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 physical, rheological, chemical, microbial, and sensorial properties during storage
Analysis of the Standards concerning the methods of measurement of MATERIALS and COMPONENTS properties
Analytical tests for shelf-life characterization
Assessment of the absence of toxic and harmful substances in building materials (asbestos, radioactive minerals, radon, ...)
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
Definition of product specifications and analytical methods of verification
Design of experiment (DoE) and Food Design to study interaction between formulation and process conditions
Determination of the characteristics, properties and parameters of BUILDING MATERIALS
Development of the MANUFACTURING PROCESS and INSTALLATION for prototyping materials and assembled materials
Experimental studies of formulations and processes: use of bioactive components from out-streams or by-products
Functionalisation (sensing) to be applied to ceramics and bricks
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)
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
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
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
Microbial kinetics during food storage
Modeling and evaluation of mechanical properties, durability, resistance to environmental factors, energy efficiency and insulation properties of MATERIALS
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
Production flow chart, raw material HACCP and QFD, formulation, packaging and conservation conditions
Reuse of waste from COMPONENTS
Reuse of waste from MATERIALS
Statistical control of the process