Scientific facilities

Mechanical research facilities

  1. Hydraulic testing machine INSTRON 8801 (100 kN)
  2. Hydraulic testing machine SCHENCK (250 kN)
  3. Hydraulic testing machine DARTEC HA100 (100 kN)
  4. Electro- mechanical testing machine ZWICK Z100 (100 kN)
  5. Pneumatic compression testing machine COMPULSE (10 m/s)
  6. Pneumatic tensile testing machine FASTENS (10 m/s)
  7. Drop weight tower (12 m height, 150 kg impacting mass)
  8. Impact testing machine CEAST FRACTOVIS
  9. Ultrasonic machine (20 kHz) for very high cycle fatigue testing
  10. Four-point rotating bending machine for fatigue testing AMSLER UBM 200 (frequency range 10-100 Hz, max bending moment 200 Nm)
  11. Four-point bending machine (prescribed displacement) for fatigue testing SCHENCK PWO (frequency range 1-15 Hz, max bending moment 30 Nm)
  12. Gas Gun for high speed impact testing (>200 m/s), Hopkinson bar
  13.  Centrifugation well
  14. Test rig for splines (max torque 5000Nm, max speed 2000 rpm, max specimen angle 10’)
  15. X-ray diffractometer SIEMENS d5005
  16. Vibrophore AMSLER (load cell 100 kN)
  17. Infrared thermal camera THERMOSCAN NEC 7100
  18.  Scanning laser vibrometer POLYTEC
  19. Optical profilometer ALICONA (infinite focus)
  20. Interferometric microscope ZoomSurf 3D Fogale Nanotech, optical microscope Leica DM 4000M, probing system Suss PM5
  21. Spinning well for dynamic tests on turbine disks or mock-ups (max speed 6000 rpm), telemetry system, permanent magnet passive excitation system, integrated Tip-Timing instrumentation
  22. Mechanical shaker (max force 5500 N, frequency range 10-2000 Hz)
  23. Electrodynamic shakers (10 - 5500 N)
  24.  Climatic cabinet
  25. Roller rig for dynamic testing of rolling stock reduced-scale prototypes
  26. Test rig for railway seat characterization
  27. Test rig for railway bushings 1:1 scale
  28. Monitoring/diagnostics system with instrumented bushings and data acquisition/processing system

Aerospace research facilities

  1. Subsonic closed-loop wind tunnel, Ø 3m test chamber and 6 component balance
  2. Subsonic open-loop wind tunnel, 90 x 120 cm, for wake tests
  3. Subsonic open-loop wind tunnel, 80 x 60 cm, for tests on boundary layers
  4. Closed-loop hydraulic channel, 30 x 50 cm, for visualization in water; drop tunnel, 15 x 15 cm, for anemometric measurements
  5. Hydraulic tank, 30 m, with drag trolley at controlled speed
  6. Hydraulic machine Instron 8516 for static (120 kN) and dynamic (100 kN, 100 Hz) testing in tension, compression and fatigue
  7. Metrocom machine 20T (200 kN) for static  tension, compression and bending tests of specimens and panels
  8. Charpy pendulum (50 J hammer) for resilience testing of standard specimens and panels
  9. Multichannel acquisition system for modal analysis
  10. AIP servohydraulic rigs for combined loading of plane or curved panels: 6 actuators controlled independently, possibility of pressurizing the part under test
  11. Multi-barrel ballistic systems for the study of the impact absorption properties of metallic and composite materials (max speed  500 m/s)
  12. Hydraulic machine AIP for static and dynamic testing (100 kN, 20 Hz)
  13. Hydraulic machine for torsion or bending testing of wing boxes
  14. Hydraulic machine AIP da 500kN static and fatigue testing

Industrial bioengineering research facilities

  1. Nanoindentometer MTS
  2. Electromechanical tensile testing machine MTS QTEST Elite
  3. Dynamic testing system Bose Enduratec ELF 3200
  4. Roland milling machine for rapid prototyping MDX-400, with rotary 4th axis
  5. Peristaltic pumps
  6. Hardware systems for data acquisition and control (National Instruments, Arduino)
  7. Bioreactors for regenerative medicine (cellular expansion, physical physiological stimulation of cells/tissues)
  8. Lyophilizer Scanvac, model Coolsafe
  9. Hood Labosystem, model Typhoon
  10. Electrospinning Linari Engineering
  11. DipCoater KSV NIMA, model Single Vessel Dip Coaters
  12. GPC Agilent Technologies, 1200 Series
  13. HPLC Thermo Scientific, Ultimate 3000
  14. Karl Fischer KEM, MKL-501
  15. Rotavapor Buchi Switzerland, R-210
  16. Contact angle measurement KSV Instruments CAM200
  17. Lyophilizer Christ Alpha 2-4 LSC
  18. FT-IR Perkin Elmer, Frontier
  19. ZetaSizer Malvern, Nano-S90
  20. Climatic cabinet IKA, KS 4000
  21. Rheometer Anton-Paar MCR302