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09/04/2019 | Pressemitteilung

Digitization of the construction industry: Swiss company markets testing software

A software development by scientists at the University of Kassel is now being further developed and marketed by the Swiss company Proceq SA for digital applications. Proceq is considered one of the leading technology companies in the field of non-destructive testing. With the InterSAFT software, ultrasound measurements can be converted into high-resolution graphics and evaluated.

Image: University of Kassel.
View of the user interface.

"The fact that Proceq and Tectus Dreamlab will in future be making our software available to test engineers worldwide in quality acceptance and plant maintenance is a wonderful example of successful technology transfer," explains Prof. Dr. Bernd Witzigmann, head of the Computational Electronics and Photonics department at the University of Kassel, whose research group developed the software. InterSAFT is a software package that can generate high-resolution graphical representations and analyses from ultrasound measurement data, such as those generated in the non-destructive testing of plants and structures. InterSAFT is already widely recognized among scientists and specialists.

Proceq and Tectus Group are now making the Kassel-based technology available to their customers worldwide and further developing it within the "Eagle" digital asset management platform, the company says. "We have found a company as a partner that has the technological know-how and marketing expertise to set up and expand InterSAFT for the future and introduce it to the international market. This will enable cutting-edge scientific research, initiated by my predecessor Prof. Dr. em. Karl-Jörg Langenberg, to be applied and further developed, thus making it accessible to many new users," says Prof. Witzigmann.

Dr. Ralph Mennicke, CEO of Proceq SA adds: "With InterSAFT we have acquired a software development that will be extremely useful for all users of ultrasonic testing methods in the future. We are thus helping cutting-edge technology from the university to achieve a breakthrough and a long-term future to enable users worldwide to work more productively, more precisely and, in the future, also completely digitally. The acquisition of this important software is a very good example of how we sustainably implement our company strategy."

Marcel Poster, Proceq Executive Chairman and CEO of Tectus Group, added: "We are investing here in our vision of a holistic building inspection that combines intelligent software solutions and comprehensive sensor technology. I am pleased that we will be able to make extensive use of the scientific results of the University of Kassel in the future."

 

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Bernd Witzigmann
University of Kassel
Head of Department Computational Electronics and Photonics
Tel.: 0561 804 6543
bernd.witzigmann[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Sonia Giron (Head of Marketing)
Proceq SA
Ringstrasse 2
CH-8603 Schwerzenbach / Zurich / CH
Tel.: 0041 79 9629801
sonia.giron[at]proceq[dot]com