The laboratory carries out experimental characterisation of controlled mechanical systems and prototype development of cyber-physical components for machines and plants. In particular, the laboratory has hardware and software equipment for the experimental modal and vibrometric analysis of mechanical structures, for the characterisation of the energy consumption of industrial machinery and for their static-geometric testing. Moreover, thanks to the use of tools for the development of embedded systems in an edge-computing perspective, the laboratory designs solutions for the decentralised processing of signals from distributed sensors. Recent equipment acquirements have made it possible to expand the activity towards high-speed imaging for the analysis of fast processes, such as chip removal, and for visual vibrometric analysis with Motion Magnification techniques.
- acquisition system for experimental modal analysis LMS Scadas 3
- piezoelectric single and triaxial accelerometric sensors
- instrumented hammers and shakers for mechanical excitation
- Photron AX100 540k high-speed video camera
- National Instruments data acquisition and processing systems
- force, displacement, pressure, flow, current, voltage sensors
- three-phase high-speed wattmeters
- Arduino (Uno, Due, mega) and ST-Microelectronics Nucleo microcontrollers
- mechanical, thermal and electrical measurements on prototype devices
- electronic and electromechanical prototyping
- design and construction of test benches for the characterisation of mechanical components and measuring instruments
- development of prototype applications on microcontrollers
- high-speed video acquisition and processing
- third-party experimental campaigns on machinery and devices