List of projects approved by the MecaTech Cluster since the end of 2006:
The aims of the HAVCOAT project are to optimize powerful yet ecological amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) surface coatings and to develop tools for producing, characterizing, and validating these surface treatments. Namur University (UNamur) has developed an a-C:H surface coating specially designed for engine bearings; it reduces wear and the friction coefficients of these parts but …
The aim of the HIPAC project is to develop new high-temperature encapsulation technologies for power electronic components, e.g., welding or fritting chips or substrates and silicone gels to protect chips. The components will be based on the new high-speed semiconductor arrays of silica carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), which function at extreme temperatures with …
HOSOMI is a modular industrialized construction system that includes innovative component to serve sustainable development. It is a modular building concept that revolves around a frame that makes it possible to build rooms of various shapes and sizes (total flexibility) and meet each client’s architectural, esthetic, functional, energy-use, acoustic, and other requirements. The modules are …
The aim of this “intelligent maintenance strand” training project is to create conditions conducive to integrating intelligent maintenance principles in Walloon enterprises’ operations. This training covers all aspects of intelligent maintenance: data collection (sensors, instruments, and robots), data transmission, data validation, expert systems for diagnosing breakdowns, and more. The target audience is multifold: workers in …
The STAGE DES PÔLES is a training project to connect up Wallonia’s innovative enterprises and students in their last year of higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation for an at least 12-week final internship. This immersion in enterprises that are sources of economic activity in Wallonia will enable the students to develop a series of …
The LED project involves developing large yet discreet aesthetically pleasing lighting panels to cover large surface areas. This project concerns lighting and mood applications that integrate smart functional features to offer customers products that are easy to install and a snap to use. At the same time, its designs will meet customers’ expectations optimally so …
LEGOMEDIC is an ambitious, novel project to develop and optimize holistically (technology/design, materials, and operating conditions) new continuous integrated microfluid processes to produce molecules of pharmaceutical interest. These new processes make possible: the production of new chemicals through several consecutive reactions followed by purification and crystallization steps; the purification of new biomolecules; and in situ delivery …
Under LIONEL project, the company Physiol has developed, in conjunction with ULg, and patented a new type of hybrid material for making soft intra-ocular lenses with which the standard manufacturing process is not compatible. The LIONEL project concerns the development of an innovative process of submicronic precision designed primarily for manufacturing intra-ocular lenses but adaptable …
