WCT supports the cost settlement and usage supervision of the research equipment sharing platform in universities
Universities have numerous research equipment, but sharing equipment between different departments is difficult, cost settlement is not transparent, and equipment usage efficiency is low. A well-known university has built a research equipment sharing platform based on WCT. Each department will link information about idle research equipment, such as models of scanning electron microscopes, high-precision spectrometers, and other equipment, as well as available usage times. When other departments have usage needs, they pay the usage fees with WCT, which are automatically calculated based on factors such as equipment usage duration and equipment value. At the same time, the platform supervises equipment usage in real-time through on-chain data, including usage frequency, usage duration, maintenance records, and more. Since the application of WCT on this platform, the sharing rate of research equipment within the university has increased by 60%, idle time of equipment has decreased by 50%, and disputes over cost settlement have been reduced to zero, greatly improving the utilization of research equipment and promoting the optimization of research resources in universities.
