Aeronautics

LDP works mainly on ultralight kit airplanes, also known as Very Light Airplanes (VLA). The JAR-VLA Normative descrbes VLAs such as aeroplanes with a single engine (spark- or compression-ignition) having not more than two seats, with a Maximum Certificated Take-off Weight of not more than 750 kg and a stalling speed in the landing configuration of not more than 45 knots (CAS). The approval to be for day-VFR only.

In its Gallery LDP Aerospace shows a part of some of its more representative activities in this area. In particular, the work carried out for S.G.Aviation, at present one of the most thriving realities in the aviation industry of Italy, is shown in some detail. Finally, other minor activities are briefly ptresented to show the competence of LDP in some of the most complicated engineering problems involving airplane design and analysis. The LDP Aerospace Team hope of having conveyed, through this Gallery, its passion for airplanes and aeronautics. We are dedicated people, with a genuine passion for engineering and problem solving.

Automotive

LDP works for important industries in the automotive area. LDP is official consultant to IVECO, a Company in the Fiat Group, one of the leading international manufacturers of commercial vehicles and diesel engines. It was founded in 1975 as a result of the merger of five leading, traditional European manufacturers, which were joined in subsequent years by other companies. Since then, the company has maintained its international character, which has evolved through strategies targeted especially at emerging countries. Twenty-five years of experience in integrating people, languages, cultures and technologies translate into a modern and varied range of commercial vehicles in all weight classes. LDP plays its small but important key role for IVECO, and in particular for the IVECO-Irisbus.

Naval

LDP is proud tobe a technical partner to Isotta Fraschini Motori. Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. is part of the Fincantieri Group. The headquarters and factory are based in Bari - Italy. The Company producers two families of modern high speed diesel engines which cover a range from 200 to 2.500 kW for both marine and industrial applications.

A recent job concerned with the shock analysis of the double resiliently mounted Diesel Generator Set addressed to the refit of the Belgian E-71 class Frigates, undergoing a dynamic excitation consisting in accelerations enforced to the ship foundation, with values assigned as a time history (half-sine pulse) consistent with the Shock Response Spectrum pointed out in the Technical Specification SDAZ 4/138401 provided by the Shipyard SKB.