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The coming year will be challenging. We are living in a world afflicted by economic uncertainty and geopolitical friction. In that context, it might be tempting to postpone investments and innovations. We understand. However, now is actually the time to be audacious.

In 2023, at the request of the foundries and their customers, Sirris will once again organise a foundry technology course. This course offers you practical, in-depth knowledge of all the important technological and production-related aspects of castings. The teachers can draw on years of practical ...

The city of Antwerp fell victim to a ransomware cyber-attack last week. Ransomware is malware that employs encryption to hold a victim’s information at ransom. A user or organization’s critical data is encrypted so that they cannot access files, databases, or applications. A ransom is then demanded ...

3D printing, digitalisation, ultrasonic replication, integrated electronics, ... all these technologies can enhance products, even on microscale! Micromanufacturing offers industrial companies, large or small, unseen potential for the development of new products. The technology radically transforms ...

The draft ISO/ASTM DIS 17295 “Additive manufacturing — General principles — Part positioning, coordinates and orientation” has changed from status DIS (“Draft International Standard”- draft for enquiry, subject to public input) to FDIS (“Final Draft International Standard” – draft for final approval ...

The friction behaviour of surfaces can be tuned by laser structuring. Recently, an industrial application of controlling friction by surface texture is presented for large marine ship engines. In the assembly of the driveshaft a safety mechanism is built in, to deal with excessive forces. The disc ...

Polyurethanes can be used in many applications, due to their excellent combination of properties. Protective PU top-coats should withstand weathering degradation and prolong projection of steel substrates. Supporting the transition towards more sustainable PU coatings, a comparative testing on the ...

Penta, a Eureka cluster on electronic components and systems, has awarded the R&D project SunRISE (Shared IoT Security) with this year’s Innovation Award and by that highlighted the importance of security and privacy ensuring machine learning technologies. The Belgian consortium consisting of Engie ...