{"id":150,"date":"2020-12-09T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgeurope.com\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2021-04-15T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:25:40","slug":"research-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgeurope.com\/research-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider slidertitle=&#8221;Research and development&#8221; alias=&#8221;Research-and-development&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row dfd_row_config=&#8221;default_row_small_paddings&#8221; dfd_row_responsive_enable=&#8221;dfd-row-responsive-enable&#8221; responsive_styles=&#8221;padding_left_desktop:100|padding_right_desktop:100|padding_left_tablet:30|padding_right_tablet:30|padding_left_mobile:15|padding_right_mobile:15&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1607618500434{padding-right: 30px !important;}&#8221; col_shadow=&#8221;box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)&#8221; col_shadow_hover=&#8221;box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 36px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.2;\">NMG Europe R&amp;D team is the foundation on top of which, since the beginning, the company has grown developing innovative and competitive products.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;D team involves more than 15% of the company work-force and is constituted by engineers and experts technicians with over than 20 years in polymer chemistry and engineering.<br \/>\nThe R&amp;D department is dedicated to:<br \/>\n&#8211; new formulations design and optimization<br \/>\n&#8211; quality control<br \/>\n&#8211; mechanical testing upon specific customers\u2019 requirements<br \/>\nThe laboratory is also equipped with a foaming pilot line allowing a very fast scale up in producing industrially new formulations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The lab equipment and scientific instruments allow us to execute mechanical and physical tests as per DNV-GL rules and guidelines for sandwich core materials approval in maritime and wind turbine sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;839&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FTIR spectrometer for raw material and curing control<\/li>\n<li>Foam Rise Recorder for R&amp;D and process control<\/li>\n<li>Pilot Plant for R&amp;D and process control<\/li>\n<li>Electric-mechanical dynamometer for mechanical testing<\/li>\n<li>Servo-hydraulic dynamometer for dynamic-mechanical test<\/li>\n<li>DMA for thermo-mechanical analysis<\/li>\n<li>Optical microscope for cell size evaluation<\/li>\n<li>Thermal Conductimeter for measurement of thermal conductivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;501&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; col_shadow=&#8221;box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)&#8221; col_shadow_hover=&#8221;box_shadow_enable:disable|shadow_horizontal:0|shadow_vertical:15|shadow_blur:50|shadow_spread:0|box_shadow_color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.35)&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>WHAT WE DO<\/h2>\n<h6><strong>QUALITY CONTROL<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>ALL OVER THE PRODUCTION PROCESS<\/p>\n<p>Quality is guaranteed through systematic control on raw materials and then on every production batch, both in pre- and post-foaming.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>TECHNICAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>FOR PRODUCTS ADOPTION AND TESTING<\/p>\n<p>We fully support our customers for foam selection and for problem-solving related to products compatibility and manufacturing issues. Moreover, being the laboratory validated for mechanical test on foams and sandwich panels by DNV-GL, we are also able to perform testing campaign upon request and provide our customers with all the data required for products approval.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>CUSTOMIZATION<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>ON CURRENT FORMULATIONS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS DESIGN<\/p>\n<p>Our R&amp;D department, along with our sales team, is in constant relationship with our customers for whom we customize our formulations on demand in less than 3 months from the lab to the pilot scale, to the industrial production level.<br \/>\nIn addition, we co-develop with our customers and partners improved solutions based on the design and engineering of innovative composite applications.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDIES SUPPORT<\/p>\n<p>Life Cycle Assessment is integrated in our R&amp;D and manufacturing operations as tool of choice to measure, control and improve the environmental footprint of our products from raw materials selection to waste management, considering also downstream simulated processes. 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