11. February 2025

With its expertise in advanced micro-machining technology, Mekoprint has delivered thousands of EMC shields to CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. 

The components protect research equipment from electromagnetic interference, ensuring that CERN's measured data remains reliable

"Our collaboration with Mekoprint has been excellent. They closely followed the project, provided valuable ideas and solutions, and ensured perfectly planned deliveries. Mekoprint’s flexibility and technical expertise, both in the prototype phase and during production scaling, have been truly impressive"

Electronic Engineer at CERN

Georges Blanchot

Micro-machined technology

When CERN contacts Mekoprint with design specifications for the small, ultra-thin shields, Mekoprint’s specialists assessed that the design needed to be optimized to meet the desired quality requirements and ensure complete shielding connectivity.

The team proposed using micro-machining to produce the components, meeting the requirements and ensuring a result that could be produced with the necessary precision. This solution proved to be highly beneficial for CERN, as it both optimized the production process and improved the quality of the components. 

Shielding ensures precision in particle collisions 

CERN operates a complex system of particle accelerators to provide the best conditions for international collaborations in high-energy particle physics. These accelerators are used, among other purposes, to observe and understand the fundamental particles that make up the universe.

 

To upgrade the measurements in CERN’s largest machine, the Large Hadron Collider, CERN required new EMC shields to be produced.

“Our original design relied on bent metal foils, but Mekoprint enabled us to switch to milled aluminum without openings, which was critical for our project"

Electronic Engineer at CERN

Georges Blanchot

"We are proud to contribute to CERN’s mission of advancing our understanding of fundamental particles. The collaboration with CERN has been both constructive and inspiring. It has been rewarding for us to see how our expertise in industrial cost-efficient and automated serial production and similar solutions could support their groundbreaking research”

Business Manager, Mekoprint Micromechanics

Bjørn Mølbach Krogh

Deep technical knowledge of Micro-Machined components

  • 25 years of experience within milling and turning
  • High-precision quality components with diameters as tiny as 0,1 mm
  • More than 30 CNC-controlled machines 

 

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