INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER CENTER
Democenter-Sipe
Best Practices in Mechatronics
Enzo Madrigali
ADC Project - Bologna
18th January 2011
Mission
Sustain enterprises growth through
implementation and strengthening
of innovation and technological
transfer activities.
Actions
• Support and stimulate enterprises in each step of
the innovation process.
• Facilitate the implementation of enterprises and
local territory innovation attitude.
• Facilitate the flow of knowledge from
Universities, Technology suppliers and RTD centers
to enterprises.
• Facilitate the technology sharing between
enterprises in a district operational framework
(competition vs cooperation)
• Support and catalyze the creation of a
competences network.
Shareholders
CCIAA OF Modena (Chambers of Commerce)
Modena Province
Modena Municipality
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
University of Bologna
“CRV di Vignola” Foundation, Modena Foundation, Mirandola Foundation
Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna
Confindustria, CNA, API, Lapam Federimpresa, LegaCoop (Industrials and SME’s
associations).
Hera S.p.A. (Public utility)
Savignano sul Panaro, Spilamberto e Vignola Municipality
ProMo – Modena’s Local Development Agency
CSM – Materials Development Centres
Enterprises (nearly 80).
ACTIVITY AREAS
Manufacturing industry
 Motor
 Industrial Automation
 Materials
 FOOD industry
 ICT – Information Communication Technology
 Biomedical
Local thematic units
On going:
Mirandola
Vignola
Mirandola
Food
Biomedical
Modena
Perspectives:
Spilamberto (Modena)
on the Ex SIPE-NOBEL
area will be realized
6.500 mq of buildings
intended to setting:
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Enterprises R&D Lab
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Advanced technology lab
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high-tech enterprises incubators
Vignola
Spilamberto
SERVICES
Information and Dissemination
 Demonstrations
 Workshop
 Thematic tables
 Conventions
 Seminars
 University Master
 Trainings
Innovation Support
 Technology Assessment (check up and “positioning”)
 Technological monitoring (analysis of the state of the art)
 Technological Brokerage (who is the suppliers of some
technologies or the holders of a specific know-how)
 Economic Analysis and consultancy activity for facilitated
finance
 Analysis and search of licenses, support to the defence and
valorisation of the intellectual property
 Feasibility studies (preliminary analysis, search for partner,
planning, analysis cost/benefits)
Research project management
 Support and catalyze the networks of competences development.
 Support the enterprises and the Institutions (Universities, Health
and Environmental Agencies) in the predisposition and
management of integrate research project.
 Facilitate the territorial economical and social reality in
connecting the international innovation environment.
Industrial search,
Development and Start-up
 Projects of industrial search and development
 Support to industrialisation and Business planning
 Support to the implementation of laboratories and new high-tech
enterprises
 Technological Park development management in regenerated
industrial area called “ex-Sipe”
LABORATORIES
Rapid prototyping, Reverse engineering
and Foundry Technologies
 Feasibility studies project/prototype
 Rapid manufacturing
 Rapid prototyping with innovative materials
 Planning and development of new products
 Reverse engineering of works of art and design products
 Realizations of elements for fusions and plans for equipments
 Realization of equipments for the stamping with plastic and metallic
injection
Oleodinamics
 Chemical-physical analysis of oil and fluid
 Characterization of the polluting agents
 Experimentation and characterization of oleodinamics
components
 Planning and numerical simulation for dynamic analysis of
oleodinamics members, circuits and complex mechanics
systems
ICT – Information Communication
Technology
 Specific Consultancy (analysis, planning and optimisation of
informative processes)
 Support to the individuation of informatics tools thanks to a
comparative analysis
 Ideation and Development of software products or of specific
modules
 Implementation (installation, support to use, training)
PARTNERSHIP
 Universities –(Modena and Reggio Emilia, Bologna...)
 Research Centres – (CSM, ENEA, CNR....)
 Laboratories of“Rete Alta Tecnologia Emilia Romagna” –
(SIMECH, SUP&RMAN e LARER...)
 Free Lance
 Consultancy enterprise
 Associations of enterprises
BEST PRACTICE IN
MECHATRONICS
Best Practices in Mechatronics
Sector where Democenter operates
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Automotive
Industrial automation
Advanced mechanics
Robotics
Mechatronics
Biotechnology
Agroindustrial
ICT
Bando Distretti
• DIRO’ - Laboratorio del Distretto Tecnologico della
Robotica Mobile (Elettric 80 SpA et al.)
• FASTER - Forefront Adaptive Simulations &
Technologies for Engine Research (Ferrari SpA et al.)
• ISOTRACTOR - Laboratorio ISOBUS del distretto
della Meccanica Agricola (Argotractors et al.)
• MC-LAB – Mobility Concept Lab (Evotek et. al.)
• SIER - Laboratorio per Sistemi Ibridi Elettrici Retrofit
(Landi renzo SpA et al.)
Democenter Approach
NATIVE FULL-ELECTRIC DRILL-RIGS FOR MICROPILING
Aim
a cluster of companies wants to develop a new generation of drill rigs in order to:
Increase energetic efficiency
Reduce pollutions;
Increase performances
Object
Substitute hydraulic components and hydraulic controls with mechatronics devices and electric
motors/devices
DemoCenter approach
1.
Patent research and feasibility study
2.
Scouting of competences amongst National and International Universities and Research
Centers
3.
Creation of a detailed business plan;
4.
Definition of 3 different projects to obtain public grants:
1.
“Bando per Reti di Imprese” – Regione Emilia Romagna: develop the company
network;
2.
Eureka-Eurostars – Europe: develop mechanical aspects
3.
Research for SMEs – Europe: develop mechatronics and electric/electronic aspects
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER CENTER
Democenter-Sipe s.c.r.l.
Via Vignolese 905
41100 MODENA
Tel: 059 2058146
Fax: 059 2058161
Web: http://www.democentersipe.it