Standard Equipment

  • Analytical balances, precision balances, moisture balances
  • Soxhlet and Perforator extraction systems
  • Vacuum filtration systems
  • Rotary evaporator (Heidolph)
  • Climate chamber (Voetsch VC- 4150) with IR and UV irradiation
  • Muffle furnace (Heraeus) PID controlled
  • Fume hoods
  • Magnetic stirrers
  • Hydraulic heated press 35x30cm with PID controlled temperature, controlled thickness and pressure
  • Drying oven (Binder) PID controled
  • Particle drying chamber
  • Flat die pellet press (6mm)
  • Resin mixer/blender
  • Wood hammer mills and disc flaker
  • Portable wood crusher
  • Sieve shaker and analytical sieves
  • Universal testing machines: 4t (Amsler) και 30t (Shimadzu) equipped with large variety of loading fixtures
  • 1m3 formaldehyde and VOC emission chamber (Voetsch)
  • 0.125m3 conditioning chambers with saturated salt solutions and on-line acquisition of climate conditions (RH/T)
  • IKA overhead stirrer
  • Water distillation unit (GFL)
  • UV-VIS spectrophotometer (double-beam) (Hitachi)
  • Laboratory mill (Willey)
  • Stirrer-mixer (ΙΚΑ)
  • Cold pre-pressing systems (pneumatic)
  • Machinery for mechanical processing wood and wood products (circular saws, band saws, planer, thicknesser, sander etc.)
  • Hydrothermal treatments reactors
  • Non-destructive high-frequency scanning device for determining density profiles in solid wood
  • Viscometers (Brookfield and ford cups)
  • Surface roughness measuring device (Mitutoyo)
  • pH meter (Crison)
  • Water baths PID controlled
  • Laboratory glassware
  • Pelletizing press
  • pellet mechanical durability determination device
  • Impregnation chambers ((1, 50 and 500L)
  • 10mm single die pellet press PID densification temperature control 
  • 2L glass reactor (pyrex)
  • Pellet mechanical durability determination system
  • Various micrometers (Mitutoyo, Insize etc)
  • Stainless steel reactors (50L and 1L)
  • Wood resistance moisture meters (Gann)
  • Wood surface density scanner (Lignostation)

Special Equipment

 

Laboratory Heated micropress  Video  

  • Dimensions 120x120mm
  • Plate temperature up to 350ºC
  • Individual plate heating with PID control
  • Adjustment to test machines for precise control of pressure and thickness
  • Possibility of adjusting the distance mechanically (with spacers)
  • Stainless steel coolers

 

 

Mounting of micropress on a Shimadzu hydraulic testing machine for open system densification

   

 

Data aquisition and analysis during open system thermomechanical densification of solid wood

 

Laboratory Reactor

  • Cylindrical, vertical, made of 316SS stainless steel
  • Volume: 1.2L
  • 2 integrated heating coats - 1.5KW(bottom & walls)
  • Cooling circuit
  • pressure or vacuum mode
  • PT100 temperature sensors
  • Analog pressure sensor -1 to 24bar
  • Maximum pressure: 25 bar (abs)
  • PID temperature / pressure control via standalone panel or via PC/Labview
  • Possibility of application additional condensing parts or properties control (Up to 24bit Analog to Digital conversion)
  • Ability to adapt to testing machines for precise control of pressure and thickness

 

Reactor in impregnation mode

 

 

Reactor in hydrothermal treatment mode

  

 

Flame spread test apparatus

  • Controlled heat-flux profile with calibrated Gardon-type sensor
  • Ceramic radiant panels
  • Pilot-flame

Flame spread test apparatus

 

Ingnitabillity testing system (cone heater)

  • PID controlled cone-heater
  • Determination of ignitability 
  • Thermogravimetric analysis
  • Ignition with or without pilot-flame
  • Calibrated heat-flux sensor 0-100KW/m2, water cooled, Gardon-type
  • Testing according to ISO5657 (165x165mm) or smaller (up tp 25x25mm) dimensions

 

Ignitability testing device (cone heater)

 

Single pellet die press

  • Pellet diameter: 10mm
  • Adjustment on test machines for precise control of densification pressure and thickness
  • PID control of desification temperature (20-200°C)

 

Swelling kinetics analysis system

  • Open or closed system, temperature control
  • Custom made software for acquisition and analysis
  • Capacity of measuring various materials and dimensions 

Swelling kinetics of wood biomass pellet

 

Biomass pyrolysis reactor (Auger)

  • Controlled feed rate
  • Stainless steel cylindrical reactor φ6 x 30cm 
  • 2-zone heating 0-  700C , PID controlled
  • Custom made control software 
  • Seperate solid/fluid exit
  • Pre-heating or pre-cooling of biomass 
  • Carrier gas feed control

Pyrolysis reactor