RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ISAAC’S HEART AND SOUL
The development of new technologies is the basis of our products, as demonstrated by the patents and scientific publications of our engineers and collaborators. We aim to improve our technologies, and create new ones, so that our products are easily applied by our clients in all contexts. Facilitating the work of technicians who use ISAAC products is the basis of the Research and Development of our technologies. Making our products increasingly effective and safe, as well as guaranteeing high quality standards, represent our constant commitment to end users.
Making protection from earthquake an accessible and simple solution is the challenge we overcome every day, thanks to our team.
TEST ON MASONRY BELL TOWER
Between June and July 2024, ISAAC conducted several experimental tests on a masonry bell tower, built in full scale specifically for the occasion, with the collaboration of Mapei. A combined solution was found that includes ISAAC’s innovative Active Mass Damper, combined with MAPEI’s advanced earthquake-resistant systems. These two state-of-the-art systems were applied to the structure of the bell tower, which was placed on a vibrating table and subjected to a series of earthquake shocks of varying intensities.
Tower-Pro
In 2023, ISAAC introduced a new line of business focussed on protecting the structure of steel telecommunications towers from the effects of the wind. Called Tower-Pro, the system is an active electromechanical vibration damper sized ad hoc for application on towers and pylons.
The technology was designed, manufactured and tested at the ISAAC laboratories and will be installed and tested on a 50-metre-high tower by the end of 2023, thanks to collaboration with the tower company EI-Towers.
Electro-Pro
Based on ISAAC’s experience, a completely new, electromechanical AMD, equipped with a 90 kW linear motor, was designed in 2022. The new design has allowed Electro-Pro to be fully field-assembled making the technology modular, non-invasive and easy to apply to the existing building market.
TESTING OF THE FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPE AT EUCENTRE
In March 2021, the operation of ISAAC technology was tested and validated on a real reinforced concrete structure subjected to the stress of a real earthquake. The test took place on the largest vibrating table in Europe, installed at the EUCENTRE laboratories.
Test HIL - HARDWARE IN THE LOOP TESTS
The "HIL" - Hardware In the Loop tests, conducted at the end of 2023 at the Department of Mechanics of the Polytechnic University of Milan, allowed for the scientific validation of the operation of I-Pro 1 technology and led to the publication of a scientific article in the prestigious Journal Of Vibration and Control.
I-Pro 1
I-Pro 1 is the first Active Mass Damper developed by ISAAC.
It is a hydraulic actuator that can move a mass of about 2 tons by generating a peak force of over 200 kN.