Industrial Research Laboratory
Facilities and tools
All the manufacturing, assembly, testing and integration activities of equipments/subsystems (as well as the production of customised parts) are performed in DTM laboratory (manufacturing through qualified outsourcers when required). It is available both a "gray" testing/integration area as well ISO6/8 clean rooms certified according to ISO 14644. The workshop is provided by an autoclave, milling machine, a lathe and several refining tools. Here is a list of the most important facilities and tools available at DTM integration plant:
- Laboratory with clean areas (ISO6 and ISO8 level - ISO14644 certified) for integration and test activities
- Four Thermal vacuum chambers (TVCs - Space Simulators) for testing of components having to be qualified in vacuum conditions (pressure <1x10-6 mbar) and at different temperature levels (-80°C/+250°C - cryogenic tests are also possible). TVCs are operated in a ISO8 clean room
- Autoclave for composite manufacturing
- Testing equipments to perform quasi static qualification or acceptance tests on aerospace structures or other high performance components
- Shaker for dynamic vibration tests (c/o Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio or external laboratory)
- Support equipment to fill and test pressurized components at pressure upto 200 bar with ultra high purity gas (gas purity 6.0 - 99.9999%)
- Helium leak detector to perform leak tests
- Instrumentation: data acquisition systems (DAQ National Instruments 16/18 bits), electronic equipments
- Sensors (position, force, pressure, humidity, strain-gages, accelerometers )
- Autocollimator Edmund Optics for precision measurements on mechanical and optical components
- Particle counter Trotec (5 channel)
- Lathe, milling-machine and other tools for machining activities
All the critical apparatus and sensors are periodically maintained and checked by certified companies according to EN 9100 aerospace standard.
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