Abstract
The knowledge transfer project called Magnetic Valley that was launched in 2009 is presented below. This project is funded by the Belgian government to investigate and develop products and services that will improve the socio-economic development in the area around the Centre de Physique du Globe de l'IRM.
Highlights
The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium manages a geophysical centre, which is situated in Dourbes (Viroinval) about 100 km south of Brussels, in a rural area far away from electromagnetic disturbances
In order to provide the impetus for socio-economic development in the region, the Belgian government decided to support this knowledge transfer project based on products and services identified in the frame of our research activities
Magnetic Valley is a young project aiming to transfer know-how gained throughout research activities at the Centre de Physique du Globe of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium into products and services
Summary
In each of the three sections of the “Centre de Physique du Globe”, based on our “know-how”, we have identified products and services we propose to further develop. New ultrasonic nonmagnetic motors have been selected; the mechanical design of the theodolite has been completely renewed; and ceramic bearings were adopted. We expect this second AutoDIF to be running in an observatory in 2011. We refer the reader to a dedicated article about this instrument elsewhere in these proceedings
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