Database providing access to the High Technology Network's industrial research offering: research competences, type of analyses and tests available at the Laboratories. Companies can consult the Catalogue to find Laboratories and researchers that match their needs.
Competence
ANALYSIS of defects origin and CHECKING with respect to construction solutions to achieve quality control and security performances of surfaces.
Analysis of the physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
CONTROL OF THE ENERGETIC CONSUMPTION: consumption records according to the plants typology, energetic audit in ceramic plants.
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
DEMONSTRATORS of developed materials and components
Design and enginnering of CERAMICS SLABS to be applied in high energy performant buildings
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Development of APPLICATION TECHNIQUES of functional coatings
Development of FORMING TECHNIQUES with innovative solutions
Development of joint operations for the production of CERAMIC PRODUCTS
ENVIRONMENTAL WITHDRAWAL in production plants
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Formulation of RAW MATERIALS MIXTURES
FUNCTIONALIZATION of ceramic materials
Improvement of process efficiency for saving direct and indirect costs
Input-output correlations to assess operational parameters
Lab trails and scale-up to pilot plants of experimental production diagrams; check of the physical, chemical and sensorial characteristics
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Monitoring of chemical, physical, and biochemical characteristics (enzymatic activity and kinetics) during storage
Non-conventional thermal and non-thermal technologies for product stabilization, extraction, and conservation
Numerical simulation to define process-product interaction
On-line product control feasibility for process optimization
Operator practical training for process control and lab tests
Optimization of processing conditions by desing of experiments (DoE) for product development
Optimization of THERMAL CYCLES (drying and firing)
Product processing design: algorithms for automatic predictive control
Production flow chart, raw material HACCP and QFD, formulation, packaging and conservation conditions
PRODUCTS (tiles,bricks, sanitaryware, technical ceramics, advanced ceramics): determination of characteristics, properties and quality control
RAW MATERIALS: chracterization, properties and quality control
Requirementa and METHODOLOGIES of adhesives and sealing agents for ceramic tiles (adhesives data base)
Statistical control of the process
STUDIES and RESEARCH programm on ceramic materials
Thermal property measurement during processing steps and within container
Training on regulations, legal requirement, guidelines, best practices