A technology centre conducts applied research and develops technological solutions for companies and industrial sectors. Its capabilities may include materials development, process optimisation, testing and characterisation, simulation, prototyping and validation of new technologies.

A technology centre can collaborate with a company to solve specific technological challenges, develop new products or processes, improve production processes, validate technologies or introduce new capabilities into industry.

Ceit offers specialised technological services in various fields, including materials characterisation, mechanical testing, process simulation, advanced manufacturing, electronics and communications, positioning, machine vision, cybersecurity, railway technologies and other specialised capabilities.

Yes. Services and projects can be adapted to the technical needs of each company, from feasibility studies and characterisation to the development, testing and validation of technological solutions.

Yes. Ceit provides technological services based on its research capabilities, laboratories and specialised equipment. These services can address specific testing, characterisation, analysis, simulation or validation needs.

Advanced manufacturing integrates new materials, manufacturing processes and digital technologies to improve the precision, efficiency and sustainability of industrial processes. Ceit's capabilities include advanced materials, steel forming, mechanical design and behaviour, additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy, precision laser manufacturing and smart factories.

Ceit works on technologies such as additive manufacturing, metal powder atomisation, Powder Bed Fusion, Binder Jetting, Laser Directed Energy Deposition (L-DED), HIP, powder metallurgy, precision laser manufacturing, process simulation, robotics and industrial digitalisation.

Yes. Ceit has a pilot atomisation plant for developing customised metal powders, adapting their composition, morphology and particle size distribution to the requirements of each application.

Ceit works across different stages of additive manufacturing, from the development and atomisation of metal or ceramic powders to the optimisation of processes such as Powder Bed Fusion, Binder Jetting and Laser Directed Energy Deposition. It also works on powder consolidation processes and HIP.

Powder metallurgy encompasses different processes for manufacturing components from powders, including compaction and sintering. Ceit works on both conventional processes and additive manufacturing technologies, developing materials and processes tailored to different industrial applications.

Yes. Ceit develops modelling, simulation and optimisation methodologies for different industrial processes, including steel forming, additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy and other advanced manufacturing processes.

Ceit has specialised laboratories and equipment for the characterisation of materials and components. Its services include mechanical testing, microstructural characterisation, steel analysis, thermal measurements and other specific tests.

Its capabilities include tensile, compression and flexural testing, advanced steel characterisation, microstructural analysis using FEGSEM and TEM, X-ray diffraction, elastomer characterisation and thermal property measurements, among other services.

Yes. Ceit has advanced capabilities to analyse the microstructure, composition, phases, crystallographic texture and residual stresses of different metallic materials, including steels.

Yes. Ceit has equipment for mechanical testing with loads of up to 600 kN, designed to characterise high-strength materials and components or those with large dimensions.

Yes. Ceit develops solutions for the digitalisation of industrial environments through monitoring and sensorisation, artificial intelligence, machine vision, positioning systems, wireless communications, robotics, cybersecurity and digital twins.

Ceit works on mobile and collaborative robotics, product and process monitoring, operator assistance, positioning systems, inspection and quality control, artificial intelligence, digital twins and cybersecurity for industrial environments.

Yes. Ceit researches and develops machine vision solutions for optical inspection, metrology and surface defect detection using 2D and 3D vision technologies, among others.

Yes. Artificial intelligence is applied across different Ceit research fields, including manufacturing, transport, digitalisation and the circular economy. Its applications include inspection, monitoring, optimisation and decision-making.

Yes. Ceit develops solutions for the railway sector related to vehicle and infrastructure dynamics, electrification, monitoring, digitalisation, simulation, sensorisation and intelligent transport systems.

Its capabilities include railway dynamics, vehicle and infrastructure monitoring, modelling and simulation, transport electrification, positioning systems, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital twins.

Yes. Ceit carries out instrumentation campaigns and tests under real operating conditions to analyse vibrations, dynamic behaviour and vehicle-infrastructure interaction, among other applications.

The first step is to outline the technological challenge, problem or need that the company wants to address. Based on this information, Ceit can identify the necessary capabilities and define a potential collaboration.

Ceit develops projects focused on industrial applications to create new products and services, improve production processes and solve specific technological challenges. Projects can integrate different disciplines and research groups.

Yes. Ceit participates in European research projects alongside companies, universities and other technology centres. Its project portfolio includes initiatives in advanced manufacturing, sustainable transport, digitalisation and the circular economy.

Yes. Ceit provides advice and support to its clients in identifying and preparing public funding opportunities linked to research and development projects.

Yes. You do not need to have a technological solution already defined. A company can present the problem, product, process or objective it wants to achieve, and Ceit can assess which capabilities and technologies may be suitable to address it.

You can explore Ceit's research areas, sectors and technological services, or contact the centre directly to explain your needs. The relevant team can identify the capabilities and experts that may be a good fit for the project.

You can contact Ceit and briefly explain the challenge, service or technology you are interested in. The relevant technical team can assess your needs and define the next steps with you.