Membrane Filtration System for education and research purposes

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences’ (SeAMK) school of Food and Agriculture requests offers for a small, pilot scale Membrane Filtration System for education and research purposes. The equipment is intended to be used in the “Future Frami Food Lab” demonstration and pilot environment at the School of Food and Agriculture of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. The demonstration and pilot environment has been built as part of the “Future Frami Food Lab” project, which began in January 2023. The demonstration environment increases the awareness of technology opportunities among companies in the region and lowers the threshold for SMEs to introduce the latest food technology applications. The demonstration environment is utilized in SeAMK's corporate co-operation, and in the long term, it will also be used in a multidisciplinary manner in teaching, serving multiple educational programs. The main operator groups that will use the membrane filtration system are degree students, project workers, and researchers. The Membrane Filtration System will be introduced as part of the course outline in some of the courses (dairy and cereal technology). Additionally, it will serve local food sector SMEs, who are welcome to utilize the equipment and our expertise as a part of their product development. Furthermore, the membrane filtration system will be used by RDI-experts and research workers as a part of their projects and studies. The subject matter of the procurement is described in more detail in the call for tenders and its annexes, especially in Appendix 1A "Description of the procurement".