ESTEYCO SA
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Prototype of ITER Blanket to validate implementation of dynamic reconstruction algorithms
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ITER Test Blanket Modules
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European Solar Telescope
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Experimental campaigns
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Pic legend 1: Prototype of ITER Blanket to validate implementation of dynamic reconstruction algorithms
Pic legend 2: ITER Test Blanket Modules
Pic legend 3: European Solar Telescope
Pic legend 4: Experimental campaigns

General information

  • Company name
    ESTEYCO SA
  • Adress
    Avenida de Burgos, 12B-Bajo I 28036 Madrid
  • Turnover
    28.00 million EUR in year 2023
  • Employees
    240 in year 2023
  • SME
    YES
  • Contact Info:
    • Phone
      +34913597878
    • Email
      mechanics@esteyco.com

Activity and Skills

Esteyco is an independent engineering and consulting firm with 250 employees and more than 50 years of experience all over the world.

Activities in Big Science cover the design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, testing and commissioning of complex structures and mechanical systems. This is implemented through either an integrated approach, spanning the whole development cycle, or specialized consultancy services at different stages of the project.

Esteyco’s focus is on non-conventional developments with stringent thermal and/or mechanical constraints that require going beyond what is common practice in structural and mechanical engineering. In-depth knowledge of engineering principles and state-of-the-art capabilities are applied by Esteyco to ensure compliance with requirements. Main Esteyco assets include:

i) Large experience in the design and manufacturing of complex and one-of-a-kind mechanical systems.

ii) Advanced analysis capabilities and sound engineering judgement in an extremely wide range of disciplines.

iii) Familiarity with main design and construction codes.

iv) Combined and strongly coupled civil-mechanical engineering approach, essential for those developments involving large components and complex interfaces.

v) Expertise in instrumentation and state-of-the-art developments in the engineering oriented interpretation of experimental data.

vi) Mechatronics.

Contracts for Big Science facilities

[ITER ORGANIZATION] Development of ITER Tokamak Systems Monitoring. IO/20/CT/6000000312 (2020)
[F4E] Engineering support in the area of seismic, dynamic and structural analyses of ITER buildings and mechanical components F4E OMF-1023-01 (2020)
[F4E] Preliminary and pre-final design of the HCPB TBM set including a part of the prelimminary design for the WCLL TBM set – Analyses and design validation F4E-0950-01 (2019)
[OTHER - UKAEA] STEP WP5 - Fusion Power Plant - Breeder Blanket Design Challenge UKAEA T/VT087/19 (2019 - 2020)
[ITER ORGANIZATION] Design Finalization and Development of Reconstruction Algorithms for the Operational Instrumentation of the Internal Components (Blanket Modules & Divertor) IO/17/CT/4300001624 (2018)
[ITER ORGANIZATION] Cryostat Analysis and Structural Integrity Assessment IO/CT/16/4300001322 (2016 - 2020)
[ITER ORGANIZATION] Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System (VVPSS) Analysis and Structural Integrity Assessment IO/CT/16/4300001330 (2016 - 2018)
[F4E] Framework service contract for the provision of engineering support in the area of seismic, dynamic and structural analyses of ITER buildings and mechanical components F4E-0503 (2015 - 2019)
Framework service contract for the provision of engineering support in the area of seismic, dynamic and structural analyses of ITER buildings and mechanical components – Lots 1 (Seismic analysis and design) &; 3 (Structural analysis and design)

Relevant R&D projects

[CDTI - TRANSMISIONES] Research, design, study and testing of components subjected to extreme environments for industrial validation of regenerative envelope technologies associated with the development of magnetic fusion reactors (MIG-20242101) (E4XTREM) (2025)
The main objective for ESTEYCO in the project E4XTREM is the design, construction, integration, commissioning and testing of a novel facility (FASTER) which will enable testing of various plasma-facing components subjected to relevant simultaenous loading (e.g., thermal, magnetic, mechanical, etc.) before their installation in a fusion reactor. This facility will provide an invaluable tool to minimize the risk associated to these new technologies before they may be integrated in a fully operational fusion reactor.
[HORIZON EUROPE] Wind Hybrid Esteyco Evolution for Low-Carbon Solutions (Grant Agreement number 101084409) (WHEEL) (2023)
The overall objective of the WHEEL project is to fully demonstrate and bring to a precommercial Technology Readiness Level (TRL) a revolutionary floating wind technology excellently suited for deep water locations, effective industrialization strategies, breakthrough cost reduction and minimized carbon footprint. This shall enable a radical step forward for LCoE reduction, whilst also addressing scalability, harbour infrastructure suitability and availability, and the sustainability & circularity of floating offshore wind. The WHEEL prototype is a “spar”-type floating platform that has been developed to achieve an unprecedented reduction in the size of the floater, the depth of the port, the use of materials and the carbon footprint. The specific demonstration of ©WHEEL will be completed in 2025 with support from the Horizon Europe initiative, with a fully operational ©WHEEL FLOATER to be tested out at sea on a 6 MW turbine.
[CDTI - MISIONES] Industrial Research in Neutron EXposed Technologies (Neutron EXposed Technologies) in application to the IFMIF-DONES Test Cell (MIP-2021104) (DONES-NEXT) (2021 - 2024)
DONES-NEXT is an ambitious industrial research project of 27-month length. Its general objective is to acquire new knowledge and key skills to carry out successfully the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of the Test Cell in the IFMIF-DONES facility. Its general objective is to acquire new knowledge and key skills to carry out successfully the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of the Test Cell in the IFMIF-DONES facility. To respond to this objective, the consortium has identified a series of critical needs, which constitute the specific objectives of the project The DONES-NEXT project consortium is made up of three Spanish companies – ESTEYCO, CADINOX and NIPROMA -, leaders in their fields and experienced in unique environments that require unconventional solutions as the IFMIF-DONES scientific facility – and specifically the Test Cell – is.
[CDTI - MISIONES] Spanish leadership for the advancement of floating wind power (MIP-20201009) (LEAF) (2021 - 2023)
Development of the computational, analysis and modelling tools required for the development of floating offshore wind turbines. The tools developed during this project helped Esteyco in the development of its own floating technology: The WHEEL platform.
[CDTI - MISIONES] Augmented Reflectance Thermo-Electric Storage (MIP-20201003) (ALTERA) (2021 - 2023)
Design, construction, prototyping, testing and development of a novel concept of thermal-storage batery. The batery is based on molten silicon for thermal storage and thermo-photovoltaic cells for the thermal-to-electrical energy conversion The project has been performed in a consortium with other cutting-edge spanish companies: Silbat SL, Advanced Thermal Devices (ATD), Nano For Energy (N4E) & Generaciones Fotovoltaicas de la Mancha (GFM). The consortium also counted with the invaluable experience of the ICV-CSIC for the development of high-temperature crucibles and the Instituto de Energía Solar (IES-UPM) for the development and manufacturing of the thermo-photovoltaic cells.
[CDTI . INNOGLOBAL] Advanced technologies for solar telescopes (INNO-20181012) (TA-EST) (2018 - 2019)
In this project, Esteyco, in close cooperation with the Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) conducted a series of works for the preconceptual development of the European Solar Telescope (EST). The works included a full redesign of the elevation and azimuthal structure, multiple analyses (including mechanical, structural and aerodynamic aspects). Different prototypes were also built and tested to assess the implications of the design changes. Wind-tunnel tests were conducted (in cooperation with the Aeronautics Department of Imperial College London) to judge the implications of the design changes in the aerodynamic performance of the telescope.
[CDTI - CIEN] Accelerators and technologies associated to Big Science projects (IDI-20160851) – Design of systems and components for metal liquid loops (ACTECA) (2017 - 2020)
In this project Esteyco developed different technologies required to work with molten lithium. The project included a preconceptual design of a liquid-lithium loop to measure, monitor and control the impurities that appear in molten lithium. This prototype was designed to mimic the equivalent impurity-control loop of IFMIF/DONES. The project was performed in cooperation with CIEMAT

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