Adriano Girotto - Consulente per l'innovazione

New Patents incentives

Adriano Girotto — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:37:24 +0000

The Ministry of Economic Development has promoted a program of actions and tools to support development and competitiveness of the business system – INNOVATION PACKAGE – in line with the development trajectories traced by the European Union set out in the Europe 2020 Communication “a strategy for smart growth, sustainable and nclusive.” Initiatives make available to companies with a total funding of 45.5 million euros, according to two modes:

- Provision of prizes for firms to increase the number of deposits in national and international patents and designs (30.5 million euros).
- Provision of incentives to bring to market new products based on patents and designs (15 million).

Not all evil is a silver lining, perhaps the crisis has its positive side, at least now the EU countries have realized that it is essential encourage Research and Innovation

Photovoltaics: what is its future?

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:22:23 +0000

The photovoltaic panels have two main problems: an efficiency which is still very low and makes the produced energy not very cheap, and the difficulty to store electricity.

An American engineer at Duke University, North Carolina, has created a system of solar panels capable of transforming a mixture of water and methanol into hydrogen, to be used immediately thanks to a fuel cell, or to be stored in a tank and then supply the fuel cell when needed, at night or winter, for example.

The company Electronica Santerno had on sale up to a few years ago a fuel cell converter capable of converting electric energy produced by the panels into hydrogen, which was then used to return energy whenever low solar radiation occurred. All these systems are devised for trying to compensate the production changes that PV systems unfortunately have. IMO I say that a good solution could be the immission of energy into the power grid through smarter energy networks, able to equalize the global energy consumption.I recommend to read, for a better understanding, “Hydrogen Economy” by Geremy Rifkin: I think some concepts therein are really interesting and innovative.

Electric cars design and economic sensitivity

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:17:56 +0000

“Electrical, solar, hydrogen, compressed air, magnetic. Engines powered by the sun and wind, driven by biological battery or seaweed. Vehicles body built with biodegradable chocolate, bamboo, hemp.
Flying or sailing cars running through four hundred kilometers.”
Technological delirium or perhaps a way to not change anything?
I extrapolated this portion of article form “il Sole 24 ore” (an italian Business & finance Newspaper) to bring to your attention a theme I loved: the little economic sensitivity of those facing the design of future electric cars.
Who is devoted to this theme often forget that these vehicles are aimed at a market in need of zero environmental impact transportation means but also accessible in terms of price.
Without a balance between environmental issues and affordable prices all these interesting technological researches will remain mere dreams and still leave room for the usual greedy conventional cars!
That perhaps is what the giants of black gold want!
Personally, I am facing this issue trying to use my IVT to develop an engine for hybrid and electric cars.
My IVT allows the use of a very economic conventional engine and requires no special drive inverters and no system
cooling.
The technical obstacles to overcome in the accomplishment of this project are considerable but the primary obstacle to overcome is unfortunately the “human” factor.

Renewable energy and wind applications: reducing costs is a must

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:39:06 +0000

Reducing the production cost of renewable energy is a priority in order to favour its commercial penetration. This can only be achieved through a real technological enhancement that allows reducing costs for the building of plants as well as improving their efficiency.
Improving the features of the turbine axle is certainly an effective strategy.
The first generators used in windmills were conventional electrical motors used as generators and normally connected to the electrical grid.
Despite the low production cost, there was the drawback: the efficiency curve usually had a relevant maximum at the nominal power of the motor.
When the turbine was working at a different wattage, efficiency dropped, with a negative impact on the overall energy efficiency.
The introduction of large inverters was an attempt to solve the problem, but the cost of this power electronics is so high that other solutions were sought.
The problems mentioned above can be solved using a gearbox/variator without toothed wheels.
This gearbox can keep efficiency at over 95% throughout the whole period of use.

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CVT per applicazioni eoliche

Evotech

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:54:32 +0000

1999 sees the birth of Evotech srl.
Adriano Girotto is responsible for the technical department.
In the following year Pirelli spa asks Evotech to carry out a study on a continuous storage/supply buffer for the production of tyre compound (CCM – Continuous Compound Mixing).
Girotto’s latest invention in Evotech is a new system for the production of tyres that allowed Pirelli SPA to register a new important international patent (WO 2011077296).
270 systems have been produced from 1999 to 2010 (when Girotto left Evotech).

Girotto’s latest invention in Evotech is a new system for the production of tyres that allowed Pirelli SPA to register a new important international patent. (WO 2011077296).

Highly efficient continuously variable transmission

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:01:19 +0000

G. rotor is a patented highly efficient continuously variable transmission.

It is useful in all cases demanding continuous speed variation to optimise efficiency and limit consumption and emissions.

As the G.rotor is modular and graded, it can be easily used with great advantages for motion transmission and variation in different sectors, ranging from gardening machines, to automotive, from on and off-road vehicles to windmills.

For example, it allows eliminating the inverter controlling engine revolutions at the start up and during acceleration in hybrid and electric vehicles.

The engine can run at constant speed, and any variation, including reverse motion, is controlled by the G.rotor.

The possibility to keep engine revolutions constant allows using a normal self-cooling engine.

Eliminating the cooling system and the inverter means a lighter vehicle and consequently higher energy efficiency and longer battery life.

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G-Rotor

CVT per applicazioni eoliche

Pirelli: The E-Factory

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:15:11 +0000

In 2000 Pirelli Spa asked Evotech to carry out a study on a continuous storage/supply buffer for the production of tyre compound (CCM – Continuous Compound Mixing).
Adriano Girotto’s solution allowed Evotech to become one of the main system suppliers for Pirelli Spa.

Approfondisci Evotech Srl

1999 sees the birth of Evotech srl.
Adriano Girotto is responsible for the technical department.

270 systems have been produced from 1999 to 2010 (when Girotto left Evotech).

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Best Innovator 2004

On 16 November 2004, during the first Innovation Day organised by Confindustria (the Confederation of Italian Industry), Pirelli Pneumatici received the ‘Best Innovator 2004′ award, organised by A.T. Kearney in cooperation with Confindustria, as an acknowledgment of the capability to create something valuable through innovation. The prize was awarded for the excellence achieved in integrating different innovative dimensions, and it is also an acknowledgment of the cutting-edge technology used by Pirelli and particularly the MIRS (Modular Integrated Robotized System) production system, and the innovative compound room CCM (Continuous Compound Mixing). Pirelly has patented both system, which allow reducing significantly times and costs for the production of high-end tyres, at the same time increasing flexibility and product quality.

Download the ‘Best Innovator 2004′ Award in pdf format

A.T. Kearney

A.T. Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm, focusing particularly on strategic and operational aspects. It was founded in 1926 and its head office is in Chicago, Illinois.

PIRELLI WORLD

Pirelli World is a quarterly magazine in English targeted at the Group management all over the world. It is edited in Milan and distributed worldwide to all the branch offices of the Group.

Download PIRELLI WORLD magazine – April 2004

Protected: Concentrated solar power plants

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:26:56 +0000