Kartepe Test and Research Center (KARTEAM) Project for the Development of University Industry Cooperation in Kocaeli Province

In our country, industrial investments and manufacturing capacity increase day by day. It is possible to enhance standard and quality of product, increase manufacturing capacity, constitute production line with less energy consumption by adapting developing technology in manufacture area. In order to enhance competitive power of industrialist in manufacturing sector and increase market share, it is necessary to attach important to technology transfer with research and development (R&D) and product development. In this concept, effective working connection between universities and industrial enterprises become unavoidable. In this study, it is aim to active collaboration between university and industry with constituting a research and test center for contributing research and development (R8D) and product development of medium and large scaled industries in Kocaeli province. In line this purpose, the project namely establishment of Kartepe Test and Research Center (KARTEAM) has been funded by East Marmara Development Agency (MARKA) submitted by Kocaeli University and Kocaeli Chamber of Industry partnership with in the scope of Development of Production Infrastructures Small Scale Infrastructure Funding Program in 2016. During project preparation, test requirements of the Industry enterprises in Kocaeli region were analyzed with contributions of Kocaeli Chambers of. All test devices and equipment funded by project have been determined in reference to this test requirement analysis. The project budget is 1 million Turkish Lira (TL) 75% funded by MARKA and the project duration is 24 months. Approximately 750.000 TL budget is used for purchasing inspection-test devices and equipment for KARTEAM test center. KARTEAM established by using laboratories of Kocaeli University Uzunciftlik Vocational High School in Kartepe/Kocaeli will be common use center for inspection and research and development (R&D) of material companies in automotive sub-industry,metal and welding production sector in especially East Marmara region. KARTEAM, with becoming functional in our university and achieve a structure where needs of industrial enterprises are answered, will supply to improve efficient university and industry collaboration. Services given to industry enterprises in targeted test and research center are summarized below. Targeted services given within the project: • Destructive Tests  Tension Test  Charpy Impact Test   Hardness Measurement Test Bending Test at Welded Connection • Non-destructive Test  Magnetic Particle Inspection  Ultrasonic Inspection  Liquid Penetrant Inspection • Sample Preparation • R&D / P&D Consulting Keywords- University/industry collaboration, Research and Development, Product Development, Test Center, MARKA.