Measurements & Testing

Protech's excellent competence in metrology and sensors fields has led to various promising activities in this area. RTD is focusing on sensors and biosensors technology; development and application of the sensors-based measurement systems including e-nose and sensors signal processing and fusion; precise physical and chemical measurements including the ones traceable to international measurement standards.

Recently, Protech, UAB PRECIZIKA METROLOGY and UAB EUROPARAMA signed the Partnership Agreement regarding the establishment of the Functional Electronics Laboratory to promote RTD and innovation activities in production of coordinate measuring machines and their components, linear and rotary photoelectric encoders, glass scales and discs, various mechanical parts and assemblies. On the other hand Protech collaborate with an associated laboratory of machines design at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Such fruitful partnership enables development of advanced technologies for technical monitoring and evaluation of systems.

Planar as well as fiber optic technologies are used to develop temperature, pressure, gas, positioning sensors and sensing systems, including electronic nose, for mechanical engineering, biotechnology, medicine, food safety and agriculture.

Research in this area is interactive with activities in PV (measurements of carriers' life time in silicon wafers, testing of solar cells) and other renewables, energy saving technologies including passive house (smart sensor systems for heating optimization), ICT components (measurements of morphology and impurities content in active and passive components).

Publications

• P. Serapinas, P.R. Venskutonis, V. Aninkevicius, Z. Ezerskis, A. Galdikas, V. Juzikiene. Step by step approach to multi-elemental data analysis in testing the provenance of wines. Food chemistry, 107 (2008) 1652 - 1660.
• R. Baranauskiene, P.-R. Venskutonis, A. Galdikas, D. Senuliene, A. Setkus, Testing of microencapsulated flavours by electronic nose and SPME-GC, Food Chemistry, V. 92, No. 1 (2005) pp. 45-54.
• Philip Taylor, Ivo Leito, Nineta Majcen, Algirdas Galdikas, Emilia Vassileva, Steluta Duta, Ewa Bulska . A strategy for a National Metrology Institute to Create a Cost effective Distributed Metrology Infrastructure for Chemical Measurements. Accred Acqual Assur (2004), No. 9, p. 478-484.
• R.P.Venskutonis, R.Vasiliauskaite, A.Galdikas, A.Setkus. Use of GC-headspace and "electronic nose" for the detection of volatile compounds from glucose-glycine Maillard reaction. Food Control Journal. V. 13/1, 2002, p. 13-21.
• A. Galdikas, R. Miskinis, V. Simanavicius, E. Urba, V. Dailydenas. Cezio atominio laikrodzio ir GPS sistemos laiko signalu lyginimai. Parengiamasis neapibrezciu vertinimas. - in Lithuanian. (Comparisons of cesium atomic clock and GPS time signals. Preliminary evaluation of uncertainties. Matavimai (Measurements), 2001, Nr.4, p.7-9.
• P.Serapinas, V.Aninkevicius, A.Galdikas, V.Juzikiene, HR-ICP-MS for Elemental Analysis in Lithuania. Matavimai (Measurements) Vol. 4, 2003, p. 6-10.