ALPhANOV Selected As A Technology Partner In Several Major Industrial Projects

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ALPhANOV, the Technology center of the Aquitaine Route des Lasers cluster, has just been granted several research and development contracts in industrial projects. These projects involve very diverse business sectors: aerospace, industrial control, analysis of works of art, timber management, and scientific instrumentation. These contracts will allow ALPhANOV to put its scientific and technological skills in fiber optics, laser processing, terahertz imaging, laser and optical components design and systems to support SMEs.
LNP KEY: Marking wood with nanoparticles
The objective of this project is to develop a new system to ensure traceability of wood while remaining economically viable. The method uses nanoparticles to enter a code inside timber. This code is designed to be waterproof and to be resistant to various environmental constraints: cold, steaming, etc. A laser, which will be developed by ALPhANOV, is used to read the code, thanks to the light scattered by the nanoparticles. This addresses economic and quality needs of the wood industry.
The final product, is scheduled to come out in 2014, and is expected to find its way to200 sawmills.
Contact: bruno.chassagne@alphanov.com