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MAXIMATOR cooperates with university of applied sciences (UAS)
‘Destruction was the objective’, thus the title for a joint project of MAXIMATOR GmbH and Nordhäuser Fachhochschule (UAS) in which the company and university are researching into future transport systems.
Nordhausen/Zorge, 28. January 2008
Alternative to pipelines
Maximator GmbH has been committed to intensifying collaboration with Fachhochschule Nordhausen for several years and actively supported research work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Mühlenbeck last year. Professor Mühlenbeck and his students are active in technical mechanics and plant engineering and are currently developing alternatives to pipelines for transporting gases. In the future, gases shall be transported under high pressure in rail tank cars (RTCs) made of lightweight materials, in their cases of a carbon-fibreglass hybrid wind.
Maximator competence is appreciated
Such research requires specialised testing equipment and engineering competence that are boasted by Maximator high-pressure experts. When approached, Maximator management promised its full support. The company provides to the researchers a modern test unit and specialist staff for burst pressure tests. This cooperation project employs a GX series pump that generates pressures up to 1,000 bar. In addition, testing on the premises of the fire and disaster control authority in rural district Nordhausen is accompanied by two fitters and specialist engineer Michael Bierwisch.
No one-way street
Collaboration between Maximator and the UAS is by no means a one-way street. Last year the company with plants in (Lower Saxony) and Nordhausen (Thuringia) provided three internships, which, inter alia, prepared a hazardous substance inventory. During an International Project Week at the UAS, a project team cooperated with a Russian professor on introducing an efficient environmental management system in the company.
Future-oriented collaboration
Prof. Mühlenbeck and MAXIMATOR management jointly stated that collaboration of Maximator and the UAS was also characterised by the fact that Maximator GmbH had already employed five UAS graduates. Michael Bierwisch of MAXIMATOR GmbH says: ‘This cooperation is by no means a one-way street. We are sharing opportunities and resources as partners. This business-academia cooperation creates a win-win situation. I am sure that the collaboration between our company and Nordhäuser Fachhochschule will be further extended.’
The positive outcome of the burst pressure test is of enormous significance for Nordhausen UAS and its team of researchers. In-depth evaluation of test data has not only confirmed previous findings by students of Prof. Mühlenbeck but allows them to consistently advance their research work.
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