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Fig. 3 Examples of specialized machines supporting prototyping. a CNC measurement machine,
b Water-jet machine tool
equipments is in many cases very expensive, for that reason small enterprises will
not only be able to buy but it also operate too. We have equipped our Technopark
for several specialized machines like (Fig. 3 )
• Co-ordinate machine ZEISS ACCURA (Germany),
• Water-jet machine (Germany),
• 5-axis machining center from DMG (Germany),
• Rapid prototyping machine-type FDM from STRATASYS (USA).
We have created several microcompanies, incubated in Technopark and we
gave them possibility of renting the machines. They may offer services for SME,
for example in the field of manufacturing, supporting prototypings. The managers
of microcompanies work at the university as scientific staffs and their Ph.D have
been done in the same field.
3.2 Services in the Field of Supporting Design Processes
Very similar looks have services offering in Technopark Gliwice in the field of
High-Tech engineering software. Building our Technopark we assumed that it may
works as a center, supporting SME in the field of engineering software like CAD/
CAM/CAE. This kind of software supports engineering processes of designing and
using of them requires high knowledge. Besides it such software is very expensive.
For that reason we have equipped our Technopark with software like
• Ansys, a FEM (Finite Element Method) system,
• Catia, a CAD/CAM system,
• Solid Edge, a CAD system,
• MTS, a programming of CNC machine tool system.