Kuvassa cnc-kone työstää kaarevia muotoja sisältävässä muotissa olevaa vanerikappaletta.

Prototyping and testing of products and materials


Our experts carry out demanding mould design and manufacture, prototypes and pilot series.

Smaller carbon footprint – a more diversified use of wood and the promotion of a circular economy

Levyä voidaan tehdä myös oljesta yhdistettynä muihin materiaaleihin. Kuvassa tarkastellaan valmistunutta koelevyä.

To support product design

With decades of experience, we make small and medium-sized moulds and dies for the wood, furniture, metal and reinforced plastic industries. We use CNC machining centres, digitisation and modern woodworking machinery to make moulds and dies.

Our versatile woodworking machinery is flexible enough to produce new prototypes and test batches, for example. Mechanical testing of materials for new products helps in product development, ensuring both market suitability and quality for existing products.

We manufacture engineered wood products, such as LVL, CLT and plywood products, from customers’ test materials.

Our compression equipment allows programming of pressure and heating cycles for simulation of production processes.

The comprehensive research facilities at Mikpolis Research Unit enable a wide range of tests that can be used in product development, product quality monitoring and complaint investigations.

The most common equipment used by Mikpolis for prototyping:

CNC equipment:

  • CMS tool centre
    • for wood, plastic and composite materials
    • machining volume: 1500 x 3000 x 600 mm3
  • Bridgeport VMC800
    • for metal, wood, plastic and composite materials
    • machining volume:400 x  600 x 350 mm3

Presses:

  • Harko
    • press area: 800 x 1300 mm2
    • maximum temperature 160 °C

  • Orma
    • press area: 1500 x 3000 mm2
    • maximum temperature 135 °C

  • Polystat S200
    • press area: 250 x 250 mm2
    • maximum temperature 250 °C

We also have at our disposal the most common woodworking machines in the wood industry.

Our skilled experts

Phone
+358405345127
Email
Aapo.Nylen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Structural, compositional and elemental analysis of materials
Thermal analysis of materials
Surface analysis of materials
On-site testing
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Aapo Nylén
Head of RDI Unit
+358405345127
Aapo.Nylen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358407593369
Email
Simo.Torniainen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Structural, compositional and elemental analysis of materials
Surface analysis of materials
On-site testing
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Simo Torniainen
RDI Specialist
+358407593369
Simo.Torniainen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358504422099
Email
Hannu.Turunen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Wood modification
Fire testing
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Hannu Turunen
Project Manager
+358504422099
Hannu.Turunen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358408266066
Email
Heikki.Naumanen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Wood modification
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Heikki Naumanen
Research Engineer
+358408266066
Heikki.Naumanen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358505171631
Email
Kai.Moller@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Structural, compositional and elemental analysis of materials
Thermal analysis of materials
Surface analyses of materials
Wood modification
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Kai Möller
Research Engineer
+358505171631
Kai.Moller@xamk.fi
Phone
+358408420633
Email
Antti.Janhonen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Thermal analysis of materials
On-site testing
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Antti Janhonen
Product Development Engineer
+358408420633
Antti.Janhonen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358405698913
Email
Tuomas.Venalainen@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
On-site testing
Wood modification
Prototyping and testing of products and materials
Modification of test rigs

Tuomas Venäläinen
Laboratory Engineer
+358405698913
Tuomas.Venalainen@xamk.fi
Phone
+358408644983
Email
Juho.Peura@xamk.fi
Department
Mikpolis

Mechanical testing of materials and structures
Condition testing of materials
Surface analysis of materials
Wood modification
Fire testing
Prototyping and testing of products and materials

Juho Peura
Research Engineer
+358408644983
Juho.Peura@xamk.fi