Our wood testing laboratory was established in 2003 and handles various operations related to the identification of the chemical-physical properties of the wood raw mater
View »The Metallurgy laboratory deals with the study of the chemical, physical and technological characteristics of metal alloys. To find out more about the section, we asked the manager, Paolo Orioli, for details.
View »Product standards UNI EN 13561:2015 and UNI EN 13659:2015 define the essential requirements of safety that have to be satisfied by external blinds and shutters installed in buildings.
View »External blinds and shutters must obtain CE marking, but do market umbrellas belong to this category?
The Optics Laboratory of IG has the necessary means and skills to quantify the effect of influence of sunscreens these shields according to the most up-to-date standards.
View »The Department of Construction Science is one of the 'oldest'. The main activities of the Institute are laboratory tests and site investigations for civil engineering and geotechnical road construction.
View »The September edition of Labinsight features the Chemical Laboratory. Founded about thirty years ago, it has continued to expand over time and offers a range of services performed with the aid of state-of-the-art equipment. Full details are provided in our article.
The October edition of Labinsight looks at the Heat Transfer - Calculations Laboratory, this department deals mainly with thermal characterisation of building envelope elements and studying the hygrothermal performance of facade elements, see the article for full details ...
With the fifth stop of the Labinsight series, we enter the Optics laboratory located in the new headquarters in Gatteo.
View »We tall with Dr. Andrea Cucchi, head of the section, who illustrates the tests and equipment that engage him every day together with his staff.
View »Last October 4th and 5th, Persano Adorno Giuseppe, our Technical Director – as President of the European Coordination Group of Notified Bodies for the Machinery Directive (CNB-M) – participated in Castelldefels (Spain) at the meeting of the “Machinery Directive AdCo (Administrative Cooperation in Market Surveillance)”, constituted by the Market Surveillance Authorities of the Member States of the European Union and EFTA.
During the meeting he presented the activities carried out by the CNB-M, which materialize in the adoption of the so-called "Recommendations for Use (RfU)", aimed at standardizing the operating methods of the individual Notified Bodies.