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what is: Three Mine- Hunters for the Finnish Navy
where is:  Sarzana, near La Spezia, Italy 
contractors: Finnish Navy, Intermarine 
our tasks: Support to the management of the project life cycle, by means of our software product PTESY
Setup and customization of PTESY, interface with other systems (Configuration Manager, Documents Management) 
Training of the customer personnel for the use of the PTESY system

Intermarine Patrol Boat (film library footage)

 

 

 
what is: Automated Data Acquisition & Management System, process metrics collection, for the CMMi certification.
where is:  8 Galileo Avionica sites, Italy 
contractors: Galileo Avionica (Finmeccanica), NICE 
our tasks: Design, development, startup and test of the application
technologies: Java J2EE Servlet, EnginFrame, web service, Apache Tomcat, Hibernate, MySQL.
Training of the customer personnel for the use of the system.

A principle view of the system interfaces.


 

    
 
what is: Robotic welding lines, for the assembly of part of the structure of the new Mercedes C Class model 300 
where is:  Sindelfingen (Stuttgart), Bremen, East London (South Africa) 
contractors: DAIMLER-CHRYSLER, COMAU, GMI 
our tasks: Development of the software in PLC Siemens Step7 environment / Intouch Wonderware / Integra
Installation of the software 
Startup of the lines
Matching the quality requirements (cycle time and geometry)

Welding Robots in function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
what is: Robotic welding lines, for the assembly of the structure of FIAT models
where is:  Tychy 
contractors: FIAT, COMAU
our tasks: Development of the  PLC software (Allen Bradley)

Installation of the software 

Startup of the lines

Matching the quality requirements 

Fiat 500, assembled in Tychy (Poland)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
what is: Fibers Carding Plants (wool or synthetic fibers)   
where is:  Sonzhou (China), Xiaoshan Hangzhou ( China), Camden (South carolina, US
contractors: OERLIKON-NEUMAG, S. AGATA
our tasks: Startup of the plant, PLC Siemens Step7 / WINCC

Installation of the software 

Startup of the production

Final tuning of the software and  supervisor

Carding plant

 
what is: Dyeing Plants (textile)  
where is:  Biella, Torino, Veneto, Emilia, Milano, Italia
contractors: COTONIFICIO DUCA VISCONTI DI MODRONE, SEVERI & GAVIOLI, REMMERT, FILATI BURATTI, 
LANIFICIO BOTTO GIUSEPPE, TINTORIA DI CASELLE, LANIFICIO ZIGNONE, FILIVIVI
our tasks: hardware & software maintenance of the dyeing automation systems

recovering of electronic cards 

full plants revamping (eletric and automation)

supply of electric cabinets, including plc operator panel

Dyeing tanks: in hanks, in horizontal distaff, in flock distaff vertical tops 


 

 

    
 
what is: A 70-MW plasma arc heated hypersonic wind tunnel
where is:  Capua, near Napoli, Italia
contractors: LABEN, CIRA, ESA, Italian Research Dept. (MIUR)
our tasks: system integration
real time dynamic simulator design and development
integration test supervision
quality management

Plasma Wind Tunnel - an aerial view

the Test Chamber

 
what is: Facility for Integrated Planetary Exploration Simulation (FIPES), in team with TNO and Space Horizon  (The
Nederlands)
what the job is: reply to the ESA ITT AO4860, for the preliminary design of the facility 
where is:  ESA/ESTEC Noordwijk - The Nederlands
contractors: ESA
our tasks: automation and process control systems design
human healt systems design
human psychology aspects design
quality management

An artistic view of the Core Isolation Habitat

 
what is: The flight simulator of the Tornado aircraft, for training of the pilots 
what the job is: Porting of the Tornado flight simulator from TI ('70s) platform to DEC Alpha
where is:  Ghedi, Gioia del Colle, Italia
contractors: METEOR, OTAN
our tasks: project coordination
reverse design and reverse engineering methodologies and tools
work team recruiting and training
quality management

A pilot sitting in the simulated cockpit

 

 
what is: The Safety and Emergency Management System for the 3.3 km long Bridge over the Strait of Messina
where is:  between Messina (Sicilia) and Reggio Calabria (Calabria), Italia
contractors: IMPREGILO, STE
our tasks: system and plants engineering and preliminary design 
study of the menaces and risks
design of the plants and systems fo traffic management in emergency conditions

A simulated view of the bridge

The new bridge over a satellite picture ->

 
 
what is: The Safety System for the 10.3 km long Highway Tunnel under Gran Sasso mountain
where is:  In the Abbruzzo region, between L'Aquila and Teramo, Italia
contractors: GEMMO, STE
our tasks: engineering and definitive design for the Safety Integrated System for Highway Tunnel
study of the menaces and risks
design of the plants and systems for dynamic traffic management, to rule the entrance/exit of vehicles in the INFN laboratory 

A detail of the dynamic traffic control system

 
what is: The automation and supervision system for a 2.5 km long road tunnel, single can, two directions
where is:  Naturno, near Bolzano, Italia
contractors: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, SOGI, ANAS
our tasks: system design and development
system integration
commissioning and field startup

The West entrance of the tunnel

The Control Room, and the supervision machine 

 
 

Systems and Tools for Project Life Cycle Management and Process Maturity

Real Time Process Control Systems

Higly safe and reliable systems

Machines for research in muscle, exercise and neuromotor control for astronauts in flight

Health monitoring systems, for space and earth application

Tunnel Automation and Traffic Control

Aerospace, Flight and Ground Systems

Railway and Metro Automation Systems

Research Plants Control Systems

Dynamic Simulators

Telecommunications and Data Transport Systems

 

Monitoring and Supervision SCADA Systems

Relational Databases and SQL

C++, Java, Assembler, Visual Basic

Safe Remote Supervision via Intranet/Internet

PLC, Microprocessors

Field buses and LAN 

 

Project Management

Feasibility

User and System Requirements Definition

Definition of the Process Control Strategies

Test Engineering, System Integration

Software Development

SubContractors and Suppliers management

Quality Standard Methodologies

 

Reiterative Project Life Cycle

ISO 12207

Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and CMMi

ISO 9001 / VISIO 2000

MIL-STD-498

 

An essential "Project & Test Engineering Methodology" - A. Autino (paper presented at IAF 54th Congress, Bremen 29/09 - 03/10 2003)

The telecontrol, supervision and automation system of the Naturno tunnel is now operative! (Italian language)

Our philosophy for the Supervision, Automation and Telecontrol of road and highway Tunnels (Italian language)