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 the Standards concerning the methods of measurement of MATERIALS and COMPONENTS properties
Assessment of the absence of toxic and harmful substances in building materials (asbestos, radioactive minerals, radon, ...)
Biomarker identification to assess the effects of bioactive components in humans
Catalogue of high-performance PLANT SYSTEMS
Catalogue of INSULATING MATERIALS (organic and inorganic) and generation of ad hoc catalogues
Catalogue of the different types of FIXTURES
Database of ceramic materials
Database of organic and inorganic insulating materials
Database of structural building materials
Database of the thermodynamic properties of MATERIALS
Determination of the characteristics, properties and parameters of BUILDING MATERIALS
Development of the MANUFACTURING PROCESS and INSTALLATION for prototyping materials and assembled materials
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
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
Functionalisation (sensing) to be applied to ceramics and bricks
Human studies for the validation of nutritional/health claims (including analysis of biological samples and statistical analysis of the results)
Identification of SAMPLE BUILDINGS for the carrying out of experimental operations (application of new materials / components)
Identification of technological EVOLUTION TRENDS of building materials and components (Roadmap of development trends)
LCA analysis aimed to Environmental Product Declarations (ISO 14040, EPD) and environmental labelling (ECOLABEL in Italy, LEED Credits ..)
LCA analysis on materials and components for the assessment of the environmental sustainability, functional to product development - COMPONENTS
LCA analysis on materials and components for the assessment of the environmental sustainability, functional to product development - MATERIALS
Market survey and consumer trends towards functional foods
Mathematical modelling for product/process optimization
Measurement, testing, certification campaign, according to Standards or customer specification on MATERIALS and COMPONENTS
Methods for the INERT MATERIALS RECOVERY, deriving from building demolition and construction, for the production of bricks and cement
Modeling and evaluation of mechanical properties, durability, resistance to environmental factors, energy efficiency and insulation properties of MATERIALS
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
Reuse of waste from COMPONENTS
Reuse of waste from MATERIALS
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
Study and mechanical characterization of INNOVATIVE FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE, self-compacting and spray applied (shrinkage and creep tests)