Developed for CERN: Mobile Laser Cleaning System by Narran

A Reference That Speaks for Itself

CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research — is one of the most prestigious scientific institutions in the world. Equipment deployed inside its facilities must meet exceptional requirements for quality, safety, traceability, and long-term reliability. Becoming a CERN supplier is not a marketing claim; it is the outcome of a structured technical and commercial evaluation. 

Narran successfully passed that evaluation and was selected as the supplier of a mobile laser cleaning system tailored to CERN’s operational environment.

Selected on Technical Merit — Against Worldwide Competition

The tender brought together established European suppliers. CERN assessed each proposal across the full spectrum of criteria that matter in real operation:

• Build quality and mechanical robustness
• Quality of integrated components
• Mobility and ergonomic handling
• Technical solution and process performance
• Commercial conditions

Narran’s offer was selected on the combination of all of these — not on price alone. The decision reflects the company’s long-standing strategic principle: maximum price-to-performance ratio, with no compromise on quality.

European Engineering, European Components

Narran designs, develops, and manufactures its laser systems primarily in Prague. The CERN system follows the same philosophy that defines every machine leaving the Narran facility:

• Industrial-grade components from established European and global suppliers, validated for long-term industrial use.
• No relabelled imports. Narran systems are not Asian platforms with a European logo – they are engineered in-house, from optical design to final assembly.
• Robust architecture built for continuous operation, not for occasional demonstrations.

This approach matches CERN’s own specification, which explicitly required European-manufactured components throughout the system.

A Purpose-Built Transport Case for the 27 km Complex

CERN’s facilities are anything but a standard industrial floor. The system needs to move between laboratories, surface buildings, and the underground technical tunnels of the 27-kilometre accelerator complex. Standard packaging would not survive that environment.

For this deployment, Narran developed a dedicated heavy-duty transport case that:

• Protects the technology during transfers across the CERN site
• Allows simple, fast handling by a single operator
• Withstands demanding industrial conditions, including impacts and rough manipulation typical of tunnel logistics
• Keeps the laser system fully operational and aligned after transport – no recalibration required

The result is a mobile cleaning platform that arrives ready to work, wherever it is needed inside the complex.