Laboratory of Ultra-precise Coordinate Measurements

VTT MIKES is the National Metrology Institute of Finland. VTT MIKES is a metrology facility for SI unit realisations, high-accuracy measurements, measurement innovations and calibration technologies. It provides high-end measurement innovations, capabilities and tools for demonstrating quality of measurements, and worldwide recognised measurements and calibrations.

The visit will include several dimensional metrology laboratories within a state-of-the-art metrology building. The laboratories include primary interferometry, nanometrology, angle and form metrology, and coordinate measurement laboratories. The visit also covers the properties and solutions required to establish a state-of-the-art metrology institute. The main focus is on vibration and temperature control.

Website: Metrology (VTT MIKES) | VTT

Teraloop headquarters and production site locate in Konala, Helsinki. In this facility Teraloop manufactures and assembles its fully equipped Kinetic Energy Storage Systems (KESS) usually packed in containers. Facility includes production area, high speed testing area and R&D department area.

The visit includes a production site introductory tour:

• Teraloop history and story
• Actual tour in which guests will see production site, Teraloop flywheel and its subassemblies closer with explanations
• Flywheel manufacturing from scratch to full containerized system

Aalto University is a multidisciplinary university of science, technology, business and arts, with its main campus in Otaniemi, Espoo. Its School of Engineering and School of Electrical Engineering run large-scale research laboratories where fundamental research, industrial collaboration and teaching meet. The laboratories cover topics from autonomous vehicles and electric drives to full-scale rotors and metal additive manufacturing.

The visit will include six research laboratories on the Otaniemi campus. The main focus is on experimental research infrastructure: how full-scale test rigs, vehicles and machines are used to study autonomy, electrification, energy conversion and the performance of materials.

Autonomy and mobility lab – Research on autonomous vehicles and mobile machines. The lab operates the research car A!ex, equipped with lidar and cameras for testing self-driving in Finnish winter conditions, vehicle connectivity and remote operation.

ePowerHub – A 230 m² laboratory for electric machines and power-electronic converters for renewable energy and transportation, with test supplies up to 750 kVA and equipment for characterising magnetic materials.

Combustion engines – Research on cleaner combustion with alternative and dual fuels, combining fuel-spray experiments and optical engine studies with advanced flow and combustion simulation.

Hydraulics – The Fluid Power Laboratory studies energy-efficient hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Its laboratory hall has three machine beds, a 10-tonne gantry crane and a hydraulic power supply driven by three 75 kW motors.

Rotating machinery – The Aalto ARotor Lab is a full-scale rotor laboratory that can manufacture and investigate rotors of up to 25,000 kg, covering rotordynamics, geometry and vibration measurement, condition monitoring and bearings.

Materials to products – Research on engineering materials made by advanced and sustainable manufacturing, including metal additive manufacturing, casting, welding and the effects of hydrogen on metals.

Website: Aalto University School of Engineering | aalto.fi

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