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01/06/2015
SENER and ALBA sign a technology transfer agreement
SENER, devoted to engineering and construction, and the ALBA Synchrotron, both located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park, have signed an agreement to commercialize a technological solution developed at ALBA: a new system to bend X-ray mirrors with higher precision at a competitive price.

The system has successfully been tested at the ALBA beamlines. When X-rays reach the beamlines, the mirrors are in charge of focusing the X-ray beam on the sample to analyse. The better polished the mirror’s surface is the better the experiments results will be. The X-ray mirror nanobender developed by the ALBA Synchrotron include correctors that compensate the errors on the mirror's polish.

"Our goal is to profit from ALBA's technological needs to be also useful for industry and society", stated Alejandro Sánchez, director of ALBA's industrial office. Guy Molenat, on behalf of the Barcelona Synchrotron Park (BSP) has been very satisfied for “the agreement between both entities which are strategical for the BSP". On the other hand, Joan Manel Casalta, business development director for astronomy and science at SENER, highlighted that "the company remains loyal to its compromise to search and invest in innovative technological solutions in collaboration with research institutions".

News based on the press release jointly issued by ALBA and SENER

Image: Òscar Julià, director of SENER-Catalonia, and Caterina Biscari, director of the ALBA Synchrotron, signing the agreement.

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