Measurements at -40°C ambient temperature

On the 8th of October the climate and energy fund invites Gantner Instruments Vice President Jürgen Sutterlüti to present the project IPERMON at the science brunch in Vienna.

Switzerland is investing in the untapped potential of Alpine photovoltaic (PV) generation and making strides toward a sustainable future. This blog explores the innovative Sedrun Solar project, a pioneering high-altitude PV initiative to fill the winter energy gap. Uncover how rigorous testing and insightful data collection, facilitated by Gantner Instruments, are paving the way for optimizing this renewable energy source.

Testing is an agile business by its core definition. The structures and systems to be tested, whether it is in the automotive, aerospace, energy or civil engineering segment, keep evolving quickly and the data acquisition system needs to keep pace with it. At the same time not every new, hot trend will change your tomorrow.

The Vasa Museum in Stockholm houses Vasa, a 17th-century Swedish warship raised from the seabed in 1961. Almost completely preserved, she is both a cultural icon and a full-scale research platform for naval architecture, materials science, and maritime archaeology. But preserving a 400-year-old oak hull on land poses a critical structural challenge: without buoyancy, the ship’s weight is carried through discrete support points, and slow deformation has already been detected. To protect Vasa for future generations, the museum is replacing the original display cradle with an adjustable steel support system equipped with a real-time force monitoring and long-term structural health monitoring (SHM) solution.