Sirris participates in several Flemish projects
Orientation and decision-making in smart product exploration | ||
 | Making a product smart(er) with digital technology opens up many possibilities and at the same time raises many questions: which smart solution do I want to develop? Which technology and expertise do I need for this purpose? What will change in my business model and development? And how can I best handle this whole search? | |
Fighting Icing | ||
 | Fighting icing project is translating the state-of-the-art knowledge and solutions to detect, prevent and mitigate icing problems in various applications to structured and concrete methodologies for implementation. Specific attention is given to atmospheric icing in low and moderate temperate climates, such as in Belgium and similar regions. This is done by recreating the relevant icing events in a laboratory environment, by testing and evaluating the state of the art in ice and no-ice detection methods, and by evaluating anti-icing or de-icing surfaces (i.e. coatings and laser texturing) for these conditions. At the end of the project, a synthesis of the optimum solutions against icing issues are provided. | |
INSIDE Metal Additive Manufacturing | ||
 | Flanders is one of the frontrunners in the field of Metal Additive 3D printing, but in order to achieve a large-scale breakthrough and lead companies to an industry of the future in Flanders (Industry 4.0), a number of barriers still need to be removed around material suitability and availability, insufficient and inconsistent material and product properties and production speed. | |
AddSmart - Creating value in products with smart, connected technology | ||
 | Many companies that want to make their products smart and connected are looking for the right development strategy. How do you focus on value creation and how do you deal with smart, connected technology? Sirris and Fraunhofer IEM (Institute for Mechatronics System Design) have launched a joint research project (CORNET) with the support of VLAIO to develop a concrete approach that will help companies develop their smartly connected products. | |
Re2Live | ||
The recycling of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles poses a number of challenges, but also offers opportunities for Flemish industry and logistics. In the COOCK project Re2LiVe, Sirris wants to investigate, together with other cluster organisations, how Flemish companies can respond to the opportunities in this growing market. | ||
WAT Slim! - Value creation with Smart technology in existing products | ||
 | Why would I add smart connected technology to my product? What is so different about a smart connected product and how do I go about the development? Product builders who want to make the move have many questions... | |
BioCoat - biobased coatings | ||
 | Flemish coating developers want to incorporate new biobased raw materials in their coatings, but the start-up is complex, time consuming and expensive, and knowledge and know-how of substances and application is lacking. The BioCoat project aims to accelerate the transition to biobased coatings based on industrially available biobased building blocks by providing coating companies with knowledge on formulation, application, performance and applications. | |
AFVALorisatie | ||
 | Ervaart u ook stijgende materiaal- en afvalkosten? Wil u voorbereid zijn op veranderende wetgeving? Merkt u ook het toenemend belang dat investeerders, klanten en burgers hechten aan een circulaire economie en maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen? | |
Testing grounds Digital Servitisation | ||
 | The world of building goods is being transformed into a world of building digital services tied to goods. Products in the field can be digitally connected to the manufacturers who created them, their users and other stakeholders along the value chain of the product. Such smart, connected products essentially represent a new value delivery platform. The manufacturer/integrator/operator is always informed about product usage and this information can be exploited to create a new revenue stream from the customer or significantly reduce operational costs. | |
Testing ground Operator Support | ||
 | In order to face the challenges that create higher work pressure while remaining competitive, operator support during the production process is crucial. New technologies can offer help here. Companies can head to Sirris to explore and test these developmentst. | |
IBN Offshore Energy | ||
 | Working together towards a strong and innovative offshore energy value chain is central to our operation. It provides you with substantive support in research and development in the offshore wind, wave and tidal energy sector. | |
Powderbed technology for aerospace industry | ||
Additive production transforms the way engineers design and build parts for engines, fuselages or landing gear into aerospace. First prototypes already fully exploit the benefits of 3D printing. | ||
Lighting industry 4.0: High-tech means of production for the lighting of the future | ||
The general objective of the project is to increase the level of knowledge in the field of production technology within the lighting sector so that the "Lighting of the Future" (Lighting 4.0) can be developed and produced in Flanders. In order to achieve this objective, the potential of state-of-the-art production resources for different components of a lighting device is demonstrated individually and integrated within a pilot line. | ||
ColRobFood: Towards an accelerated introduction of collaborative robots in the food industry | ||
The production process in the food companies still involves a considerable number of manual operations that require a lot of manpower, while they have little added value for the product. Traditional automation (typically industrial robot installations) often does not offer a solution because of the high investment cost, increasing product variety, decreasing batch sizes and need for technical personnel. Collaborative robots, developed to work safely with humans, offer the potential to meet the above challenges for food companies. | ||
Sector Innovating Virtual & Augmented Reality | ||
| VR/AR demonstrates in their value chain. Technology integrators, software and service companies can develop new services and products based on the elaborate workflows to realise these prototypes and be involved in valorisation projects in a relatively short period of time. In the second part, the possibilities with VR/AR are explored with companies from other sectors on the basis of the cases developed in part 1. Through sector-specific workshops, the added value is translated to their respective domains to result in proposals that can be valorised in medium term in innovation trajectories in cooperation with service companies. | ||
Standards Cell Industrie 4.0 | ||
 | Today 'Industrie 4.0' is in everybody's mouth. What about standardistation, at this point in time? Can we already rely on published standards? Since 1 October 2016 Sirris is responsible for a new standards cell for everything related to 'Industrie 4.0'. | |
An overview of our completed projects can be found here. | ||
