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: 17

Innovation in Monitoring for Precision Agriculture applications: AGRARIAN project

AGRARIAN-modulAr heteroGeneous system foR Advanced monitoRing In Agricultural applicatioNs

AGRARIAN aims to develop a prototype of an integrated system composed of a mobile ground unit and one or more UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicles) units. These units will coordinate to acquire data relating to soil conditions, environmental parameters, and...

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Tri-Dimensional HSLDS Isolators: Experimental Validation and Seismic Performance Under Near-Fault Earthquakes

Shaping a New Era in Vibration Mitigation

Each year, the global occurrence of over a million seismic events poses a severe threat, resulting in significant fatalities and infrastructure damage. To counteract this challenge, advancing building technologies and implementing early warning...

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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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Methodologies for the dynamic design of mechanical transmissions

Silent and efficient spiral bevel gear transmissions

Spiral Bevel Gears (SBGs) play a significant role in transferring power between non-parallel shafts. Thanks to the high contact ratio, SBGs are smooth, quiet, and have the ability to bear high levels of torque and power; although, their complex...

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Benchmarking energy consumption of municipal wastewater treatment plants

Targeted energy efficiency investments in WWTPs

The product allows to carry out an energy performance assessment in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Following a preliminary data collection and related statistical processing, specific energy performance indicators are introduced in...

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PYROMAT: Prototype for the pyrolysis of herbaceous waste from the maintenance of riverbeds, drainage and irrigation channels

From waste to resource for the building material market

Rivers, drainage and irrigation channels maintenance produces high amounts of waste biomass that can be divided into two macro-types: wood residues that are normally recovered and supplied as fuel to biomass plants and herbaceous residues that are...

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Integrated framework for industrial gearbox design & manufacturing - MetAGEAR

Design and manufacturing advanced technologies

MetAGEAR was born from the initiative of the InterMech regional laboratories MO.RE. and MechLav in order to develop innovative tools for the design and manufacturing of gears and transmission to be made available for the industrial base. MetAGEAR is...

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SENECA- System for ENergy and Environmental Certification

Building energy and environmental assessment

SENECA is a tool to integrate with Environmental Management Systems able to support organizations, particularly in a more efficient management of energy consumption of buildings (both industrial and residential). The service is achieved through a web...

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VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING for industrial design (VIP Lab)

Industrial design and User Experience

VIP Lab offers a human-centered design service based on an immersive 3D experience for viewing complex products and systems and simulating its behavior within an interactive virtual environment. The 3D models of the product can be displayed in 1:1...

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EDIT Value Tool

Identify priorities to increase efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises

The EDIT Value tool supports companies, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), step-by-step and thanks to specific forms and checklists, in raising their awareness about the quantity and quality of the resources they use, the real costs...

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GECOM (Gesture Command) Remote control of machines and robots through poses recognition of the operator.

Touchless programming of robots and automatic machines

This new technology permits to remotely control an automatic machine or a robot through a visual analysis of the operator’s postures. The system has been tested on two different use-cases: - in a first case, the system recognizes some postures of...

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Assembly of mechanical / automotive components: calculation and management of 3D tolerance stack.

Geometric Product Specification

Mechanical parts are affected by geometric and dimensional variations. This variability affects the products’ final quality in terms of performance, process costs, reliability, and customer satisfaction. Geometric Product Specification (GPS) research...

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Development of hybrid self-lubricant coatings for mechanical applications

Liquid lubricant replacement strategies

The growing need for energy and raw material savings and the desire to increase the lifetime of mechanical systems stimulate tribology applied research, aimed to the development of anti-friction and anti-wear technological solutions. Mainly, in some...

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Automatic monitors for indoor and outdoor air quality

Air quality assessment and design of management strategies

Automatic monitors analyzing atmospheric particulate allow to verify air quality in indoor and outdoor environments, to assess the exposure of the population to pollutants in different living environments, to identify the cause-effect relationships...

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Reconfigurable high flexibility robotic systems, for precision machining

Robotics for Machining

Industrial robots are seldom capable to provide high precision in a mechanical machining process, thus are limited in their industrial use. The LaPIS laboratory @ INTERMECH-Mo.Re. proposes an integrated method for designing robotic systems, with high...

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Environmental assessment of livestock production systems

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of livestock sectors (buffaloes, pigs, dairy cows)

The application of the Life Cycle Analysis methodology (LCA) to Italian livestock sectors, enables analyzing the potential environmental impacts arising from farm production systems. The Life Cycle Assessment method has been standardised by ISO...

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Industry and service mobile Robot control platforms

Automation of manual systems

The need has recently arisen in the industrial sector to provide systems and products with operative autonomy. For instance, in the field of logistics, automatic forklifts (AGV, Automatic Guided Vehicle) handle goods in total autonomy. The DIRO’...

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