Gencoa Limited

"Global energy demand is anticipated to increase by 60% over the next three decades" (van Ruijven, B.J., De Cian, E. & Sue Wing, I. Amplification of future energy demand growth due to climate change. Nature Communications 10, 2762 \[2019\]). Fossil fuels can no longer accommodate the demand nor are they sustainable for our environment. The response to thi...

Fusion is the energy source of the Sun and stars. In the tremendous heat and gravity at the core of these stellar bodies, hydrogen nuclei collide, fuse into heavier helium atoms, and release huge amounts of energy in the process. Three conditions must be fulfilled to achieve fusion in a laboratory: very high temperature (on the order of 150,000,000 °C); s...

ProductivAI will develop a novel toolkit for process optimisation in PCB manufacturing and vacuum coatings industries, enabling process efficiency improvements resulting in reduced energy consumption and reduced waste and improved ability to meet challenging (and commercially attractive) specifications and short turnaround times. Current lean six-sigma me...

The global vacuum leak detection market is valued at $800M in 2022 and projected to grow at CAGR of 6%. There is also significant demand for leak detection in other non-vacuum sectors such as electric vehicle batteries and pharmaceuticals. Currently this need is serviced almost exclusively by helium detection using quadrupole-based mass spectroscopy. Thes...

Infections are so common that they are an ever-present risk to the public. Fighting such infections is becoming continually more difficult as the resistance to antibiotics increases. For example, Hospital Acquired Infections - HAIs - increase treatment times, and in extreme cases lead to the death of a patient (an estimated 3.5% of patients who acquire a ...

Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) are increasingly being demanded for emerging PEMD applications, where high-voltage and high-temperature demands can only be met by MLCCs. These emerging, demanding applications are predicted to drive shipments in the years ahead. Currently there are no ceramic-based solutions that can achieve this as any such part wou...

Society requires new solutions to reduce the probability of COVID-19 cross-infection as people resume their daily lives. However, common touch surfaces have been shown to contain significant viral and microbial contamination. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can be present on plastic and glass surfaces for several days and multiple users of the same touch surfaces cr...

Concerns over the safety of food packaging have been growing as studies have shown that re-useable bags can contain bacteria contamination from re-use. Bacteria such as E-Coli and Campylobacter can be present on the outside of food packaging materials, and contact with the bag will cause cross-contamination. Hence the recommendation to use fabric bags and...

Society requires new solutions to reduce the probability of COVID-19 cross-infection as people resume their daily lives. However, common touch surfaces have been shown to contain significant viral and microbial contamination. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can be present on plastic and glass surfaces for several days and multiple users of the same touch surfaces cr...

Hospital aquired infections (HAI) are so common that they are almost expected to occur by members of the public. Fighting such infections is becoming ever more difficult as the resistance to antiboitics increases. HAI increase treatment times and in extreme cases lead to the death of a patient (~1000-2000/year in England). Typically the microbes that caus...

Gencoa Limited have developed a prototype sensor that functions by generating a small plasma within the vacuum and splitting the emitted light into its spectrum via a CCD spectrometer. By analysing this spectrum it is possible to identify species present within the vacuum. This approach, whilst not as sensitive as an RGA, operates over a wide pressure ran...

The aim of this proof of concept project is to develop and demonstrate the use of a new type of sensor to be used in the vacuum deposition process industry. Vacuum deposition is an important technology sector which is critical in the production of semiconductors, photovoltaic panels, touchscreens and architectural glass, among many others. These productio...