Precision Engineering meets Energy Technology during the company visit at Differ.
On Wednesday the 11th of June, YPN visited DIFFER in Eindhoven to learn about nuclear fusion and other energy technologies, and how this is related to precision engineering.
DIFFER, short for Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, investigates and develops multiple energy technologies, of which nuclear fusion and chemical energy are the major themes.
During our visit, various projects were presented ranging from the test setups for fusion energy research to material research using different imaging techniques and multiphysical simulation focused high power of an optical system inside the ITER test reactor in France, the latter presented by YPN board member Jorn Veenendaal.
In the facility tour, we walked around magnum-PSI, the only setup in the world that can simulate both the extreme heat and particle loads that the wall materials in large-scale fusion reactor are expected to handle. It is setups like these that draw the attention of researchers from around the world and drive the development of fusion energy technology.
It was most interesting to see how the work at DIFFER is related to precision engineering, and we want to thank DIFFER for their efforts to make this yet another fantastic YPN company visit!
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