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
Additive manufacturing processes (3D printing, SLA rapid prototyping, etc.)
Analysis of the physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
Cladding
Conventional welding processes (arc, TIG, MIG / MAG, resistance, etc.)
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Generation and optimization of the part program
Heat treatments of conventional and not conventional metal alloys
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
Machining processes for metal removal (turning, milling, drilling, reaming, broaching, grinding, etc.)
Massive deformation processes (forging, pressing, rolling mill, extrusion, drawing, etc.)
Melting processes (in sand, in shell, die casting, investment casting, etc.)
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Microprocessing (micro-milling, -drilling, -laser, -waterjet, etc.)
Monitoring of chemical, physical, and biochemical characteristics (enzymatic activity and kinetics) during storage
Non-conventional machining processes (laser, plasma, waterjet, chemical and electrochemical , ultrasonic, electrical discharge, etc.)
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 energy consumption
Optimization of processing conditions by desing of experiments (DoE) for product development
Processes of ceramic materials production / machining (massive, dense / porous, thick films, etc.)
Processes of powder sintering
Processes of production / machining of products in glass
Processes of production / machining of products in polymer materials
Processes of production / machining of products of composite materials
Processes of recovery and recycling of materials / products
Product processing design: algorithms for automatic predictive control
Production flow chart, raw material HACCP and QFD, formulation, packaging and conservation conditions
Production planning (cell and processing lines configuration, scheduling, reconfigurability, adaptivity, lean production, etc.)
Reliability and quality of the finished product / process
Sheet metal forming processes (stamping, cutting, bending, hydroforming, etc.)
Statistical control of the process
Surface treatments of chemical and physical functionalization of materials (texturing, SOL-GEL, plasma activation, etc.)
Thermal property measurement during processing steps and within container