«If you can not measure it, you can not improve it»
(Lord Kelvin 1824 -1907)
Material analytics way beyond the laboratory scale
Technology transfer center for Advanced Manufacturing
Breaking News

01/2025 · ANAXAM expands its team
Dr. Maxime Dupraz joins ANAXAM as Project Manager

01/2025 · Release of our publication
Does needle clogging change the spatial distribution of injected drug in tissue? New insights by X-ray computed tomography

10/2024 · Release of our publication
Microstructures, phases and mechanical characterization of Al2O3-ZrO2-TiO2 coatings prepared by atmospheric plasma spraying

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Tailor-made infrastructure for real-time investigation of binder burnout of varistors using Neutron CT

What does ANAXAM do exactly?
Even if we have to deal with a UFO every day, we are not aliens. Or are we?

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«If you can not measure it, you can not improve it»
(Lord Kelvin 1824 -1907)
The large-scale research facilities for our applied material analytics with neutron and synchrotron radiation

Synchrotron Light Source

MS Beamline

On the MS Beamline
TOMCAT Beamline

On the TOMCAT Beamline
Inside the Synchrontron Light Source
Neutron Source

NEUTRA beamline

At the NEUTRA beamline
ICON beamline

At the ICON beamline
Inside the Neutron Source
Headquarter

Office

At the headquarters
Laboratory

In the Laboratory
Our Headquarters
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Our analytical tools for your questions







Sample preparation and pre- /post- characterization
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The reasons to work with ANAXAM
You benefit from:
- Our cutting-edge analytics that go way beyond what is available on a laboratory scale
- Our one-stop-shop mentality
- Our industrial and scientific know-how and experiences in various fields of application
- Our highly advanced analytical techniques in the fields of Imaging, Diffraction, Small-Angle Scattering and Spectroscopy, based on the large-scale facilities at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
- Our tailor-made infrastructure that enables us to reproduce the customer's reality for analytical services
- Our unique platform for exchange of knowledge and know-how between industry and top-level research
We push the boundaries of analytics

In terms of:
- spatial resolution
- real-time investigations
- contrast modality
- sample throughput
The way we work with you
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Our analytics support your complete product life cycle
Material
- Alloys
- Bio-materials
- Ceramics
- Coating materials
- Construction materials
- Composite materials
- Energy materials
- Functional materials
- Hierarchic composite materials
- Metallic materials
- Polymers
- Powder materials
- Raw materials
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Process & Product Development
- Concept phase
- Pilot production
- Process development
- Product design
- Production ramp-up
- Prototypes
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Product in Market
- Life cycles evaluation
- Process optimization
- Product optimization
- Quality analysis
- Return part analysis
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Examples

Powder materials



Process development



Product optimization




Raw materials



Prototypes



Life cycles evaluation




Composite materials



Product design



Quality analysis




Ceramics



Pilot production



Return part analysis



Any question? Feel free to contact us

Dr. Christian Grünzweig
Managing director / CEO
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