FUNDACION GAIKER

GAIKER's material and composites equipment are oriented to support the industry testing at pilot level: Therefore, GAIKER has equipment to process thermoplastics and thermosets materials (including composites and plastics circularity). Some of the process are injection molding, rotomolding, extrusion, calender, pultrusion, SMC, compression and thermoforming ( 3 press and 1 vacuum press), infusion, tape laying, filament winding, RTM, lamination, compounding and additive manufacturing. For plastic circularity, GAIKER has pyrolysis and solvolysis reactors from 2L-160L of capacity with all the required equipment for crushing, shredding, and screening the materials. But also, pilot lines for identification and sorting waste materials equipped with NIR, MIR, Raman, hyperspectral, LIBS and other sensor systems, together with pilot lines for classical mechanical recycling (magnetic and electrostatic separators, wet density media reactors, etc.)

On the other hand, the biotechnology area is oriented to guarantee SSbD products from pharmaceuticals, food and chemicals. Therefore, GAIKER is equipped with lab qualified by GLP (Good Laboratory Practices). GAIKER has several tests to classify a substance under REACH with specific “in vitro” and “ex vivo” test for physical/chemical properties, human toxicological information and  ecotoxicological information. Some examples are:  Skin sensitization, Carcinogenicity, Germ cell mutagenicity, Specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure, single exposure, Endocrine disruption, Acute toxicity, Skin corrosion, Skin irritation,  Serious eye damage/eye irritation, Aspiration hazard (Cat. 1) between others.

GAIKER was created to support industrial developments offering our facilities to test future products, therefore, all activities are covered from training, design prototyping, development and testing.