NRRC laboratories:
The refurbished and expanded laboratories of the institute include the following:
- Laser cutting laboratory (cutting, engraving)
- Modelling shop (for wood, plastic, foil and foam works)
- Surface testing laboratory
R&D&I activities:
The scientific research at the institute is directed at the development of wood based products, joinery products, and technology innovations (mechanical processing, adhesion, surface treatment, production methods), including:
- Product engineering
- Improvement and modelling of door and window efficiency parameters
- Utilisation of various wood species in furniture
- Improving adhesion and surface treatment techniques (colour correction, environment friendly materials)
- The accuracy and tolerance in the mechanical processing of wood
- Furniture design, computer-aided stress design, modelling
- Life cycle analysis in the wood industries
- Intelligent products and systems in the wood industries
- Simulating the behaviour of products and structures
- Improving the thermal properties of windows, testing and modelling the reliability of product parameters
- Laser cutting and engraving of wood and wood based materials
Education:
In education, the institute’s laboratories are used for lab sessions, student science projects, individual lab projects, thesis projects, PhD research. Key areas of education include the following: furniture and joinery products, technical product design, mechanical processing, quality assurance, quality design, quality control, product design methodology, product simulation, modelling, ergonomics, adhesion and surface treatment, eco-design, computer aided design, integrated product design, furniture design, contemporary design, DFX techniques, modern furniture technologies, upholstery.
Equipment:
- modelling shop with hand tools and handheld woodworking machinery
- laser cutting equipment for cutting and engraving wood, metal, plastics, paper, leather. Work area: 1000×600 mm
- Q-Sun aging chamber with spray equipment
- Computer lab (with Solidworks, AutoCad, 20-20 Cad, 20-20 Design, Leonar3Do, 3DStudio Max, Photoshop, CorelDraw, GaBi, and ArtiosCad software)
- equipment for testing glueline and topcoat quality (scratch resistance, wear resistance, adhesion tests, etc.)
- Equipment for testing furniture strength, durability and stability (FAIMEI)
- Physical (air tightness, water tightness, wind load) and mechanical window and door tester (FAIMEI)
Latest references:
- Chair design, Hungarian Furniture Cluster cooperation. Industrial partner: Sixay Furniture
- Designing furniture that carries Jugendstil style elements, Hungarian Furniture Cluster cooperation. Industrial partner: Kanizsa Furniture LC.
- Bus interior design. Industrial partner: Zala Volán Ltd.
- Sun lounge and plastic shelving system design. Industrial partner: IDEA Group International Ltd. Italy
- Interior furniture design for the “Kecske” Church in Sopron
- Lab furniture development. Industrial partner: Falco Sopron LC.
- Decreasing the colour- nhomogeneity of furniture fronts. Industrial partner: Swedwood LC.
- Developing children and “nomadic” furniture made of corrugated cardboard. Industrial partner: Karton-art Design LC.
- Modelling the efficiency parameters of windows. FP7 project.
We are open for co-operation in the following areas:
- product design, development, simulation, modelling, ergonomic analysis
- furniture, door and window testing (mechanical, physical, thermal conductivity), counselling
- surface and adhesion testing
- quality control and assurance studies
- life cycle analysis and carbon footprint determination
- statistical process control, reliability analysis
- the implementation and introduction of production efficiency improvement methods (Just in Time, Lean…)
- wood based product restoration
- design, development and optimization of furniture, door and window technologies
