Energy and Material Technology labs

DIGIMANU2 – Digital utveckling av Arcadas ingenjörsutrymmen

17.05.2022 Education, Projects

I det första DIGIMANU projektet utredde vi utvecklingsmöjligheterna av Arcadas ingenjörsutrymmen. Vi skapade 360° bilder av produktionslabbet och kemilabbet som kunde ”besökas” med hjälp av VR-glasögon, mobiltelefon eller datorns webbläsare. Ett nytt ingenjörsutrymme är nu utrustat med datorer speciellt anpassade för undersökning och utveckling av robotik. Dessutom har utnyttjandet av 3D-printrar i undervisnings- och forskningssyfte etablerats. DIGIMANU2 fortsätter där DIGIMANU slutade. Vi kommer att fortsätta utvecklingen av nämnda områden, men…

DIGIMANU – Digitala laboratoriemiljöer

18.02.2021 Projects, Research

På grund av den rådande situationen i samhället har Arcadas laboratorier inte varit i lika aktivt bruk som normalt. För att studenterna ändå ska få en uppfattning om hur laboratorierna ser ut, har vi skapat 360° bilder av våra labb. Vi har använt en kamera som med hjälp av flera linser tar bilder i alla riktningar och skapar en bild där tittaren, antingen med hjälp av webbläsare eller VR-glasögon, kan…

Our new research project ‘’ALL-IN for Plastics Recycling’’ at its start phase

17.07.2020 Cooperation, Projects, Research

The PLASTin research project is established for next 2 years to together with wider consortium to develop systemic, and environmentally optimized recycling concepts. The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions,…

DIGIMANU – Digital och fysisk tillverkning

07.04.2020 Cooperation, Education, Projects, Research

Arcadas forskningsmässa Färdig för framtiden – Future Ready måste skjutas upp till 31.3.2020 och hållas online på grund av den rådande krisen. Trots den snabba omställningen var det en mycket lyckad mässa och jag vill passa på att gratulera arrangörerna för ett utomordentligt bra arbete. På forskningsmässan presenterade Prefekten (Institutionen för Energi- och materialteknologi) Mirja Andersson projektet DIGIMANU. Projektets namn är en förkortning av den engelska termen Digital Manufacturing, som…

PlastExpo Nordic 2020 at Messukeskus, Helsinki

11.03.2020 Cooperation, Events, Projects

Despite all the worries and uncertainties with epidemics/pandemics the leading industrial events in Northern Europe at Messukeskus Expo and Convention Center Helsinki 11–12 March 2020 took place. The trade events for the packaging, food and drink, and plastics industries – PacTec, FoodTec and PlastExpo Nordic – brought together industry professionals at Messukeskus in Helsinki. Arcada UAS organised booth at PlastExpo Nordic fair area hosted by 4 students from engineering study…

Ocean Exchange 2019

11.11.2019 Education, Projects, Student Life

Hi and greetings from Fort Lauderdale, Florida! Its been warm and sunny. This blog post is continuing the intelligencehunt #5 blog post. Those who know, the team I was part of won the intelligencehunt competition in Oslo this summer, and our prize was to attend the Ocean Exchange as VIP guest in Fort Lauderdale. This happened a few weeks ago. Our team travelled to Miami and enjoyed a couple of…

IntelligenceHunt#5

18.09.2019 Student Life

Greetings form Oslo! In June, me and my team, Team Hermes, took part in the fifth edition of IntelligenceHunt competitions. The main idea behind the competition is to get students out there in the world and get familiar with the maritime industry. I worked for a company called Wärtsilä and our case to solve, was to create an app that ranks routes according to time, cost and carbon footprint. Special…

Students get hands on experience spraying polyurea

13.05.2019 Cooperation, Education, Events

As the final lab exercise on the Surface Properties course, our materials engineering students last week visited Teknos’ industrial testing facility in Helsinki. Chemist Sami Kivi instructed us on the science and engineering behind paints and coatings, then took us to their spraying building where everyone had the opportunity to spray polyurea coating. It is a waterproof polymer coating that cures rapidly, and due to its toughness and elasticity is…

Largest waste water treatment plant in the Nordic countries

13.05.2019 Cooperation, Education, Events

Our materials processing students on the Sustainable Engineering course were on the move again today to Viikinmäki waste water treatment plant in Helsinki. We went underground through the largest treatment plant in the Nordic countries, which processes the wastewaters of around 800,000 residents as well as the wastewaters of the region’s industry. We learned about the different treatment stages of screening, sedimentation, aeration and biological filtration, and about the current…

Where is Helsinki’s electricity and heating generated?

09.05.2019 Cooperation, Education, Events

This was a real eye-opening excursion for our engineering students, many of whom had lived in Helsinki for years unaware of the huge energy infrastructure under our feet! We visited Helen’s Salmisaari power plant in the Ruoholahti area of Helsinki. It is a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, where the share of renewable energy is increased by burning wood pellets together with coal. We learned about the challenge of…