Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00498, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Meunier, Michel (École Polytechnique de Montréal), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The partner, Numetrix Technologies Inc., is known worldwide for its innovative 3D digitizer technology. They_x000D_
developed and commercialized a fast 3D digitizer platform with consecutive image acquisition as fast as 50_x000D_
microseconds, about 4000 times quicker than the closest competitor. Currently this technology is integrated in_x000D_
products aimed to the automotive market for tire inspection. The image quality of Numetrix Technology is now_x000D_
limited by its capacity to calibrate accurately the digitizers. If Numetrix could overcome this limitation, they_x000D_
could grow their market up to inspect 100% of the tires of a plant_x000D_
Laser high precision micromachining methodology opens wide-range new possibilities in microfabrication of_x000D_
metals, polymers, semiconductors, ultrahard materials for automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare_x000D_
industries. The aim of this Engage Grants project entitled "Fabrication process development for 3D digitizer_x000D_
calibration surfaces" is to develop a high precision calibration reference plane that Numetrix will use to_x000D_
calibrate their 3D digitizers._x000D_
This research and development on laser based technologies will be performed in the Laser Processing and_x000D_
Plasmonics Laboratory (LP2L, Ecole Polytechnique) under supervision of Professor M. Meunier. The applicant_x000D_
has a vast expertise on laser interaction with materials and processing of advanced materials and nanomaterials._x000D_
The potential of generating economic benefits to Canada from this research project could be considerable as it_x000D_
will establish Numetrix in its leader position at 3D inspection of tires and cars body sealing and will allow to_x000D_
move their technology to a new fields of applications., program purpose french : The partner, Numetrix Technologies Inc., is known worldwide for its innovative 3D digitizer technology. They_x000D_
developed and commercialized a fast 3D digitizer platform with consecutive image acquisition as fast as 50_x000D_
microseconds, about 4000 times quicker than the closest competitor. Currently this technology is integrated in_x000D_
products aimed to the automotive market for tire inspection. The image quality of Numetrix Technology is now_x000D_
limited by its capacity to calibrate accurately the digitizers. If Numetrix could overcome this limitation, they_x000D_
could grow their market up to inspect 100% of the tires of a plant_x000D_
Laser high precision micromachining methodology opens wide-range new possibilities in microfabrication of_x000D_
metals, polymers, semiconductors, ultrahard materials for automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare_x000D_
industries. The aim of this Engage Grants project entitled "Fabrication process development for 3D digitizer_x000D_
calibration surfaces" is to develop a high precision calibration reference plane that Numetrix will use to_x000D_
calibrate their 3D digitizers._x000D_
This research and development on laser based technologies will be performed in the Laser Processing and_x000D_
Plasmonics Laboratory (LP2L, Ecole Polytechnique) under supervision of Professor M. Meunier. The applicant_x000D_
has a vast expertise on laser interaction with materials and processing of advanced materials and nanomaterials._x000D_
The potential of generating economic benefits to Canada from this research project could be considerable as it_x000D_
will establish Numetrix in its leader position at 3D inspection of tires and cars body sealing and will allow to_x000D_
move their technology to a new fields of applications., agreement title english : Fabrication process development for 3D digitizer calibration surfaces, agreement title french : Fabrication process development for 3D digitizer calibration surfaces, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada