Hygiene and waste water test facilities
Endress+Hauser has joined forces with the FHNW School of Life Sciences, based in Muttenz, Switzerland, and EnviroChemie, a plant engineering company, to develop two experimental plants that are installed in the Process Technology Center (PTC). The aim is to integrate the plants into the university's teaching, research and training mission.
In the field of hygiene, the focus is on researching and developing flowmeters and other process technology components that are subject to strict requirements regarding cleanability. To this end, Endress+Hauser, together with the School of Life Sciences FHNW, has designed a test facility that allows all currently common cleaning processes to be carried out and can be used for the development of new cleaning processes.
Endress+Hauser's automation solution for the wastewater test plant is also highly complex. The challenge lay primarily in the modular design: The researchers at the School of Life Sciences FHNW can individually assemble the individual process steps on the experimental plant. This distinguishes the project from municipal and industrial plants, which clearly define individual processes and process steps. The focus is also on safety, to enable students in training to work on the plant.
The Process Technology Center
The Process Technology Center (PTC) of the School of Life Sciences FHNW was opened in June 2019 as part of the new construction project of the FHNW Campus Muttenz. With this new platform for process development of chemical, biotechnological and environmental processes, the university strengthens application-oriented research and development.
Strong focus on training
Endress+Hauser attaches great importance to promoting young talent and therefore implements various research and development projects with local educational institutes worldwide. Close partnerships exist with 15 colleges and universities worldwide.
