Friday, November 9, 2012 hours 17:15
The IMAT project: state of the art and currently obtained results
 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Tomas Markevicius Studio, Future Carbon, Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro, Lietuvos Dailes Muziejus, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Safar, CTS, Laura Amorosi Studio, Lorenzo Conti Studio, Nardini Press
Friday November, 9 from 5:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - Saletta Rosi
Cavaniglia Pavilion, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
In the field of Cultural Heritage the heat treatments on pictorial artworks or other materials artefacts is one of the main techniques used for structural interventions such as the consolidation of colour, the elimination of the planar deformations and the strengthening of the substrates subject to deterioration. Many of the treatments currently applied are mainly based on systems which use the combined application of heat and pressure, using a heating table at low pressure. In order to create an innovative heating system, aimed to perform the heat treatments in situ, applicable on large artefacts and characterized by an high rate of precision, was born the IMAT project (Intelligent Mobile Multipurpose Accurate Thermo electrical device for art conservation).
Funded under the Seventh Framework Programme in the context of the call FP7-ENV-NMP-2011, the project is co-ordinated by the University of Florence and other partners leased in Germany, Holland, Italy and Lithuania. The project aims to achieve an high thermoelectric system accuracy, based on carbon nanotubes, which can completely replace the traditional " heating table " which is still used by many restorers.
This system can be used with the traditional techniques, in combination with synthetic materials and, in essence, wherever it is essential a thermal application very precise, stable and homogeneous. The meeting will focus on the description of the project and the of the recent performed activities with particular emphasis on the design of different types of IMAT, on possible different areas of application and on the system of regulation and control of temperature.
Speaker:Rocco Furferi
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