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 and preliminary planning: Design project management (PDM / PLM)
Analysis of packaging regulations
Analysis of possible reuse and recycle of packaging materials
Analysis of the physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
Assessment of the environmental impact (LCA) of one or more packagings
Characterization of polymeric material by differential scanning calorimetry and NMR
Chemical analyses for food quality and safety (off-flavours, plasticizers)
Conceptual design: analysis of customer needs and development of alternative concepts
Conceptual design: graphic rendering, augmented reality, virtual reality
Consultation for techniques of Design of experiments (DoE)
Contamination analysis of pre- and post-extrusion recycled material
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design for Assembly / assembly analysis, tolerance chains and technical product documentation (CAD / CAT)
Design for Engineering Materials: methods and techniques for the exploitation of engineered materials
Design for Ergonomics (Digital Mock Up, HMI - Human Machine Interface, User centered design, User experience, Usability)
Design for Manufacturability / Analysis of technological processes for metal machining (CAM)
Design for Manufacturability / Analysis of technological processes for metals (CAE): castings, plastic deformation, sheet-metal forming, injection molding
Design for Manufacturability / Analysis of technological processes for polymers (CAE): plastic deformation, injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming
Design for Sustainability (LCA, energy efficiency)
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Design to cost, fault tolerance, robust design
Detail design: Design archetypes , parametric models (CAD)
Detail design: Dynamic analysis and NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness)
Detail design: internal and external three-dimensional thermo - fluid dynamics of components, machines and systems (CFD)
Detail design: lumped parameter and one-dimensional fluid dynamic analysis of circuits, components, machines and systems
Detail design: lumped parameter and one-dimensional static and dynamic electromechanical analysis of circuits, components, machines and systems
Detail design:static, dynamic, elastodynamic structural, thermo structural and crash analysis (FEM)
Development of new active and intelligent packaging
Effect of migration from packaging to food and vice-versa: analysis and study
Evaluation of microorganism development on raw materials and packaged foods
Evaluation of packaging mechanical resistance with numeric simulation and experimental trials
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Film thermoformation and food packaging in modified atmosphere
Gas permeability reduction in packaging materials
Global migration analysis of one or more packagings
Improvement of process efficiency for saving direct and indirect costs
Input-output correlations to assess operational parameters
Integrated design and programming of robotic systems and automatic machines (flexible, modular, configurable, adaptive systems)
Lab trails and scale-up to pilot plants of experimental production diagrams; check of the physical, chemical and sensorial characteristics