2. COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
PROGEMEC is an expert provider of advanced and specialized engineering and R&D
services focused on process and mechanical engineering, serving as a technical partner to
its customers.
Since the beginning of its activities, PROGEMEC’s philosophy has been focused on
developing close collaborative relationships with its clients.
This objective is achieved by becoming an extension of our clients’ engineering and
technical staff, working together to face any challenge.
In order to meet all of the client´s requests, PROGEMEC takes one each and every project
guided by the company´s three main principles: Specialization, Flexibility and Adaptation.
PROFILE AND STAFF STRUCTURE
• Foundation: January 2011; Mechanical Engineer
• Current staff: 8 resources Draftsman
(7 technical + 1 administrative) Electrical Engineer
Languages Graduate
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3. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY
Since its foundation, at the beginning of 2011, PROGEMEC has been involved in
international projects working together with Italian and Spanish customers and partners.
Currently PROGEMEC has been developing its international operations with a principal
focus on Europe.
The company estimates that foreign markets will comprise nearly 25 per cent of the
company´s total revenue in 2011.
International operations are focused on
creating value by establishing strong
business to business relationships with
clients and partners that are involved in
all stages of industrial production.
This value consists of acquiring a deep
knowledge of different
markets, industrial fields and
technologies in order to detect new
business opportunities and technological
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5. INDUSTRIES SERVED
RENEWABLE
AEROSPACE AUTOMOTIVE MARINE OIL & GAS INDUSTRIAL
ENERGIES
• Aerostructures • BIW • Hull and • Pressure Vessel • Home Appliances • PV plant & CSP
• Aero Engines • Seating Structures Design & Analysis • Medical Devices Preliminary,
components • Powertrain & • Machinery & • Heat Exchanger • Off-road Definitive and
• Aero Interiors chassis Systems • Towers and Equipment As built design
• Aero Systems • Interiors & • Deck Machinery columns • Machines for • BioGas plant
Exteriors • Accommodation • Piping routing Food & Beverage design
• Manufacturing
support • Mold design & Interiors • Piping detailing • Sheet & Tube • Windmill
• Life Saving & Metal Forming design
• R&D specific • Die design • Bill of Materials
projects Fire Fighting Machines • Development
• Cooling system • Detailed
Equipment • Machines for of special
• Jigs & Fixture engineering
• Navigation & pharmaceutics mechanical
Design • Water components
communication desalination • HVAC
• Process • Support
Equipment Equipments
Automation • Boilers structure
• R&D specific • Special purpose
• Assembly design and
projects machines
Automation validation
• R&D specific
projects
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6. SERVICES PROVIDED
CIVIL &
PLANT MECHANICAL
CAD CAE ELECTRICAL AUTOMATION
ENGINEERING DESIGN
ENGINEERING
• Data • Structural • Piping Routing • Product Design • Preliminary, D • Production
Conversion Analysis • Piping Detailing • Value Engineering efinitive, Execu Automation
• 2D to 3D • Metal Forming • Pressure vessels • SPM Design tive & As Built • Pick & Place
Conversion Simulations design Design; design
• Presses & Dies
• 3D modeling • Composites & • Heat Exchanger design • Health and • Assembly
• 2D detailing Plastics design safety in the Automation
• Medical
Simulations construction • Testing
• Data Migration • Heavy Equipments design
• Static & Dynamic industry Automation
Fabrication • Food & Beverage
Analysis Drawings • Construction • Vision
Equipment design
• Thermal design & inspection
• As built • General and
Transient management systems
documentation specific purpose
Analysis • Project • Leak testing
• Material machine design
• CFD management Equipments
Handling
• NVH
• Design Validation
& Optimization
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7. SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL
• Concept Generation
CONCEPT TO • Concept Development
DESIGN • Preliminary design
• CAD Modeling
DESIGN FOR • Design Validation
• Design Optimization
MANUFACTURING • Manufacturing or Assembly Drawings
(BUILDING, ASSEMBLY) • Tolerance Analysis
• BOM
• Tools & Fixtures Design
MANUFACTURING • Die Design
(ASSEMBLY, BUILDING) • Process cycle definition
• As Built design
SUPPORT • Project Management
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8. CAD SERVICES
Concept Design Detailed Manufacturing
Engineering Engineering Engineering Support
Drawings conversion: paper -> digital; 2D -> 3D
Concept and product design
3D Modeling and Assembly
Manufacturing and Assembly drawings
Design validation and optimization
Reverse Engineering
Production cycle definition
Technical documentation
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9. CASE STUDY
INDUSTRIAL: Validation & Optimization of a handling line component
ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL SOLUTION OPTIMIZED INTERNAL SOLUTION
9/22
11. CAE SERVICES
Model Building Engineering Design
Post-Processing
and Pre-Processing Analysis Optimization
FEM Modeling Optimization
Static Analysis NVH
Dynamic Analysis Composites & Plastics Analysis
Non-Linear Analysis Welding Simulations
Computational Fluid Dynamics Sheet Metal Forming Simulations
Buckling Analysis Crash & Impact Analysis
Fatigue & Creep Analysis Thermal Analysis
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12. CASE STUDY
AUTOMOTIVE: Feasability and Validation of BIW components
• CAD binder development
• Forming simulations
• Metal formability
wrinkling analysis
thickness analysis
thinning analysis
• Die process development
• Production simulations
• Assembly simulations
12/22
13. CASE STUDY
INDUSTRIAL: Thickness Optimization of a polimeryc thin film for pharmaceutical blister
13/22
14. CASE STUDY
INDUSTRIAL: Feasibility study by Hydroforming and process optimization
1 2
4 3
14/22
15. CASE STUDY
INDUSTRIAL: R&D projects for Tubes and profiles bending optimization
EXPERIMENTAL NUMERICAL
INITIAL MODEL
NUMERICAL RESULTS
FINAL RESULTS
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EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
16. CASE STUDY
OIL&GAS/ENERGY: Pressure equipment analysis
• Study of thermal-structural response at critical parts.
• Fatigue analysis
• Dynamic/Static performance
• Design criteria/code compliance
• Thicknesses optimization
• Nozzle to Shell junctions
• Nozzle allowable stress
• Skirt to shell to head junctions
• Shell Transitions
• Internal pipe sand supports
16/22
Courtesy of CADE Soluciones
18. CASE STUDY
OIL&GAS/ENERGY: Waste Heat Boilers
• Thermal & Process Design
• Mechanical Design
• Tubeside Lining
• Wind shields
• Fatigue analysis
• Performance analysis
• Exergetic analysis
• Dynamic/Static performance
18/22
Courtesy of CADE Soluciones
19. RENEWABLE ENERGIES
Site search Design for
Preliminary Definitive
& Contract construction &
Project Project
negotiation As Built
Rooftops or lands research and Feasibility evaluation
Economical and Legal Contract negotiation with customer or owner
Preliminary project and TICA request
Definitive project for AU and follow up
Executive project for construction
As built project after the construction
Final validation of the plant
Connection request and registration
19/22
20. CASE STUDY
RENEWABLE ENERGY: 7,5 MW PV Plant in Manduria - ITALY
Design for Construction:
• Electrical design
• Civil design:
drainage system,
buildings
internal road
perimetral fence
PV support structures
layout
• Surveillance & Security
System
• Meteo Station
• Lightningh
As Built design
Technical memories for ENEL
& UTF
Procedures for “Genio Civile”
Final Validation of the plant
20/22
21. CASE STUDY
RENEWABLE ENERGY: ON GOING PV PROJECTS
ID Project Specification Activities
• Design for construction
• As Built design
1 7,5 MW Manduria (TA) - Italy • Technical memories for ENEL & UTF
• Procedures for “Genio Civile”
• Final Validation of the plant
• Land search
• Economical and legal negotiation with
2 3 MW Capitignano (AQ) - Italy the landowner
• Preliminary project for TICA request
• Definitive project for AU request
• Land search
• Economical and legal negotiation with
3 MW San Vittore del Lazio (FR) -
3 the landowner
Italy
• Preliminary project for TICA request
• Definitive project for AU request
4 1MW Guardiagrele (CH) – Italy • Definitive project for AU request
5 1MW Mozzagrogna (CH) – Italy • Definitive project for AU request
21/22
22. PUBLICATIONS
1. Del Prete, A. Mentella, M. Strano, Design of a Flexforming operation by Sequential Optimization and by Adaptive
Loading, VII AITEM Conference (2005), Lecce.
2. A. Mentella, P. Castrichino, L. Nocente, M. Strano, Studio automatico ad elementi finiti della process capability di
un processo di stampaggio lamiera, Lamiera (July 2007).
3. A. Mentella, M. Strano, R. Gemignani, A new method for feasibility study and determination of the loading curves
in the rotary draw-bending process, Esaform Conference, April 2008, Lyon.
4. A. Del Prete, A. Mentella, T. Primo, M. Strano, Localized warming of sheet metal parts for the reduction of
springback, Numisheet Conference, September 2008, Interlaken.
5. A. Mentella, M. Monno, V. Mussi, M. Strano, Metal foam-filled hydroformed tubular structures, Cellmet
Conference, October 2008, Dresden.
6. M. Strano, A. Mentella, R. Di Nitto, Pianificare il processo di imbutitura attraverso analisi FEM, minimizzando i
costi variabili di produzione, Lamiera (May 2009).
7. A. Mentella, M. Strano, Overview of sheet and tube hydroforming processes, SME Technical Paper (September
2009).
8. A. Mentella, M. Strano, R. Gemignani, S. Farina, Tube free bending: a new index for the control of the cross section
quality, IX AITeM Conference, September 2009, Torino.
9. A. Mentella, M. Strano, M. Skrikerud, Multi-material fem approach for the prediction of the behavior of draw-
bended tubular profiles, XIII Esaform Conference, April 2010, Brescia, Italy.
10. A. Mentella, M. Strano, M. Skrikerud, New potential applications for tube and sheet hydroforming in furnishing
and household hardware, Hydroforming of Sheets, Tubes and Profiles International Conference, May 2010, IFU
Stuttgard.
11. M. Strano, V. Mussi, A. Mentella, An effective and efficient approach for simulating the mechanical behavior of
metal foam filled tubular structures, I ESI Global Forum, May 2010, Munich.
12. A. Mentella, M. Strano, Rotary draw bending of small piping: predicting the quality of the cross section, Jour. of
Engineering Manufacture (accepted May 2011). 22/22
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CONTACTS
ing. Alessia Mentella, PhD
Managing Director & Business Development Manager
Tel. e Fax: +39 0776 726167
Mobile: +39 338 3103227
E-mail: a.mentella@progemec.it
www.progemec.it
