Mechanical Workshop


THE UNIT IN 2017

The mechanical workshop supports the Institute research in terms of design and fabrication of mechanical components and in terms of assembling new singular ICIQ designed measurement devices or reaction setups. Moreover, the mechanical workshop also helps in repairing and improving commercial devices.

The workshop can work with different materials (SS, Teflon, aluminium, etc.) and can make pieces of almost any shape, helping the research groups from the most practical to the most sophisticated concepts.

In 2017 the workshop acquired a new FDM 3D printer (Sigma, 3D printer).

Among the projects developed in the workshop during 2017, we would like to highlight the following:

  • Design and fabrication of a fully controlled phototreactor
  • Design and fabrication of a HTE photoreactor
  • Pressure tests for different in-house built autoclaves
  • Dark box measurement setup

As can be seen in the following chart, the activity in the mechanical workshop is well consolidated and the number of fabricated pieces continues to increase, though the number of projects remains more or less stable.

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