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 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, ...)
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
Cladding
Conventional welding processes (arc, TIG, MIG / MAG, resistance, etc.)
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
Functionalisation (sensing) to be applied to ceramics and bricks
Generation and optimization of the part program
Heat treatments of conventional and not conventional metal alloys
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
Machining processes for metal removal (turning, milling, drilling, reaming, broaching, grinding, etc.)
Massive deformation processes (forging, pressing, rolling mill, extrusion, drawing, etc.)
Measurement, testing, certification campaign, according to Standards or customer specification on MATERIALS and COMPONENTS
Melting processes (in sand, in shell, die casting, investment casting, etc.)
Methods for the INERT MATERIALS RECOVERY, deriving from building demolition and construction, for the production of bricks and cement
Microprocessing (micro-milling, -drilling, -laser, -waterjet, etc.)
Modeling and evaluation of mechanical properties, durability, resistance to environmental factors, energy efficiency and insulation properties of MATERIALS
Non-conventional machining processes (laser, plasma, waterjet, chemical and electrochemical , ultrasonic, electrical discharge, etc.)
Optimization of energy consumption
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
Production planning (cell and processing lines configuration, scheduling, reconfigurability, adaptivity, lean production, etc.)
Reliability and quality of the finished product / process
Reuse of waste from COMPONENTS