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