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Vermon
www.vermon.fr
Main Project Contact: Mr. Nguyeh-Dinh
Profile: Vermon was established in 1984 with the objective of advancing the state of the art in ultrasonic transducer design, and has become a world leader in 1-3 piezoelectric composite technology. Vermon's manufacturing facilities include: - 10,000 sq. ft environmentally controlled production area, in-house tooling design and fabrication, computer controlled dicing saws for composite and array fabrication, electroplating facilities, vacuum encapsulation equipment, moulding equipment, environmental chambers for temperature, humidity and special chemical compatibility tests, sophisticated transducer modelling software, CAD toolsfor mechanical and electrical design, computer based automated acoustic testing systems and Streis One R system for testing probe materials for Steris compatibility.
Role in the project / Tasks Attributed: Vermon's primary function in the project is to supply the MonitoRail permanently mounted transducers. Within the project the design and specification of the Transducers will be subcontracted to TWI. Vermon will be the Leader of WP3 and WP6. In collaboration with the RTDs they will supervise the development and evaluation of transducers for rail monitoring. They will also lead the system integration & testing. Along with the other participants they will participate to the project specification (WP1) and to the demonstration and large scale laboratory trials (WP7) Previous experience relating to their role: Vermon has excellent background in the development of a range of sensor types. They have been involved in 2 EC Framework 6 Projects (Polytec and Rimini) in which they produced specialised probes for phased array inspection. Their background in ultrasonic technology ensures that they are at the cutting edge of this technology. MonitoRail will open a new market opportunities to Vermon not only in rail industry but also in SHM of other applications.
Benefits of participation to the project: Vermon will be supplying the transducers for the system and will therefore benefit from increased sales of transducers. They will also need to extend their technology and this will give them an enhanced product range and therefore more possibilities for expansion.
Profile of Staff undertaking the job: Mr. Nguyeh-Dinh will be the SME Project Director for this project. He is the Director of Technology for Vermon. Stephane Michau and Odile Messinéo-Cladé will also contribute to programme. Stephane Michau is a Senior R&D Engineer, specialised in NDT. He has more than 10 years of expertise in NDT transducers and ultrasonic techniques with strong commitment in European cooperation projects (FP or Eureka). Odile Messinéo-Cladé is a R&D engineer, specialised in acoustic and transducer.
