1) Vibration and noise which the
users of agricultural machines are exposed;
2) dynamic-energetic analysis of
the tractor-implement substrate systems;
3) mechanical damage of the food
products due to the post-harvest processes and
transportation;
4) non-destructive methods to
evaluate the quality of the food products;
5) setting-up of new technologies
to sanitise the food products;
6) devices for pulsed electric field generation.
1) the research is addressed to
the analysis of vibration and noise generated by agricultural
machines and transmitted to the operator during tillage, in
different working conditions. The effects of that exposures on user
are assessed by using the predictive statistical models set-up by
international standards;
2) the research is based on the
setting-up of a computerized tractor equipped with sensors for
measuring the main working parameters (force of traction,
consumption, speed etc.);
3) the main aim of the research is
the analysis of shocks and damages of food products due to the
post-harvest processes by using simulator instruments. Moreover,
electro-dynamic shakers to reproduce the transport vibrations are
used in laboratory;
4) the main aim of the research is
the setting-up of off or on-line systems for food products sorting
based on the interactions of the biological material with
electro-magnetic fields at several wave length (from near infrared
to radio frequencies). The qualitative determination is pursued
through predictive mathematic-statistic models based on the
spectral or waveforms data associated with the field
response;
5) the sanitisation of food
products by using techniques based on gas plasma generation where
the regulation does not allow conventional means is assessed (e. g.
shell eggs). The research is addressed to the setting-up of gas
plasma generators and their electrical and component
characterization;
6) the activity is related to the design and setting up of equipment for the generation of pulsed electric fields, used to produce technological modifications in agro-food products and for their sanitization.