April 2019 – Pizzi Instruments has moved!
From 9 April 2019, our company moved its legal and operational headquarters to Loc. Vallina, municipality of Bagno a Ripoli (FI), in a green and welcoming industrial area, on the banks of that “……. the river which originates in Falterona and a hundred miles of corso nol sazia…” (canto XIV of the Purgatory of the […]
May 2019: Pizzi Instruments participated in the Worshop promoted by ITCOLD and YEF
Pizzi Instruments took part, through a brilliant speech by our Dr. Luca Grazzini, in the workshop organized by ITCOLD and the YEF – Young Forum Engineering – entitled “The YEF – Young Engineers Forum, the link between old and new generations of dam experts”.The conference was held, in collaboration with Romagna Acque – Società delle […]
November 2019: Successfully completed the supply of monitoring equipment for the Campolattaro and Pertusillo dams!
Pizzi Instruments has successfully completed, in collaboration with the Swiss partner GeoSIG Ltd, the supply and installation of seismic monitoring systems for the Campolattaro and Pertusillo dams, now part of the monitoring network of the Observatory Seismic Structures (OSS) managed by the Seismic Service of the Civil Protection.
December 2019: Successfully implemented the monitoring system of the Is Abis Dam on the Riu Cixerri (Sardinia)
Implemented the monitoring system of the Cixerri dam (CA): installed two new coordinometers, tracker type, to integrate the existing system in the dam supplied by us way back in 1990. Pendulums, automatic and manual coordinometers, extensometers and mechanical gauges allow continuous and accurate control of the dam. The periodic maintenance we perform on the instrumentation […]
Rogun dam: the successful collaboration with Salini Impregilo continues!
Pizzi Instruments continues successfully, in collaboration with the industrial group Salini Impregilo, the supply of monitoring equipment for the Rogun dam in Tajikistan.
December 2019: the supply of new monitoring equipment for the Telessio dam (Piedmont) was completed
The collaboration that has been in place for years with the company IREN ENERGIA Spa of Turin has led to the application of new instrumentation on the Telessio dam. Sophisticated INVAR steel rod extensometers, guided by Ball Bushing for the reduction of the friction effects in the sliding of the rods, have been recently installed […]
December 2019: the supply of instrumentation for the control of a tunnel in Lesotho (South Africa) continues successfully
Pizzi Instruments continues its collaboration with great companies such as Salini Impregilo with enthusiasm and success, which is bringing the great Italian experience and ability in the construction of Great Works to the world. Cells for tie rods, rod strain gauges, joint strain gauges, semi-automatic sorting panels are in production for the control of a […]
December 2019: production started of 19 automatic laser coordinatemeters, model LAC3000, for the Rapel dam (Chile)
19 automatic laser technology coordinometers, our model LAC3000, are in production for an important dam in South America. Our collaboration continues with important Italian companies that bring their experience in the monitoring of large dams and large structures in general to the world.
December 2019: supplied another 5 automatic laser coordinometers for the Campotosto dam (Abruzzo)
Another 5 new laser coordinometers on the Campotosto dam integrate the large number of instruments supplied up to now to ENEL GREEN POWER for the control of its dams. Simple, functional, reliable, maintenance-free, versatile and easy to install, it was chosen by ENEL to control its dams For more information see link: https://pizzi-instruments.it/coordinometer-automatico-laser/
January 2020: our instruments and control systems and our experience at your disposal!
Instruments and control systems for bridges, tunnels, viaducts, tracks, sophisticated software for the management of measurements and data processing, platforms for data collection and management are our work. Our experience in the field of design and production of sensors and instruments for static and dynamic controls, for control of levels and dynamic stresses is at […]
December 2020 – Farneto del Principe Dam: supply and installation of sensors of proven quality and reliability carried out
Pizzi Instruments has recently carried out the supply and installation of monitoring instruments (vibrating wire piezometers, CUM 3000 datalogger, weirs) at the “Farneto del Principe” dam (Cosenza, Italy). The dam was built in the eighties: to ensure adequate monitoring during operation, it is now equipped with a series of new technology sensors produced by Pizzi […]
December 2020 – Three-year contract signed with Enel Green Power for the supply of monitoring equipment
Pizzi Instruments has signed a three-year contract with Enel Green Power Spa for the supply of monitoring equipment for the hydroelectric plants managed by the Enel group and located in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Argentina .
January 2021 – Pizzi Instruments continues its role as exclusive representative for Italy of GeoSIG instruments
Pizzi Instruments, as the exclusive representative of GeoSIG instrumentation, supports it in the implementation of its services, ensuring the efficiency of the seismic and accelerometer systems installed in the monitoring systems managed by the Civil Protection Department.
February 2021 – Diga Furore: update of the acquisition units and upgrade of the monitoring software
Pizzi Instruments has started updating the automatic acquisition units and upgrading the latest version of the Sentinel monitoring software.
Marzo 2021 GERDP – Dam Instrumentation
Pizzi Instruments continua con successo la fornitura di strumentazione di monitoraggio per questo importante progetto. Un nuovo lotto di strumenti è in fase di approntamento per il completamento della struttura già realizzata.
April 2021: Started the supply of a new batch of monitoring equipment for the Casanuova dam on the Chiascio river
In April 2021 Pizzi Instruments was awarded the supply of a new batch of instrumentation for the Casanuova dam on the Chiascio river, in the province of Perugia.The new lot started with the supply of vibrating wire piezometers for the control of pore pressures in the dam body.
May 2021: work with Pizzi Instruments!
Pizzi Instruments S.r.l. wants to further develop its design and customer assistance sector and therefore needs you, an engineer with knowledge of electronics and electrical engineering who wants to try his hand at unknown problems, but to be discovered, solutions not to be chosen, but to be found to be implemented and implemented. Requirements:• Qualification: […]
June 2021: Pizzi Instruments has successfully completed the supply of its own system for measuring the heeling of the Naval Units of the Taranto Navy
In March 2021 Pizzi Instruments won the tender called by the Arsenale of the Navy of Taranto for the supply of a Real Time inclinometer system for measuring the heeling of Naval Units.This measurement system was specially designed for the Navy and applied for the first time on the Amerigo Vespucci ship.The supply ended successfully […]
July 2021- Dighe Disueri, Comunelli, Furore (Sicily): Revision and adaptation of monitoring systems carried out through the supply and installation of new equipment entirely designed by Pizzi Instruments!
In the review and adaptation program of the monitoring systems of important dams currently under the control of the Sicilian Region, we have completed the installation of new equipment entirely designed and supplied by us, for the Disueri, Comunelli and Furore dams.Disueri dam: updating of the acquisition system with new CUM3000 unit and transmission of […]
July 2021 – Vulci dam on the Fiora river (Viterbo): maintenance, supply and installation of new pendulums and automatic coordinometers completed
After completing the maintenance, supply and installation of monitoring equipment produced by usAmong the instruments supplied are our automatic coordinometers LAC3000, used to measure the position of the thread of the new straight and reverse pendulums in the two Cartesian coordinates in the horizontal plane.
September 2021: Seismic monitoring system installed at Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence.
Pizzi Instruments, in collaboration with GeoSIG Ltd and the Italian Civil Protection Department, has followed and successfully completed the installation of a seismic monitoring system in the historic and prestigious Palazzo Medici Riccardi, seat of the Prefecture of Florence. The system consists of a central unit installed on the ground and 4 biaxial measuring points […]
October 2021: first intervention completed at the Rama, Jaice and Mostar dams (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Pizzi Instruments has completed the first of the interventions of our technicians on the Rama, Jaice and Mostar dams for the adaptation and maintenance of the control instrumentation supplied by us and installed about twenty years ago.New pendulums, piezometers, strain gauges were supplied as well as the adaptation of the automatic acquisition units and the […]
For over 40 years at the service of the safety of major works on the planet
Our adventure began 40 years ago as a company that designs and manufactures tools and systems for geotechnical and structural monitoring. 40 years ago we understood that our future was to provide professionals and businesses with reliable solutions and professionalism and to present ourselves as their partner for monitoring projects. Accuracy in planning, quality in […]
December 2022: Installation of our DAC3000 automatic acquisition units on ENEL dams. Read the news!
In the current year 2022 our new Automatic Acquisition Units, mod. DAC3000 on the following ENEL dams: Our CUM3000 Data Logger, the heart of the Unit, now consolidated in terms of validity and reliability, has been adopted by ENEL for the acquisition of the numerous sensors installed in the dam for monitoring the work
December 2023: Tested 4 seismic monitoring systems installed at 4 prestigious Italian structures: Torre Civica of Città di Castello(Perugia, Umbria), the Cathedral of Pienza (Siena, Tuscany), the Prefecture of Trieste (Friuli Venezia Giulia) and the Municipality of Guidonia (Rome, Lazio).
In the months of October and November 2023, Pizzi Instruments, in collaboration with the Swiss company GeoSIG and the Seismic Observatory of the Structures of the Civil Protection Department, oversaw the installation and testing of 4 seismic monitoring systems at prestigious structures, such as the Civic Tower of Città di Castello, the Cathedral of Pienza, the Prefecture of Trieste and the Town Hall of Guidonia.