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 analyses in anechoic and semi-anechoic chamber according to standards
Active control of noise and vibration
Anti-vibration systems: design and installation criteria
Balancing
Biomarker identification to assess the effects of bioactive components in humans
Chatter in machining processes: analysis and reduction
Compliant joints: design and dynamics
Contactless experimental vibration measurements using laser doppler vibrometers
Dynamic / elastodynamic analysis and control (multibody models, lumped-parameter models, etc.)
Effects of industrial processes on the nutritional qualities of foods
Evaluation of dietary habits of the population in order to identify risk behaviours and prevention strategies
Evaluation of the interactions between food matrix and bioactive components
Evaluation of the organoleptic characteristics of food bioactive components and related food
Evaluation of the physical, chemical, and microbial characteristics of products
Experimental modal analysis
Experimental noise mapping of industrial products and machinery
Extraction of bioactive components from food waste (polyphenols, omega3 and omega6 fatty acids)
Functional compounds characterization from raw materials, ingredients, food and food industry left-overs
Human studies for the validation of nutritional/health claims (including analysis of biological samples and statistical analysis of the results)
Hw / sw customized systems for vibro-acoustic measurements: realization and implementation
Improving the dynamic performance of products or production processes by simulation and / or test
Market survey and consumer trends towards functional foods
Mathematical modelling for product/process optimization
Mechanical transmissions: dynamics and control
Optimization of raw material selection for food processing/products
Packaging, designing and testing: choice of the proper materials for the desired product
Packaging, designing and testing: shelf-life evaluation of food products and bioactive components
Preparation of the nutritional/health claims application
Product Sound Quality: binaural measurements, metrics and psychoacoustic tests
Reducing noise and vibration (NVH) in industrial products and processes by simulation and / or test
Rotating machinery: measurements of the irregularity of the rotational speed and torsional vibrations
Selection of nutritional/health claims according to EU Regulation
Set up of in vitro methods and animal models for the evaluation of the health effects of food bioactive components
Transfer Path Analysis (TPA)
Use of multi-layer sound-proofing materials: acoustic optimization through modeling and / or tests
Use of poroelastic and viscoelastic materials: acoustic and physical characterization; modeling of sound propagation
Vibration and fatigue life tests on electrodynamic shaker systems
Vibration diagnostics and quality control: hw/sw solutions for the detection of defects and malfunctions
Vibro-acoustic experimental characterization of product
Vibro-acoustic simulation: Finite Element models (FEM), Boundary Element models (BEM), Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), Ray-tracing