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
Acoustic methods for solid food texture evaluation (cheese, watermelon, pasta, etc.)
Analysis and preliminary planning: Design project management (PDM / PLM)
Analysis of contaminants and allergens in raw materials and finished products, flavour analysis, analysis of simple and complex carbohydrates
Analysis of packaging regulations
Analysis of possible reuse and recycle of packaging materials
Analytical methods for detection of allergens of vegetal origin and hidden allergens in food products
Analytical methods for detection of microbial contamination in food (bacteria, viruses, moulds, yeasts)
Analytical methods for the detection of nanoparticles (metal nanoparticles, nanofibres and nanocapsules) in raw materials and finished products
Analytical methods for the evaluation of the effects of industrial processing on nutritional value of foods
Assessment of the environmental impact (LCA) of one or more packagings
Characterization of polymeric material by differential scanning calorimetry and NMR
Characterization of soluble fibre in functional food
Chemical analyses for food quality and safety (off-flavours, plasticizers)
Colour analysis with destroing and non-destroying techniques
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
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 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
Extraction and analytical methods for nutrients and functional elements
Fast and non-destructive spectroscopic methods and chemometrics for food quality evaluation
Film thermoformation and food packaging in modified atmosphere
Food decontamination and enzyme deactivation: high pressure homogenization, gas-plasma, pulsed electric fields