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
Analysis of the physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
Anti-vibration systems: design and installation criteria
Balancing
Chatter in machining processes: analysis and reduction
Compliant joints: design and dynamics
Contactless experimental vibration measurements using laser doppler vibrometers
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Dynamic / elastodynamic analysis and control (multibody models, lumped-parameter models, etc.)
Experimental modal analysis
Experimental noise mapping of industrial products and machinery
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Hw / sw customized systems for vibro-acoustic measurements: realization and implementation
Improvement of process efficiency for saving direct and indirect costs
Improving the dynamic performance of products or production processes by simulation and / or test
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
Mechanical transmissions: dynamics and control
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Monitoring of chemical, physical, and biochemical characteristics (enzymatic activity and kinetics) during storage
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 processing conditions by desing of experiments (DoE) for product development
Product processing design: algorithms for automatic predictive control
Product Sound Quality: binaural measurements, metrics and psychoacoustic tests
Production flow chart, raw material HACCP and QFD, formulation, packaging and conservation conditions
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
Statistical control of the process
Thermal property measurement during processing steps and within container
Training on regulations, legal requirement, guidelines, best practices
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