Incubation

The support consists of two parts: 

Business support:

• Strategy: support for the development and monitoring of the business plan, roadmap, and action plan.
• Funding: assistance in finding funding, grants (FPI), loans (IGEU Arts et Métiers honor loans), fundraising.
• Operational: awareness-raising, training, workshops to build skills on key topics related to the creation, development, and management of an innovative business.

Technical support: 

• Feasibility study
• Development of the technical roadmap: technical development, prototyping, and testing strategy
• Support for drafting functional and technical specifications
• Design study
• Training and support in the use of conventional machinery and implementation of numerically controlled machinery

The support methodology aims to align the technical, industrial, and business aspects of projects.

ACCOMMODATION 

• Outside the walls 
• Inside the walls: shared open-plan offices for office activities, individual or shared workshops for hardware R&D activities.

TECHNICAL RESOURCES

The Center for Design and Prototype Development: 2CRP 

The 2CRP is a technical platform responsible for supporting training, research, innovation, and industry. Incubated companies have access to the expertise and equipment of the 2CRP.

Machinery fleet

The 2CRP is a 500m² space dedicated to the design and production of mechanical parts and systems, with: 

Conventional machines, accessible to incubated companies, subject to conditions

• Horizontal Band Saw (x2) 
• Plate Saw 
• Tower (x4)
• Milling machine (x2) 
• Drill and boring machine 
• Drill press

Numerically controlled machines, operated exclusively by the technical team

• 5-axis turning center (XYZBC)
• 4-axis milling center (XYZA)
• Die-sinking electrical discharge machine (XYZC)
• 
  7-axis press brake (X1, X2, Y1, Y2, Z1, Z2, R)

3D printers, accessible to incubatees

• Wire deposition printer (Qty: 12)
• Resin printer (Qty: 2)
• Plaster printer 
• UV dryer for resin parts
• Oven for plaster parts

A metrology area

• 600x500x450 three-dimensional measuring machine
• Profile meter (surface roughness)
• Measurements of shape defects (circularity, straightness, cylindricity)
• Profile projector
• Microscopes
• Marble measurement Dynamometers for measuring forces in machining Hammers, accelerometers, and vibrometers for dynamic measurement

THE TECHNICAL TEAM

• Jean-Baptiste Septiers: Head of 2CRP
• Marie Brandewinder: Deputy Manager, Development Officer
• Tanguy Etasse: Design, prototyping, and mechanical engineering research engineer
• Abdelkader Mezouri: Technical Assistant

THE LABORATORIES OF THE PARIS CAMPUS

The ENSAM laboratories, located in Paris and on the School's other campuses, are an essential resource for supporting the R&D of incubated projects. 

The incubator hosts deep tech projects originating in laboratories. 

• DYNFLUID – FLUID DYNAMICS 
• IBHGC – GEORGES CHARPAK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BIOMECHANICS 
• LCPI – PRODUCT DESIGN AND INNOVATION LABORATORY
• LIFSE – FLUID AND ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LABORATORY 
• PIMM – LABORATORY FOR PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Selection criteria:

Alignment with the incubator's thematic focus: industrial, innovative, and sustainable projects.

Adequacy with the expected level of maturity: initial technical trials, initial market studies, business plan, 3-year projections.

• Send your application to: incubateur@ensam.eu 
  • Project summary
  • Business plan
  • 3-year business projections
  • Team members
• If the thematic focus and level of maturity are suitable, you will be contacted for an initial interview.
• If the project is approved, you will move on to the incubation committee.