A collection of case histories of successful collaborations between High Technology Network Laboratories and businesses. These are tangible and customisable examples of the application of new technologies, products, or services that show how industrial research can meet the needs of innovation.

Results: 37

Mechanical / thermal / optical GSE for satellite instrument testing

How to test space hardware operations on ground

This custom GSE (Ground Support Equipment) was designed to replicate space conditions on ground (vacuum and temperature gradients) and test selected space hardware for satellites performing also electrical and optical measurements.

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Rapid diagnostic device for brain trauma (NanoAnalyzer)

Portable and accessible in vitro analysis device

Currently, the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is based on expensive and invasive CT scans, with a 90% negative result.

The NanoAnalyzer detects – through a simple blood test – six specific biomarkers of TBI, providing rapid, non-invasive...

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Design and development of a YSZ coating to functionalize the abutment surface for dental prosthesis

YSZ coating improves aesthetics and reduces allergy risk, offering a translucent, gum-like finish.

The YSZ (yttria-stabilized zirconia) coating was developed for titanium abutments in dental prostheses to enhance aesthetics and reduce potential allergic reactions. Applied through reactive magnetron sputtering deposition via the PVD-PECVD Centurion...

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A non-invasive device for office and home measurement of venous pressure (VenCoM)

Device for non-invasive monitoring of central venous pressure (CVP)

Central venous pressure (CVP) is an important clinical indicator of progressive cardiac diseases. Venous congestion can be quantified by CVP, and its monitoring is essential to understand and follow the hemodynamic status in patients with heart...

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CEC: a versatile platform for preclinical ophthalmology and the study of environment-health interactions

Chamber for Environmental Control (CEC): from the laboratory to the clinic

The Chamber for Environmental Control (CEC) is a technology designed to induce dry eye disease (DED) in mouse models, enabling highly controlled preclinical studies. This technology makes it possible to induce environmental stress conditions, such as...

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Realisation of nanostructured coatings with osseointegrative and antibacterial properties

Race for the surface

Plasma-assisted Ionized Jet Deposition (IJD) is a technology enabling the fabrication of surface coatings from various materials. Its operating principle involves a pulsed electron beam striking a target material, causing its pulverization and...

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PLEINAIR Big Data platform for health and wellness for all age groups

Smart parks for health and social inclusion

The PLEINAIR Big Data Platform is designed to promote the adoption of active and healthy lifestyles for all age groups. In the PLEINAIR smart park, users can interact with Outdoor Smart Objects (OSOs): urban and recreational park furniture equipped...

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TEST RIG FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SERVOMECHANISMS

Optimize motion accuracy and efficiency

Instrumented test rig for fine-tuning and optimization of servomechanisms and/or single functional components, in particular precision reducers, servomotors and compensation joints.

The servomechanisms can be validated on specific load laws with...

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SINTERED ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

The most resistant materials in the world for space field

In the aerospace and fast transport sectors there is a growing demand for advanced structural materials capable of withstanding temperatures over 1500 °C in highly corrosive environments. Rocket nozzles and thermal protection systems for spacecraft...

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DIGIMAN - Solutions for the digitalisation of companies in the manufacturing sector

Digitization to support businesses

The DIGIMAN project aims to develop tools to support the transformation of a generic industrial machinery into a Cyber-Physical System. This result will be possible thanks to the definition and implementation of a hardware-software platform, called...

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Advanced ceramics by 3D extrusion based printing: from the development of ceramic raw materials to the creation of prototypes.

Low cost and sustainable 3D printing of advanced ceramics.

ENEA-TEMAF offers a complete service for the development of advanced ceramic components obtained by 3D printing with the technique based on paste extrusion. The printable ceramic pastes are water-based and characterized by a low organic content (<3%)...

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Life Cycle Environmental impact assessment

Designing environmental sustainability: a viable option

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology that assesses a set of interactions a product or service has with the environment, considering its entire life cycle including the stages of preproduction (therefore also materials extraction and...

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Technological scouting on new materials

With us towards new materials

Service offered to enterprises with the aim of identifying new materials of interest for the company either available on the market or under development at research laboratories. Within the project, the interdepartmental CIPACK centre gathers...

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PROTO-LAB - Laboratory for CAD/CAM Design Methodologies and new 3D design techniques

CAD/CAM technologies for SMEs

The Proto-Lab Laboratory performs innovation, research and technology transfer activities to support SMEs in various sectors on national interest in the CAD/CAM technology sphere, with a special focus on CAD 3D modelling, rapid prototyping and...

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In vitro model to mimic a weaning baby's digestion to study protein and starch digestibility of baby foods

MORE DIGESTIBLE = MORE NUTRITIOUS

The ability to study protein and starch component digestibility is essential in nutritional assessment of baby food products. In this connection, it is necessary to have a digestive model that simulates the weaning baby's digestive steps in the most...

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Hygienic design of food equipment

MORE HYGIENIC = SAFER MORE EFFICIENT MORE SUSTAINABLE

The hygienic design process takes into account the need to assure foodstuff's safety and suitability, starting from machinery design. This takes place by complying with a series of requirements, known as hygiene criteria in designing, as well as in...

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Diagnostic imaging protocol applied to paintings

Science to analyse Works of Art

Scientific diagnostics is an important tool to improve the interpretation and knowledge of a work of art, allowing its evolution over time to be documented and monitored and any restoration work to be scheduled. It is obviously important in this...

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Application of the RFID tag technology to manage naturalistic museum collections

Museal Human Centered RFID Technology and Design

TekneHub - Laboratory of the Ferrara Tecnopolo, in collaboration with the company Techsigno S.r.l., has tested and assessed the application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology to naturalistic collections. To date, the RFID technology...

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Virtual reconstruction of complex hollow shapes for optimised production of prosthetic limb sockets

From images to 3D model

The new method makes it possible to reconstruct hollow shapes, namely the inner surface of a prosthetic socket, starting from the images photographed from various viewpoints using a common camera. The software allows a three-dimensional model to be...

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Use of natural antimicrobials for microbiological stabilisation of foodstuff

Essential oils lengthen life ... of food too!

Service implemented for companies that seek to pursue "natural" microbiological foodstuff stabilisation strategies. It provides a competitive market advantage since it addresses consumers' increasing demand for minimally treated products with no...

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