Research and Development Projects
Ongoing R&D Projects
Within our continuous R&D carried out in house as well as in cooperation with other academic as well as business organisations, we are currenltly involved in the following projects:
Innovating REBCO Precursor Production for Industrial Superconductors
Process innovation - switching from laboratory/batch production of granulate for the production of superconducting tapes to semi-continuous industrial production using larger technological equipment connected into one logical unit. The output will be an innovative production process that will enable an increase from the current capacity of tens of kg of superconducting material/month achievable with existing facilities to the production of hundreds of kg of material to be placed on the emerging superconducting tape market.
The project is supported by the OP TAK programme by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic; lasting till the end of 2026
Project Registration No. CZ.01.01.01/02/24_051/0004997
Innovative manufacturing of advanced ceramic superconducting crystals by SDMG growth method and 3D printing
in cooperation with NCK MATCA - National Centre of Competence for MATCA (Materials, Advanced Technologies, Coatings and their Applications).
The project aims to use advanced 3D techniques and a novel growth method, Single-Direction Melt Growth (SDMG), to create REBCO bulks with tailored microstructure and superior properties. By combining these methods, the c-axis continuous shape can be theoretically prepared as single-domain REBCO bulk. This unique approach would be the first successful SLM implementation for ceramic material, leveraging REBCO's peritectic behavior and subsequent melt processing.
The project is supported by the OP TAK programme by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic; lasting till the end of 2026, Project Registration No. CZ.01.01.01/01/22_002/0001019
Recently Completed R&D Projects
Research and development of materials for deposition of superconducting thin films
Project in cooperation with the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, co-financed from the state budget within the TRIO programme of the Ministry of Industry of the Czech Republic, Project no. FV40201, 2019 - 2022
Recycling high-temperature superconducting materials
Project aimed to transformation of REBCO waste to high-value products or secondary precursors. We are developing a new robust chemical technique based on full dissolution of REBCO materials. Co-financed by OPPIK programe of Ministry of Industry and Trade and European fund for regional development. Project no. CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/21_374/0026741, 2021-2023
Large Bulk (RE)BCO superconducting magnets for desktop NMR/MRI
Joint project of University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. CAN is the project partner/industrial supplier of REBCO bulks. Other project partners are Oxford Instruments and Siemens. Project no. EP/T014679/1 and EP/T01539X/1.
Development of Horizontal and Vertical Levitation Transport Systems
Project in cooperation with the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Project no.: TH02010822 co-financed by Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR)
Advanced Superconductors for Levitation Disks
project in cooperation with the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, co-financed from the state budget within the TRIO programme of the Ministry of Industry of the Czech Republic, Project no. FV10522
Industrial Research and Experimental Development of high-temperature Superconducting Crystals for Batch Production for Commercial Applications
(EU Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness, Project no.: CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/15_018/0001791)
Superconducting Crystals for Practical Applications
FR-TI4/184 - Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
Magdrive - Magnetic-Superconductor Cryogenic Non-Contact Harmonic Drive
FP7-SPACE-2010-1 European Research Project