Aalto ARotor Lab
The ARotor laboratory is a full scale rotor laboratory with facilities to manufacture and investigate rotors of up to 25,000 kg. In close cooperation with our industrial partners, we have a history of large rotating machinery related research projects from three decades. Our activities include rotordynamic design, modelling and simulation; rotor manufacture; rotor geometry and rotor dynamics measurement in full scale; condition monitoring; and bearing and sealing systems.

ARotor laboratory research projects
This page summarizes the research projects at ARotor laboratory.

Latest publications
Sampo Laine, Urho Hakonen, Hannu Hartikainen, Raine Viitala
2025
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Sampo Laine, Urho Hakonen, Eetu Nieminen, Riku Ala-Laurinaho, Raine Viitala
2025
SoftwareX
Omar Morad, Raine Viitala, Vesa Saikko
2025
Tribology International
Isabel Urdaneta, Ramon E. Vera, Ronald Marquez, Keren A. Vivas, Fernando Urdaneta, Stephanie Gongora, Ryen Frazier, Jorge Franco, Yefrid Cordoba, Hasan Jameel, Raine Viitala, Guylaine Harbec, Jessica Carette, Joel Pawlak, Ronalds Gonzalez
2025
Cellulose
Raine Viitala, Mikael Miettinen, Ronald Marquez, Aleksanteri Hämäläinen, Aku Karhinen, Nelson Barrios, Ronalds Gonzalez, Lokendra Pal, Hasan Jameel, Kenneth Holmberg
2025
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Riku Ala-Laurinaho, Juuso Autiosalo, Sampo Laine, Urho Hakonen, Raine Viitala
2024
SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING
Zacharias Dahl, Aleksanteri Hämäläinen, Aku Karhinen, Jesse Miettinen, Andre Böhme, Samuel Lillqvist, Sampo Haikonen, Raine Viitala
2024
Data in Brief
Lorenzo Giorio, Raine Viitala, Eugenio Brusa
2024
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
Urho Hakonen, Mikael Manngård, Sampo Laine, Raine Viitala
2024
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Petteri Haverinen, Mikael Miettinen, Luke Harding, Valtteri Vainio, Onni Leutonen, René Theska, Raine Viitala
2024
European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Conference Proceedings - 24th International Conference and Exhibition, EUSPEN 2024
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.
People


Aku Karhinen
Doctoral Researcher
Thomas Eugene White
Doctoral Researcher
Veeti Karhu
Tutkimusapulainen
Luke Harding
Research Assistant
Leo-Pauli Juhani Moisio
Research Assistant
Aksel Ilveskero
Research Assistant
Seth Altobelli
Research Assistant
Elmo Laine
Tutkimusapulainen