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On the 10th of April, the Innovation day for the healthy and wounded soldier was held at the Defence complex Ede-Driesprong. During the day, there were different lectures, demonstrations and a small exhibition with stands. The goal was to bring industry en medical personnel together to discuss  and feel how innovations could improve the efficiency, safety and output of their work. HDES / Solidflow was present with its Oxygen Cool Gas generators and to discuss with military personnel how the product could be developed so it provided the best fit for their needs. HDES personnel also visited the Role-1 tent […]

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Recently, a T-Minus sounding rocket was launched from a Dutch military site, nothing unusual one might say, but this time it was a special launch. The launch tower carried an obstruction light of Orga as a passenger experiment to see if these lights would be able to survive a launch. The results were very good, after launch the light was in excellent condition and could directly be re-used. This test was carried out in the framework of a project that HDES and Orga carried out to investigate whether the Orga porducts were interesting for launch sites. T-minus is now considering […]

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On the 25th of January Christophe van der Maat, Deputy Minister for Defence of the Netherlands visited ESTEC, the Gallileo Reference Centre and the Space Business Incubation Center (SBIC). In the SBIC, HDES S&E was one of the companies that was invited to inform the Deputy Minister on their technologies and products. Armanda Hogedoorn and Berry Sanders informed Mr. van der Maat on our ongoing co-operation with the Dutch MoD. HDES, together with the Medical Innovation Team of the Royal Dutch Army, is developing Oxygen Cool Gas Generators to treat wounded military personnel right after the injury has occurred. In […]

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Solidflow BV, a spin-off of HDES Service & Engineering BV was awarded the third prize in the ESA Tech Transfer competition 2023 with its proposal for a Hydrogen Cool Gas Generator for emergency power supplies. The prize will be used to perform preliminary research into the technical and economical feasibility of such a Cool Gas Generator. Hydrogen cool gas generators, like all other Cool Gas Generators, are not pressurised and do not need any maintenance. Therefore they are idealy suited for as a reliable long-term emergency power supply for example for. hospitals or emergency services during natural disasters. The Solidflow […]

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HDES will be present at the Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen from 14 to 16 November. We will bring our Minos generator and two new products with us, the 3 nl CO2 generator and the micro CO2 CGG, both of which are now in development. The Minos generator will be shown on the stand of Bradford  Space (stand no G56), our main partner in the development of this generator and responsible for the system integration into propulsion systems. Sigurd Ravnan and Berry Sanders of HDES will be available to answer your questions and to show you our hardware. Ask […]

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HDES Service & Engineering BV has started commercial offering and deliveries of the MINOS Cool Gas Generators. On 21 September, the first MINOS Cool Gas generators were shipped to our first customers in the Netherlands and Europe. These were Ground test Units of the First Production Batch of the Minos CGG’s and our first commercial products.  Our customers will use these CGG’s for ground testing and product evaluation. The CGG’s are delivered in a transport box with all required documentation. To boost the sales effort us if you are interested and want to receive a quote for your own Minos […]

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HDES Service & Engineering BV has been awarded a MIT feasibility study from the Province of South Holland to start investigating the possibilities to make the Cool Gas Generators even more sustainable. HDES has already started with this by offering a re-fill service for its MINOS Cool Gas Generators and a refund when customers return their spent Cool Gas Generators. This study will look at all different aspects of the Cool Gas Generator life cycle, from raw materials to production methods and facilities, transport and use by customers to disposal and re-use and the end of life. Special attention will […]

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Corneel Bogaert, Content Creator & Technology Broker of the Noordwijk Space Business Incubation Centre (SBIC) has written an article on the HDES company with special attention to the Oxygen generator for General Practitioners. It gives a good overview where HDES is now in het product and company development. Please follow the link here for the article on the SBIC website. HDES generates life-saving product from space technology

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As part of the development of the MINOS CO2 Cool Gas Generator, the  generator had to be classified for a transportation class. HDES worked together with TNO to prepare and perform the required tests. Early March, the final test was carried out with two CGGs inside a specifically designed transport box. Based on the results of this test, on 14 March 2023, TNO formally classified the MINOS CGG outside the pyrotechnic class while inside the transport box. With this classification, MINOS CGGs can be transported all over the world, even by airplane. This is a major step into the development […]

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On the 21ste of February, the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the MINOS Cool Gas Generator was held. In the MINOS project a 20 normal liter Carbon dioxide Cool Gas generator is being developed and qualified for use in space propulsion systems. In this project, under a SBIR contract of the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), HDES leads a team of Bradford Engineering and TNO to complete this development in a very short time of 13 months. During the CDR, the team presented the test results of the Engineering Model and also presented the Modified Qualification Model design modifications. The documentation […]

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