation
Immunoassay platform development
Enzyme biosensors for human
& animal health care
Biosensors for the rapid and sensitive
detection of bacteria
“We have prototypes
which work, and are
very close to what we
think will be the final
product. The documentation
and final report on the
project was top class,
and slotted immediately
into our technical and
design history file. We have
absolutely no hesitation in
recommending MiCRA to
any interested party.”
Jim Roche CEO Incereb
Case Study: Development of a Prototype
Rapid Attachment EEG Electrode for Neonate
Brain Monitoring
Incereb is an Enterprise Ireland High Potential
Start-Up that graduated through the New Frontiers
Programme to incubate in the Synergy Centre in IT
Tallaght. The company has developed disposable
EEG (an electroencephalogram test used to detect
abnormalities related to electrical activity of the
brain) and Cerebral Function Monitoring (CFM)
products for term and preterm infants (neonates)
with seizures, in the neonatal intensive care unit
(NICU) setting. These products, developed for
use by the neonatologist or neonatal nurse, will
significantly speed up the time taken to set up
the neonate for testing and are designed to
interface with all brands of EEG and CFM
recording equipment.
Incereb has developed a novel EEG electrode
scaffold, known as the butterfly device. This device
will enable technicians to apply in minutes the
internationality recognised montage for optimal
neonatal EEG brain monitoring and seizure
detection. The current state of the art requires the
individual placement of up to 16 electrodes to the
scalp after preparation of the skin using an abrasive
gel. The purpose of this step is to separate the
hair and remove a layer of skin cells thus reducing
the impedance of the electrodes. In total, this
procedure can take up to 40 minutes. In order for
the Butterfly device to be fit for purpose this skin
preparation must be a function of the device and
should occur as the device is being placed in-situ
by the technician.
Incereb collaborated with the MiCRA Gateway
through a series of Enterprise Ireland Innovation
Vouchers and 100% Incereb funded projects to codevelop the electrode which will be incorporated
into the butterfly device scaffold. The prototype
arising from this investigation is a fully functional
device suitable to be scaled up for production. The
company now comprises of six staff members, it
has raised ¤800,000 investment from Enterprise
Ireland, Venture Capital and Private Investment.
Incereb is currently looking to raise a further ¤2.5m
for further expansion.
Contact details
Name
Fergal Lawless
MiCRA Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 1 404 2084
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.micra.ie
Twitter
@micrabio
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The MSTG Gateway | Mobile Services
About Us
The MSTG Gateway based in WIT
collaborates with companies involved
in delivering mobile services primarily
for smart phones and tablets. MSTG’s
technology offer is based upon
expertise in:
Distributed & cloud-based mobile
services
Next generation IP based voice and
video
Virtual and Augmented reality
services
ocation, context, smart space and
L
social service enablers
Data science and mining
“MSTG was able to bring
expertise when we didn’t
have any to get started
quickly with the right
architecture that’s scaling
with us now as we have
grown the company and
will still serve us well in
the future.”
Barry O’ Sullivan CEO Altocloud
Case Study: Web RTC Media Handling
Extensions
Altocloud is an Enterprise Ireland High Potential
Start-Up based in Galway. It is a software as a
service company that uses machine learning
to make customer communications better. The
company created a software platform for the call
centre market based on a new communications
technology called Web RTC. Existing solutions
are based on large and expensive call centre
orientated telephone exchange and agent
server / software. The Web RTC (peer to peer)
bypasses this by combining predictive analytics
with voice, video and web, all built inside the
browser. Its objective is to convert shoppers into
buyers for e-commerce, connect web and mobile
visitors with inside sales people in real time and
streamline Customer Support experiences.
By integrating the Altocloud platform into a
business website with a ‘click to call’ functionality,
an audio visual session can be established
between the customer and agent allowing a
richer interaction environment. Functionality
such as desktop sharing, more realistic immersive
communication and gathering of customer
contextual information can be leveraged while
keeping the customer focussed on the business’
web site.
The collaboration between Altocloud and
MSTG commenced with an Enterprise Ireland
Innovation Voucher which developed a working
prototype of the system that the company was
then able to present to prospective investors
and clients. This was followed by a series of
projects 100% funded by Altocloud that utilised
MSTG software expertise to further develop
the system architecture from a prototype
into a working product. An Enterprise Ireland
Innovation Partnership Project followed where
MSTG implemented a set of development
support services on Amazon Web services
(AWS) infrastructure and investigated several
PAaaS solutions on which to base the Altocloud
platform. Using Docker Container technology,
the basis for a much more cost efficient cloud
deployment of the platform has been created
and built. This has enabled the company, with
its own platform development team to create a
frictionless set of platform environments from
Development Testing to Staging and Production,
all based on the same set of containers. Altocloud
plan to launch the product with one or more pilot
relationships with existing businesses who have
call centre functions.
Contact details
Name
Barry Downes
MSTG Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 51 302 932
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://mstg.tssg.org
Twitter
@tssg-WIT
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The PEM Gateway | Precision Engineering & Manufacturing
About Us
The PEM Gateway based in IT Sligo
has a technology offer for industry in
precision engineering, manufacturing
and materials targeted at companies
based in the North West and
nationally which consists of:
Precision Engineering and Design
Manufacturing Process Modelling
and Simulation
Advanced Process Monitoring
and Control
Advanced Material Syntheses
and Characterisation
“Operating in a progressive
and fast changing building
services market it is
important that we act
on end user feedback to
optimise our products. The
R&D input supported by the
Innovation Voucher initiative
was invaluable in helping
us realise necessary and
further potential for our
heat switch device.”
Trevor Bustard Bustard Heating
Case Study: Optimisation and product
development for an autonomous mobile heat
control device
Bustard Heating is an Small and Medium
Enterprise based in Donegal that provides a
range of heating and plumbing services to the
domestic and commercial building markets. As
an ancillary to their core heating and plumbing
business, the company install a range of
renewable energy and heat saving products.
One such product is their “Mobile Heat Switch”
used to autonomously control heating and hot
water systems by SMS phone text activation. The
company were keen to optimise their heat switch
product by developing further end user functions
and to introduce a manual / time clock control
interface to their device. They were also keen
to optimise the reconfiguration of the products
interface components, dimensions and aesthetics
to make it a more viable product of choice in the
market place.
Through an Enterprise Ireland Innovation
Voucher the PEM Gateway in IT Sligo undertook
an investigation to optimise the existing mobile
heat switch device by re-designing the control
box interface so that a manual time-clock
activation device could be integrated, offering
the end user both remote & manual setting
functions. This included a 3D printed component
to realise the design modifications and to test
compatibility with the existing heat switch device.
The Gateway also investigated other options
beyond GSM/SMS by developing a prototype
Arduino board and programme to perform
existing functions as well as additional diagnostics
for the end user. PEM also reduced the packaging
profile of the device by reducing the scale and
dimensions of the product through re-design
of its housing and internal components.
The engagement with IT Sligo enabled Bustard to
act on feedback received from their client base by
re-designing and creating a number of additional
functions for their mobile heat switch product.
Solutions for optimising the design, functionality
and user interface / control functions were
progressed to prototype development stage as
part of this project. It is hoped that with customer
feedback, these adjustments can be progressed
to a further stage of product development.
Contact details
Name
Alan Hernon
PEM Gateway Manager
Mobile
+353 87 249 2829
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.pemcentre.ie
Twitter
@PEM_ITSLIGO
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The PMBRC Gateway | Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
About Us
The PMBRC Gateway based in WIT
delivers solutions for industry in the
pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors
in areas such as drug delivery, process
technology, biotechnology, biomedical
and separation science with expertise in:
Physico-chemical characterisation
of materials
Advanced analytical capability
Formulation, process development
and drug delivery
“Having the PMBRC
Gateway on our doorstep
has been really important
for us in Waters over the
last number of years.
The ease of access to
the equipment and
scientific team in the
centre has enabled us to
rapidly progress quality
investigations and R&D
projects which were urgent
for the site. We have a very
good relationship with the
team in PMBRC and now
see their capability almost as
part of the overall capability
of the Wexford site. ”
Pat Curtis Principal Process Chemist
Waters Technologies Ireland
Case Study: Analytical support for process yield
improvement
Waters Technologies Ireland, located in Drinagh,
Wexford employs over 300 people. This facility
is the primary manufacturing infrastructure for
Waters Corp Mass Spectrometry Instruments,
LC Chemistry consumables, Clinical testing and
Data Informatics products worldwide. Specifically
Waters generates business advantages for
laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering
practical and sustainable scientific innovation
to enable significant advancement in healthcare
delivery, environmental management, food safety,
and water quality. Waters products are used by
pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, industrial,
academic and government organizations working
in research and development, quality assurance
and other laboratory applications.
The PMBRC Gateway has an established
relationship with Waters, supporting their
manufacturing and R&D activities. Central to this
relationship is the strong analytical capability
in PMBRC including High Performance Liquid
Chromatography, (HPLC), mass spectrometry,
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR),
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and thermal
analysis techniques. The Gateway has supported
Waters in a range of process optimisation, quality
investigation and product development projects.
The strong research activity in PMBRC in the area
of analytical science has also benefitted the R&D
programme at the Waters Technologies Ireland site.
Contact details
Name
Niall O’Reilly
PMBRC Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 51 306 167
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.pmbrc.org
Twitter
@pmbrc-wit
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The Shannon ABC Gateway | Applied Biotechnology
About Us
The Shannon ABC Gateway is
based on the IT Tralee & Limerick
IT campuses and develops new
processes and novel products from
bio-resources, transferring these
solutions to Biotech, Food and Life
Science industries. Shannon ABC
has expertise in:
Bio-Prospecting & Bio Processing:
Screening, extraction, characterisation
and testing of bioactive molecules, as
well identifying routes to scale-up
Analytical and Research Services:
Shannon ABC’s expertise, state of
the art facilities and equipment are
available to assist companies to
address specific challenges
“We are very pleased
with how the project
was scoped and to the
access, attentiveness
and responsiveness
of the research team
in Shannon ABC, who
dedicated themselves fully
and completely to the
project. We look forward
to more collaboration and
performing more research
with Shannon ABC for the
foreseeable future”
Mr John Barron Managing Director,
Reagecon Diagnostics
Case Study: New product development of
testing standards for the food industry
Founded in 1990, Reagecon Diagnostics is an
Enterprise Ireland client company, based in
Shannon, Co. Clare which develops, manufactures
and exports physical and chemical standards
and reagents for laboratories worldwide. The
rapidly changing regulatory and legislative
landscape is leading to a dramatic growth
in the requirement for reliable testing by
properly accredited laboratories to prove
product compliance in the healthcare, food
and environmental sectors. Laboratories must
now have access to appropriate standards and
methods of measurement. Through an Enterprise
Ireland Innovation Partnership project Reagecon
Diagnostics and Shannon ABC have developed
marketplace standards for Azo-dyes, phthalates,
and Fatty Acids.
Chemical additives such as Phthalates a
plasticiser, and the vivid coloured Azo dyes, are
used in packaging products. Both compounds
have been identified to be of concern in food
contact materials. This investigation developed
analytical methods to validate and detect 9
phthalates, 23 azo dyes and breakdown products
with defined accuracy values. Oils such as krill
and rapeseed are increasingly utilised in food
products, generating the need for an expanded
panel of fatty acid standards to measure these
products against. Utilising microalgae as a
sustainable source, large-scale culture biomasses
were generated. Optimised lipid and fatty acid
yields were achieved using conventional solvent
and supercritical CO2 extraction methods
creating six types of biofuel/feed reference fatty
acid standards. Stability testing was undertaken
for the fatty acids samples, azo dyes and
phthalates to ensure the reference standards
would withstand temperatures extremes during
transportation and storage.
Shannon ABC transferred the developed
technologies and methodologies to the company
as well as providing onsite training for company
scientists. Reagecon Diagnostics will launch the
new products at the Analytica Science exhibition
in Munich in May 2016 standards for Azo-dyes,
phthalates, and Fatty Acids and subsequently
will launch a range of Fatty Acids targeted at the
Biofuel market. ISO 17025 & 34 accreditations
will then we sought for all of these families of
products. The company is targeting annual export
revenues of ¤50 million by 2020 and the creation
of 40 new jobs over the next 12-24 months.
Contact details
Name
Tim Yeomans
Shannon ABC Gateway
Manager
Telephone
+353 66 714 4217
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.shannonabc.ie
Twitter
@ShannonABC_Tim
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The SEAM Gateway | Engineered Material Technologies
About Us
The SEAM Gateway based in WIT
provides engineering material
solutions for industry in sectors
such as Bio-medical devices,
Pharmaceuticals, Micro-Electronics,
Precision Engineering & Construction
with expertise in:
X-Ray Micro-tomography (XMT): 3D
Non-destructive characterisation
Finite Element Analysis: 3D
Software Modelling
3D Metal Additive Manufacturing
Materials & Precision Engineering:
engineering design & characterisation
Bio Medical Engineering: Development
of Novel materials
“The SEAM team’s technical
analysis, responsiveness,
project management, and
project resolution exceeded
our expectations-providing a
high level of professionalism
and expertise in a number of
disciplines throughout this
difficult project task.”
Declan Irish Quality Assurance
Manager, Carten Controls
Case Study: Improving the cycle life of process
control valves for use in solvent streams
Carten Controls is a multinational corporation
based in Waterford that designs, manufactures
and supplies high performance valves and flow
solutions for ultra-high purity systems for client
companies where cleanliness, containment and
safe delivery are critical for process efficiency,
performance and reliability. The company and
the SEAM Gateway collaborated on an Enterprise
Ireland Innovation Partnership project to re-design
a tied diaphragm assembly utilised for a stainless
steel diaphragm valve to increase the durability
rating to industry-leading levels. A strict condition
of the project was the requirement to maintain
current mating interfaces between both the top
work operation mechanism, and the valve body
itself, and maintaining the Cv of the valve to within
current company and industry levels. The Cv is the
flow capacity rating of valve which is the volume
(in US gallons) of water at 60°F that will flow per
minute through a valve with a pressure drop of 1
psi across the valve.
Current tied-diaphragm designs have proved
problematic for the industry with reduced life
cycle durability ratings caused by fatigue failure
of the diaphragm assembly. SEAM utilised 3D
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) design tools to
address this problem, reducing the product
design timeline by simulating product actuation
forces, without the need to build multiple
physical prototypes at each development stage.
The investigation focussed on determining the
maximum force exerted on the diaphragm, and
then points of maximum stress depending on the
stroke, position, and pressure rating of the valve.
The final result was a new valve design derived
from FEA and verified through the performance
testing of full physical prototypes. A durability
rating of over 20 times the original rating was
achieved, delivering a significant improvement
in the product performance and a substantial
commercial benefit to the company. Licensing of
this technology to Carten Controls is in progress
and a new collaborative Innovation Partnership
project has commenced between the company
and SEAM.
Contact details
Name
Ramesh Raghavendra
SEAM Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 51 845 648
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.seam.ie
Twitter
@SEAM_WIT
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The TEC Gateway | Embedded Systems
About Us
The TEC Gateway based in CIT is
the industry interface for the Nimbus
group in CIT. The Gateway develops
‘Internet of things’ prototypes for a
broad range of companies, connecting
everyday objects and systems and
making them ‘smart’ with a focus on
the following sectors:
Energy: Intermittency & Demand
Water: Remote monitoring,
Location Based Services
and Applications: Security,
Tourism eHealth
“The Enterprise Ireland
Innovation Voucher scheme
played a key role in the
progress of our VS Beer
Cooler R & D project. I
would strongly encourage
any business considering
undertaking their own R &
D to avail of an innovation
voucher. Having expertise on
hand such as that provided
by Nimbus was extremely
helpful and definitely
contributed to this project’s
successful outcome.”
John Smee Kilkenny Cooling Systems
Case Study: Development of a Prototype
Beer Cooler
Kilkenny Cooling Systems is a leading
manufacturer of refrigerated storage equipment
for the dairy, brewing and food processing sectors.
A sector where Kilkenny Cooling Systems is
particularly prominent is the beverage cooling
industry. Their equipment is currently installed in
over 12,000 pubs, clubs, hotels, and restaurants
houses throughout Ireland and abroad. The
equipment currently used relies on ice as a phase
change medium for stored cooling. This technology
is simple, reliable and has been used for decades in
their products for various cooling applications from
beer chilling to food production systems.
Through an Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher
and Partnership Feasibility study, the TEC Gateway
undertook a performance assessment of the
company’s Kilkenny VS prototype beer cooler
and benchmarked it against competitor cooling
systems such as a conventional ice bank system
and a full glycol system. Parameters investigated
included cooler performance co-efficient, dispense
temperature variation and electricity consumption.
Analysis of the comparative experimental data
demonstrated the superior performance of the VS
prototype in terms of thermal cooling and energy
consumption performance.
The Kilkenny VS Beer Cooling System went on
to be shortlisted for the Sustainable Energy
Authority of Ireland Award for Innovation in 2015
and the 2016 IBEC Environment Award for best
new product; winning the latter. Further work
by the TEC Gateway has outlined a plan for the
development of the next generation of the Kilkenny
VS prototype Beer Cooler integrating increased
functionality and intelligent control of the device
to optimise its operational efficiency to achieve
increased energy and cost reductions. TEC &
Kilkenny Cooling are now in discussion on how
to develop this technology further.
Contact details
Name
Richard Linger
TEC Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 21 433 5562
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.tec-centre.ie
Twitter
@NimbusCentre
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The WiSAR Gateway | Wireless Solutions
About Us
The WiSAR Gateway based in LyIT
provides solutions to Irish industry
for The Internet of Things (IoT) using
expertise in wireless, embedded
systems and power electronics.
WiSAR offers this expertise to
companies in the following sectors:
Wearable Tech: Healthcare, Sport
and Tourism
Remote monitoring: Industrial
Control, Environmental, Marine
Power electronics: Renewable Energy
and Electric Vehicles
Communications: WLAN, Zigbee,
Bluetooth, UWB, RF and Microwave
“The capabilities of WiSAR
have been instrumental
in producing a working
prototype of our smart
helmet concept. The
prototype has helped
stimulate significant market
interest. We look forward
to working with WiSAR on
future projects.”
John Milligan Principal Inventor and
founder of Innovative Inventions
Case Study: Smart Cycle Helmet and
Control POD
Innovations Inventions is a start-up company
based in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. The company
was formed in order to exploit a number of
patents owned by the founders; one of which is
a smart bicycle helmet. The company engaged
WiSAR to design and produce a prototype
helmet in conjunction with Queens University,
Belfast (QUB). QUB were responsible for the
mechanical design and manufacture of the
helmet and pod plastics while WiSAR was
responsible for the wireless electronic hardware,
firmware and project management. There were
a number of stages to the project with the final
stage culminating in a fully functional prototype
delivered to Innovation Inventions.
The company required research and development
assistance with their novel cycling helmet
“Insight” which alerts traffic following behind a
given cyclist of a change in direction or braking
action of the cyclist, similar to the operation
of an indication and braking mechanism of a
motor vehicle. The company required WiSAR to
design and develop the necessary hardware and
firmware for two working prototypes.
The solution which was developed is in two parts:
the Smart Cycle Helmet and a Control Pod. The
Control Pod is strapped to the crossbar of the
bike and is paired to the helmet using Bluetooth.
A toggle switch incorporated into the Pod allows
the cyclist to indicate left or right controlling
the left and right LED indicators on the helmet.
Secondly, an accelerometer was used to detect
a braking event and to signal brake lights on
the helmet, this required experimental work to
develop acceptable accelerometer calibration.
The electronics were incorporated into two
systems, field tested and then delivered to
the customer.
When the company approached WiSAR they
had a basic patent for this invention but no
means to demonstrate it to potential investors.
With this working prototype the company
has been able engage investors and stimulate
interest. Innovation Inventions plan to move
to the next stage of commercialisation of the
product which may lead to further opportunities
for WiSAR.
Contact details
Name
Stephen Seawright
WiSAR Gateway Manager
Telephone
+353 74 918 6462
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.wisar.ie
Twitter
@wirelessIoT
Contact Details | Enterprise Ireland
For further information on the
Technology Gateway Network,
please contact the team:
Mark Whelan
Enterprise Ireland - Shannon Office
Telephone
+(353) 61 777 053
Email
[email protected]
Paddy Byrne
Enterprise Ireland - Waterford Office
Telephone
+(353) 51 333 531
Email
[email protected]
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