Hosting your own equipment
For some organisations, hosting their own equipment in a shared ultra-clean environment may be an option. If that interests you, let’s discuss it.
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Prototyping before scaling to manufacturing
GNN is intended to support the stage between an idea and a manufacturable product: the work that is hard to do without access to a specialist ultra-clean environment.
How it works
Four steps, starting with a conversation
This is how working with the facility is expected to run. Access arrangements and processes are being confirmed by Newcastle University.
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Talk to us
A relaxed 30-minute Zoom call about your device, your materials and what you want to learn. No pitch and no pressure.
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Scope
We map your process steps against the toolset and talk through what a first piece of work could look like, and what it would need.
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Trial project
A small, defined project to test the fit, once access arrangements are confirmed.
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Ongoing access
If it works for you, a longer-term arrangement for development, pilot runs or collaborative R&D.
What it is for
The kinds of work the facility is being set up for
In general terms, and with access and the specific processes still being confirmed.
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Prototyping
Turn designs into working devices to test, show and learn from.
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Process development
Develop and refine the steps needed to make a new device.
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Pilot fabrication
Early, small-scale work on the route from prototype towards production.
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Characterisation
Measure and analyse devices, materials and surfaces.
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Packaging
Steps towards turning a device into a usable component.
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Collaborative R&D
Joint projects with academic groups across the region, including sponsored PhD projects.
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Straight answers
Tell us what you need and we will tell you honestly what can be done. If something you need isn’t in the toolset, tell us anyway: it helps shape what the facility offers, and we can talk about trusted partners for glass laser processing and precision CNC micro-machining.
See the toolsetAccess arrangements and processes are being confirmed by Newcastle University, and timings will be confirmed by the University. If you have a project in mind, we’d like to hear about it now. It helps us understand what would be most useful.
Have a device or process in mind?
Tell us about it, and we can talk through whether a trial project could fit once access arrangements are confirmed.