ADVANCE ENGINEERING MADEMAN S.L.
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Modular cryostat
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ALCUPLA MIRROTRON
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CIEMAT - LIFIRE
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CERN Storage Structure
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Pic legend 2: ALCUPLA MIRROTRON
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General information

  • Company name
    ADVANCE ENGINEERING MADEMAN S.L.
  • Address
    Pol. Ind. La Cerrada II, 25. 39600 Maliaño, Cantabria
  • Turnover
    1.40 million EUR in year 2025
  • Employees
    8 in year 2025
  • SME
    YES
  • Contact Info:
    • Phone
      +34942252007
    • Email
      eng@avancem.es

Activity and Skills

Advance Engineering Mademan, S.L. (AVANCEM) is an engineering and advanced manufacturing company specialised in the design, industrialisation and manufacture of high-value components, equipment and systems for Big Science and advanced scientific facilities.

AVANCEM combines engineering capabilities with its own manufacturing facilities, providing an integrated approach from design and manufacturing engineering to fabrication, assembly, integration, testing and final quality documentation.
Our main technological capabilities include:

- Design and mechanical engineering
- Manufacturing and industrialisation engineering
- Precision machining and mechanical manufacturing
- TIG/MIG welding and fabrication of metallic assemblies
- Vacuum and Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) components and systems
- Vacuum chambers and special vacuum equipment
- RF and high-frequency mechanical components
- Precision mechanics and complex assemblies
- Clean manufacturing, cleaning and controlled assembly
- Integration of components and systems, including clean-room operations
- Helium leak testing
- Dimensional inspection and metrology
- Non-destructive testing and inspection
- Verification, testing and qualification
- Quality assurance, inspection plans and manufacturing documentation

AVANCEM operates within an industrial group with approximately 10,000 m² of manufacturing facilities, providing machining, welding, metal fabrication, assembly and industrial maintenance capabilities.
The company has developed experience working for and within the supply chains of major European Big Science facilities and research organisations, particularly in the fields of fusion, particle accelerators, neutron sources, synchrotrons and advanced scientific instrumentation.

AVANCEM's objective is to act as an industrial partner throughout the complete project lifecycle: engineering → industrialisation → manufacturing → integration → verification and testing → delivery and documentation.

Contracts for Big Science facilities

[ITER ORGANIZATION] Design, Manufacturing and Qualification of ITER Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression Exhaust Filters (2026 - 2027)
Design, manufacturing and qualification of Exhaust Filters for the ITER Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System (VVPSS), including engineering, fabrication, inspection and testing, quality documentation and final delivery in accordance with ITER requirements. IO/26/CT/4300003594
[ITER ORGANIZATION] Manufacturing and Qualification of ITER Cloche Kits for HV Feedthrough Chambers (2026 - 2028)
Manufacturing and qualification of Cloche Kits for ITER High Voltage Feedthrough Chambers, including precision machining, welding, dimensional inspection, liquid penetrant testing, helium leak testing, cleaning and final packaging in accordance with ITER quality and technical requirements. IO/26/CT/4300003700
[ALBA] Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Cooling Water Distribution System for ALBA Storage Ring (2026 - 2027)
Supply, installation and commissioning of two water distribution rings and a compact cooling and pumping system for the aluminium vacuum chambers of the ALBA Synchrotron storage ring, including detailed design review, manufacturing, FAT, on-site installation, SAT and final commissioning. Contract 01/26.
[MIRROTRON ] Design and manufacturing of Ultra-High Vacuum components for MIRROTRON (2025 - 2025)
Design, manufacturing and qualification of precision components and assemblies for Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) applications for MIRROTRON. The scope included detailed engineering, machining and fabrication of stainless-steel components, precision welding and assembly, dimensional control, cleaning for vacuum service and final inspection and testing. The components were manufactured and qualified at AVANCEM's facilities under controlled manufacturing and quality procedures.
[ET - IFAE] Manufacture of beampipe baffles (2024 - 2024)
The baffles are a key component of the vacuum pilot sector of the Einstein Telescope developed at CERN 
[YEBES OBSERVATORY] Design and Commissioning of a Class 10,000 Clean Room for Yebes Observatory (2024 - 2025)
Design, supply, installation and commissioning of a Class 10,000 clean room at Yebes Observatory for the assembly and integration of scientific components, including contamination control and the required environmental conditions for clean assembly activities.
[CERN] Manufacture of tubes with cooling jacket (2024 - 2024)
[ALBA] Manufacture of tube with flanges (2024 - 2024)
[ESS - LUND-SWEDEN] Chopper top housings for ODIN AND HEIMDAL (2024 - 2025)
Manufacturing, assembly and testing of the T0 Chopper System for the European Spallation Source (ESS), including precision mechanical fabrication, integration of components, dimensional inspection, quality control, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and final delivery to ESS in Lund, Sweden.
[INTA] Feedtrough and connectors for the C2CC cryogenic system (2023 - 2024)
Design and manufacture of feedthrough and connectors according to the requirement and characteristics of the cryogenic system, meeting the technical needs at the temperature leves, and fulfilling the requirement of maintaining vacuum (10e-6 mbar) within the cryostat system, while remaining magnetically isolated.
[INTA] Vacuum subsystem for the ground calibration cryostat of ATHENA project (2023 - 2024)
INTA - Design, manufacturing, assembly and integration of the vacuum subsystem for the ATHENA ground calibration cryostat, including the vacuum distribution line, primary vacuum line and high-vacuum line. The system was developed for the ground calibration equipment supporting the ATHENA space mission.
[GTC] Manufacturing and supply of spare parts for the OSIRIS Slit subsystem (2023 - 2023)
Machining and assembly of spare parts made of different materials such as aluminium, bronze and stainless steel
[CERN] Design and supply of one storage structure and two transport trolleys (2023 - 2024)
Structures designed with aluminium profile. In addition, the trolley has a lifting system. Both structures has 18 meters long.
[INTA] INTA - Redesign, manufacturing and test of cryosections for the thermal characterisation of PLATO (2022)
Redesign, manufacturing, assembly and testing of cryogenic sections for the thermal characterisation of PLATO space mission components, including mechanical adaptation and verification for operation under cryogenic and vacuum conditions.
[CIEMAT] Design, manufacturing, supply, transport, installation and commisioning of a experimental setup to characterize burning in lithium (2022)
[CIEMAT - EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS ] Design, development and delivery of a complete system to test Ltihium events in support of IFMIF - DONES (2022 - 2024)
Design, development, manufacturing, assembly and commissioning of a complete experimental system for the characterization and testing of lithium-related events in support of the IFMIF-DONES programme, including mechanical systems, instrumentation and integration of the experimental setup. Y dejaría:
[IFCA ] Design, manufacturing and commisioning of a cryostat to measure CCDs; Ironman (2021 - 2021)
[INTA] Cynematic mounts for PLATO (2021 - 2022)
[INTA] ISO-5 clean room for vibration tests in N-03 space programs department (2021 - 2022)
Design, manufacture and commissioning of a REMOVABLE CLEAN ROOM (ISO-5) to cover a vibration zone, with contamination control, as well as temperature, humidity and pressure control to characterize PLATO. It is formed with mobile module to allow the analysis of large pieces.
[Polytechnic University of Valencia ] Manufacturing of PMTs for NEXT (2021 - 2022)
[LSC] Machining of the radiopure copper shielding for NEXT (2021 - 2022)
Machining of 40 copper bars up to 1,6 m long and 6 tons.
[LSC - DIPC] Chemical cleaning and ectching of copper elements for NEXT (2021 - 2022)
Cleaning of 40 copper bars up to 1,6 m. long and 6 tons.
[GTC] Supply of a cryogenic cryocooler for the new detection subsystem Osiris (2021 - 2022)
Supply and integration of a cryogenic cryocooler for the new OSIRIS detection subsystem at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), providing the required low-temperature cooling capability for the scientific instrumentation.
[ALBA] Precise motorised plataforms for LOREA (Ultra high vacuum) (2021 - 2021)

Relevant R&D projects

[INVESNOVA 2026 - GOBIERNO DE CANTABRIA] Advanced Corrugated Waveguides for Fusion Applications (CORWAVE ) (2026 - 2026)
R&D project focused on the development and industrialisation of advanced corrugated waveguides for high-power Radio Frequency (RF) applications in fusion systems. The project combines AVANCEM's engineering and advanced manufacturing capabilities with scientific and technological expertise from CIEMAT and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Activities include technology transfer, definition of functional and RF requirements, design and manufacturing development, materials and manufacturing process assessment, prototyping and validation, with the objective of developing industrial capabilities in Spain for advanced RF components for fusion facilities.
[Aid for research projects with high industrial potential from leading technological agents for industrial competitiveness TCNIC - FEDER] Industrial research for improving the finishing of high-quality and high value-added devices (ECOLIMPIA ) (2023 - 2025)
The ECOLIMPIA project, funded by ERDF funds and supported by the Government of Cantabria through the 2023 TCNIC call for proposals, consists of a planned study and research aimed at acquiring new knowledge that will be useful for developing new products and processes. Numerous tests will be carried out on prototypes to determine voltages, temperatures, times, and ultimately control and characterize all parameters that may influence ISO 7-compliant cleaning designed for RF (very high field strength) and cryogenic devices compatible with ultra-high vacuum.

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