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A Targeted Approach

HIMALAIA will develop and demonstrate the industrial relevance of the first up-scalable, adaptable, industrially relevant, cost-effective manufacturing platform that will allow the mass-production of functional structured surfaces.

Our approach

Surfaces texturing

Technologies for surface patterning/texturing/engineering

Function simulation

Simulation tool for functional micro-structured surfaces

Assisted injection moulding

integration, demonstration and validation of the platform

Monitoring and metrology

Characterization technologies and tools

90%

REPLICATION
EFFICIENCY

30%

COST PRODUCTION REDUCTION

99%

REDUCTION IN LEAVING BACTERIA

60%

PROCESS CONFIGURATION REDUCTION

Latest Publications

Conferences, events and publications.

Himalaia publication

Himalaia publication The team of Prof. Stefan Dimov from the department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Birmingham (UoB) has published the first HIMALAIA publication. Reference: Qi, S, Li, X & Dong, H 2019, [...]

Himalaia scientific advisory board – October 10 2019

The second half-day of the general assembly was devoted to the scientific advisory board where each coordinator presented the H2020 project which leads: Dr Mohammad ANTAR from MTC for the SHARK project and Mr Dominique [...]

Himalaia Project General Assembly meeting in Madrid (Spain) – October 9-10 2019

General Assembly meeting in Madrid (Spain) – October 9-10 2019 The fourth general assembly was held at Euroortodoncia (SME) on October 9 and 10 2019 in Madrid. On this occasion, the Himalaia consortium organized for [...]

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“God made the bulk, surfaces were invented by the Devil.”

W. E. PAULI, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER

Trusted Partners

The HIMALAIA consortium links 10 carefully chosen partners including 1 plastic industry and research association, 3 research institutes, 2 international mass-manufacturers, 1 SME developing and producing orthodontic products, 1 provider of machining solutions, 1 manufacturer of high precision optical surface metrology equipment and 1 firm specialized in the multi-level management of R&D projects.

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