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Laboratories

With its laboratories, the FHNW School of Engineering and Environment provides companies from industry, business and research as well as public organisations with its expertise and support and enables access to state-of-the-art infrastructure.

Automation and digitalisation

Control Systems Lab

to Control Systems Lab

Control Technology Lab

to Control Technology Lab

Industrial Vision Lab

to Industrial Vision Lab

Smart Factory Lab

to Smart Factory Lab

Electrical engineering and electronics

Electronics Lab

to Electronics Lab

Electronics Teaching Lab

to Electronics Teaching Lab

EMC Lab

to EMC Lab

Energy technology

Accredited test centre for Wood firing systems STS 0396

to Accredited test centre for Wood firing systems STS 0396

Biomass Chemistry Lab

to Biomass Chemistry Lab

Catalytic Process Engineering (CPE) Labs

to Catalytic Process Engineering (CPE) Labs

Combustion Laboratory

to Combustion Laboratory

Combustion Research Lab

to Combustion Research Lab

Electric Power Systems Lab

to Electric Power Systems Lab

Laboratory for Optical Metrology FHNW

to Laboratory for Optical Metrology FHNW

Piston Engine Laboratory

to Piston Engine Laboratory

Power Electronics Lab

to Power Electronics Lab

Prosumer Lab

to Prosumer Lab

Virtual Lab

to Virtual Lab

Water Laboratory

to Water Laboratory

Wind Tunnels

to Wind Tunnels

Production engineering

3D Scanning and 3D Printing Lab

to 3D Scanning and 3D Printing Lab

Additive Manufacturing Lab

to Additive Manufacturing Lab

Casting laboratory

to Casting laboratory

Functional Coatings Lab

to Functional Coatings Lab

Laser Applications Lab

to Laser Applications Lab

Lightweight and Composite Lab

to Lightweight and Composite Lab

Materials Lab

to Materials Lab

Polymer Processing Lab

to Polymer Processing Lab

Replication Technologies Lab

to Replication Technologies Lab

Measuring and sensor technology

Aerosol Technology Laboratory

to Aerosol Technology Laboratory

Innovation Garden

to Innovation Garden

Laboratory for Emission Measurements

to Laboratory for Emission Measurements

Photonics Laboratory

to Photonics Laboratory

Sensors Teaching Lab

to Sensors Teaching Lab

Optics and optometry

Development of Lasers and Optical Systems Lab

to Development of Lasers and Optical Systems Lab

Optics Lab

to Optics Lab

Photonics Laboratory

to Photonics Laboratory

Vision Science and Optometry Lab

to Vision Science and Optometry Lab

Product development

Component Testing Lab

to Component Testing Lab

Finite Element Simulations Lab

to Finite Element Simulations Lab

Space Lab

to Space Lab

Environment

Accredited test centre for Wood firing systems STS 0396

to Accredited test centre for Wood firing systems STS 0396

Aerosol Technology Laboratory

to Aerosol Technology Laboratory

Biomass Chemistry Lab

to Biomass Chemistry Lab

Combustion Laboratory

to Combustion Laboratory

Innovation Garden

to Innovation Garden

Laboratory for Emission Measurements

to Laboratory for Emission Measurements

Laboratory for Microplastics and Pollutant Imaging

to Laboratory for Microplastics and Pollutant Imaging

Materials

Analytical Lab for Polymers

to Analytical Lab for Polymers

Casting laboratory

to Casting laboratory

Materials Lab

to Materials Lab

Polymer Chemistry Lab

to Polymer Chemistry Lab

Surface Analytics Lab

to Surface Analytics Lab

All laboratories from A to Z

3D Scanning and 3D Printing Lab

Optically measure objects in three dimensions and print polymer components using the poly-jet mode modelling process.

Accredited test centre for Wood firing systems STS 0396

The testing centre for wood-burning stoves is accredited as a type C laboratory by the Swiss Accreditation Service SAS. A type C laboratory is authorised to develop and validate its own test procedures and have these procedures accredited and can therefore respond much more flexibly to the specific needs of customers.

Acoustics and Vibrations Lab

Laboratory for acoustic and vibration measurements.

Additive Manufacturing Lab

In our automated DED processing cell with innovative flexible beam shaping, we support you with process developments and feasibility studies under production-like conditions.

Aerosol Technology Laboratory

In the Aerosol Laboratory, we enable the measurement and production of fine dust from the nanometer to micrometer range using commercial and self-developed devices.

Analytical Lab for Polymers

The Analytical Lab for Polymers offers the characterisation of plastic samples using thermoanalytical and spectroscopic methods.

Biomass Chemistry Lab

The biomass chemistry laboratory of the Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency offers you optimal equipment for a variety of biomass experiments and their analysis.

Catalytic Process Engineering (CPE) Labs

Catalytic Process Engineering (CPE) Labs

Combustion Laboratory

The FHNW's combustion laboratory offers extensive infrastructure for carrying out thermal decomposition processes in a controlled manner and recording all material and energy flows.

Combustion Research Lab

In the combustion research laboratory, we analyse engine processes and combustion methods using optical measurement technology. A special focus here is on alternative fuels.

Component Testing Lab

We carry out mechanical tests on parts and components in our component testing laboratory.

Control Systems Lab

In our laboratory, you have access to the latest technologies and industrial model systems for control engineering tests.

Control Technology Lab

Discover our modern laboratory for control systems in industry, where practical applications in control technology and vertical integration are realistically implemented and deepened using the latest models and integrated network infrastructure.

Development of Lasers and Optical Systems Lab

We develop ultrafast lasers (fs pulses) and photonic systems for applications in biomedicine, micromaterial processing and optical communication.

Digital Power Lab

The aim of the Digital Power Lab is to develop software and hardware solutions for a sustainable, electrified society.

Electric Power Systems Lab

In the Electric Power Systems Lab our experts measure energy technology components such as magnetic components, power converters and electrical machines. They also test charging stations and batteries for electromobility as well as electromagnetic simulations and modeling of machines and drive components.

Electronics Lab

We offer you an extensive and well-equipped electronics laboratory for a wide range of electronic activities, e.g. for creating circuits or recording measured variables.

Electronics Teaching Lab

The Teaching Lab has twelve electronics lab stations and computers with dual-boot Windows/Linux. This makes it possible to immerse yourself in both hardware and software. This lab is used by our Bachelor's degree courses, our continuing education courses and for specific workshops (e.g. Young Talent Promotion Programme).

EMC Lab

Before you are allowed to launch your electronic device on the market, you as the manufacturer must have its electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tested by an accredited laboratory to ensure that it complies with the regulations. To ensure that your product passes the compliance test at an early stage, a pre-compliance EMC test in our EMC laboratory is a good idea.

Eye Movement and Usability Lab

Versatile eye-tracking systems for research and interaction studies as well as usability tests.

Finite Element Simulations Lab

We conduct research with multiphysical simulation embedded in the overall context of product development between initial concept and final validation.

Functional Coatings Lab

In our Functional Coatings Lab, we enable functional coatings to be produced using electron beam-assisted grafting of hydrogels, curing of UV coatings or plasma polymerisation.

Industrial Vision Lab

For industrial image processing tasks, investigations can be carried out with different lighting, lenses and cameras.

Innovation Garden

The FHNW Innovation Garden is an outdoor laboratory covering an area of 35 square meters. It makes it possible to develop sensors and electronics for the assessment of soil, plants and air and to test them in a real environment.

Laboratory for Emission Measurements

In the laboratory for emission measurements, we support you with our infrastructure to measure and characterise gas and particle emissions from thermal decomposition processes.

Laboratory for Microplastics and Pollutant Imaging

The Laboratory for Microplastics and Pollutant Imaging focuses on the detection, analysis, and research of microplastics and pollutants in various environments, such as soils or recycled fertilizers.

Laboratory for Optical Metrology FHNW

For experimental investigations, our optical metrology laboratory offers various optical measurement techniques covering a wide range of applications.

Laser Applications Lab

In our laboratory, we develop applications for 2.5D and 3D laser precision machining processes.

Lightweight and Composite Lab

In the Lightweight and Composite Lab, fibre-reinforced materials are developed, characterised and tested through to prototypes.

Materials Lab

We offer you expertise and equipment for structural analysis, property characterisation, heat treatment and brazing of metals and ceramics.

MediaLab

The laboratory for interdisciplinary research in the field of hybrid collaboration and multimedia applications.

Optics Lab

The Optics Lab of the physics department offers a modern infrastructure for measurements in the field of optics and photonics.

Photonics Laboratory

In the Photonics Laboratory, we develop and validate sensors based on free beam and fiber optics with ultraviolet to infrared light.

Physics Lab

The Physics Lab has more than 300 experiments from various areas of physics and technology, which are used both in class and in R&D.

Piston Engine Laboratory

At the Piston Engine Laboratory, we analyse compressors and engine processes in connection with process-improving measures, alternative renewable fuels and combustion processes.

Polymer Chemistry Lab

We offer synthesis, modification and wet-chemical analyses of plastics, as well as sample preparation and ageing tests.

Polymer Processing Lab

The Polymer Processing Lab processes and characterises materials according to established procedures, from formulation through prototyping to reuse.

Power Electronics Lab

In the Power Electronics Lab, we develop, investigate and optimize power electronic components and systems. An extensive infrastructure is available for this purpose.

Prosumer Lab

The Prosumer Lab offers our partners from the industry and research sector equipment and test benches for testing, developing and testing a wide range of smart grid technologies.

Replication Technologies Lab

We use micro- and nanostructures to modify the properties of polymer surfaces without changing the composition of the material

Sensors Teaching Lab

This laboratory is used in particular for teaching measurement and sensor technology, which is characterized by the fact that many different sensors can be tested “hands-on”.

Smart Factory Lab

Smart Factory and Digital Twin architectures and technologies based on a real production environment.

Space Lab

The Space Lab is used for the development, production, assembly and thermo-mechanical verification of components and mechanical sub-systems for use on research satellites.

Surface Analytics Lab

In the Surface Analytics Lab, we characterise surfaces in terms of topography, roughness, friction behaviour, surface energy or layer thickness.

Virtual Lab

Studies in the virtual laboratory enable you to predict and optimise planned experiments in a targeted manner - and thus save time and money. Validated experimental models in the virtual laboratory provide temporally and spatially detailed data and help with the further development of measurement technology and components.

Vision Science and Optometry Lab

Clinical research questions on healthy eyes and optimal vision are answered in the Vision Science and Optometry Lab.

Water Laboratory

In the FHNW Water Laboratory, we support you with analyses using water or sprays to determine flow, pressure or velocity distributions as well as droplet sizes, distributions and velocities.

Wind Tunnels

The three wind tunnels at the FHNW offer you various options for investigating the aerodynamic properties of different measurement objects and visualising flow phenomena - from vehicles to PV modules.

Collaboration in research and services
Engineering and Environment
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