Following various successful R&D projects performed over the last years, SOBELCOMP is facing a significant growth of the demand from its customers in Aeronautics, Defense and other industrial sectors. 

This growth is also the result of another investment in a poly-articulated robot acquired in 2013. 

As a consequence, SOBELCOMP must enlarge its production site in order to answer the demand of its customers, but also in order to avoid losing customers that are in a hurry. This should also allow the company to seduce or convince new customers. 

This training project is specifically oriented towards one of the strategic target of Skywin : improving competitiveness of the Walloon Aerospace workforce. 

The “Excellence in Development” part of the project relies essentially on CAD/CAM, numerical simulation and soft skills deployment, whereas the “Excellence in Assembly” axis relies more on processes and quality control.  

The project’s primary target is to setup industrial and competitive tools to perform Additive Manufacturing of aerospace components. 

In order to do this, it is necessary to select and develop the most suitable process related to each type of component.

The first part of the project aims at optimizing process parameters in function of the desired microstructure and mechanical properties. It also a must to put in place the upstream and downstream processes to ensure quality and repeatability of the parts. 

Namur Digital Institute - NaDI

Jean-Marie Jacquet/Yves Poullet (nadi@unamur.be , +32(0)81 72 50 01)

Grouping five research centers from various disciplines, ranging from sociology, philosophy, law, management to computer science, the Namur Digital Research Institute offers a unique multidisciplinary expertise to all areas of informatics, its applications and its social impact.

Most of the research at UMONS is organized in 10 institutes which cover: New Arts and Media Technologies (NUMEDIART), Biosciences (BIOSCIENCES), Information Technologies and Informatics (INFORTECH), Language Sciences and Engineering (LANGUAGE), Materials Sciences and Engineering (MATERIALS), Risk Management Sciences (RISKS), Complex Systems (COMPLEXYS), Energy (ENERGY), Health Sciences and Technologies (HEALTH), Human and Organizational Research and Development (HUMANORG).

A&M Department

The Aeroelasticity and Experimental Aerodynamics Research Group conducts cutting edge research in the areas of experimental and theoretical aeroelasticity and aerodynamics, with particular applications aircraft, rotorcraft, drones and wind turbines. The research group collaborates closely with the ULiege’s large multidisciplinary subsonic wind tunnel.

Aero-Thermo-Mechanics (ATM) - Pr.

Materials

Composites, hybrids and architectured materials

Structural / Bio-sourced / Nano-composites, Hybrid materials, Functional properties, Coatings, Mechanical behaviour, Tribology, Thermosets & thermoplastics - Thomas PARDOEN

Polymers and functional surfaces

Polymer morphology and processing, Smart coatings - Alain JONAS

Nanomechanics and nanophysics

Materials characterisation, Atomic force microscopies - Bernard NYSTEN

Materials manufacturing

Sirris is the collective research center of the technological industry created to strengthen the competitiveness of this sector through technological progress and innovation.

By offering its services, Sirris helps companies in a targeted way to make the transition from technological know-how to marketable innovations. With 70 years of experience, field expertise, practical help and tailor-made information, Sirris helps its members to progress.

We can offer several key assets for industry that want to remain innovative:

OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS

Our expertise in Processes (dry and wet deposition, compounding, bioprocesses, 3D printing, plasma reforming...), Materials (sol-gel, metallic and inorganic coatings, paints and varnishes, (Bio)polymers) and Smart Devices (biosensors, optoelectronic, thermoelectric, electrochromic devices) is a fertile ground for our strategic axes: