For the fourth year in a row, Marin will offer five SME clients a free basin slot of two weeks (eighty basin hours including one qualified test engineer) in 2017.
The initiative is aimed at stimulating innovation in the Dutch maritime sector and lowering the threshold for SME (Small & Medium Enterprise) clients to test their new ideas/concepts.
Free Basin Slots and Workshop
The free basin slots allow feasibility checks and improvements in an early phase of a new concept development. They are not meant as final or formal tests of a design, or for optimisation of existing designs.
Besides the two weeks’ free basin time, the offer includes a one day workshop with an experienced Marin Project Manager and Project Engineer. This total offer represents a value of roughly 40,000 euros per client and is a Marin offer to its clients (not a governmental subsidy).
Concept Basin
The Concept Basin has a length of 220 m, a width of 4 m and a depth of 4 m. The basin has a strong overhead carriage. The basin is equipped with a single flap wave maker on one end and a parabolic wave absorbing beach at the other end. The basin is filled with fresh water. On special request Marin might also be able to allow concept tests in the Shallow Water Basin (220 m × 15.8 m, 0-1.1 m deep).
Further Assistance
Clients can bring in their own models and can perform and analyse their tests themselves. However, Marin can also assist in model making, instrumentation, analysis and reporting at normal rates. Experience in previous years showed that clients typically spent 20,000-30,000 euros in addition to the free basin time offered by Marin.
There is one call for 2017 for five projects of two weeks each. The 2017 call closes on 1 December 2016. More information can be found on the Marin website.
