Tours
The programme for euspen‘s 15th Lamdamap Conference & Exhibition in Edinburgh will include the choice of two different company tours.
Please note Tour 1: Fastblade includes a transfer to Edinburgh airport afterwards. A small fee of £25 will be charged. Tour 2: The Scottish Microelectronics Centre & FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility is free of charge.
Tours will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 15th March 2023. Further information about the tours can be found below.
Tour 1: FastBlade
Date: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Time: Coach departs at 14:00 (GMT). Tour(s) start at approx. 15:00 (GMT).
FastBlade is the world’s first test facility that uses regenerative hydraulic technology to offer high-quality, low-cost fatigue testing of tidal blades and other composites structures for research and product development.
The tour will show the testing equipment, instrumentation, and hydraulic system, along with a tidal blade specimen. Unfortunately for health and safety reasons FastBlade will not able to run demo’s of the facility carrying out a test.
The tour will last approx. 1.5 hours and is expected to finish at approx. 16:30 hrs. This tour includes a transfer to Edinburgh airport or Pollock Hall Estate at the end of the tour. A small fee of £25 will be charged.
For further information about FastBlade, please visit the following website: https://fastblade.eng.ed.ac.uk
Tour 2: Scottish Microelectronics Centre & FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility
Date: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Time: Coach departs at 14:00 (GMT). Tour(s) start at approx. 14:15 (GMT).
The Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC) is a small research facility (SRF) based in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh provides fabrication facilities and services to industry and academia.
The tour will provide delegates with the opportunity to undertake a viewing corridor tour of the Scottish Microelectronics Centre cleanroom facility, viewing bays containing lithography, etch and deposition equipment within a class 10 cleanroom facility.
For further information about the Scottish Microelectronics Centre cleanroom facility please visit the following website: https://www.smc.eng.ed.ac.uk/research-facilities/cleanroom
The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Centre is a truly unique facility. Consisting of a 25-metre diameter, 2-metre deep circular basin, it creates highly repeatable waves and currents that mimic real-life coastal waters. FloWave is extensively used for the testing of scaled down prototypes of new ocean technologies as well as for ocean based academic research. Through simulating sea-states and running tests, novel technologies can be accelerated in development through assurance that they work in the closest simulation of real ocean conditions available. FloWave bridges the gap between conceptual research and full-scale ocean testing.
Please note there will be no simulation of the FloWave facility during the tour. Photography is not permitted during this tour.
For information about the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility please visit the following website https://www.flowavett.co.uk
Delegates will be split into 2 groups with the combined tours of the Scottish Microelectronics Centre & FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility taking about 1.25 hours. Please note this tour is expected to finish at approx. 15:45 hrs.
