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The specific heat of a materiel is an important property, equally in the field of industry and in research. It applies in the improvement of processes such as injection moulding, in risk analysis and in the construction of chemical reactors. Other sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry and the ...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is a world leader in the development and production of multi-megawatt wind turbines for use on land and at sea. The company aims to guarantee reliable and robust machines, capable of fulfilling customer expectations worldwide, even in the harshest weather ...

The National Railway Company of Belgium, NMBS, provides public rail transport services on behalf of the Belgian government. The company annually carries millions of travellers within and across Belgium’s borders. In winter, the network operator is required to deal with issues related to snow and ice ...

SBM Offshore is a global group of companies developing systems and services to the offshore industry. Its constituent companies started their offshore activities in the early 1950s and SBM Offshore subsequently became a pioneer in the development of single point mooring (SPM) systems. The firm ...

Caterpillar Inc, an American company with divisions worldwide, designs and builds heavy machinery for road and waterway construction and mining. It also produces generator sets and other equipment powered by diesel engines and gas turbines. The company wants assurance about the quality of its ...

Ice formation causes many safety issues and other problems in our day-to-day work and the operation of machines. At Sirris, various experts have sought to improve our knowledge of atmospheric ice formation and to find ways to limit it. These activities form part of the COOCK Fighting Icing and ...

8 March is International Women's Day. A day on which women and men all over the world raise their voices for emancipation, equal rights and inclusion. Although these issues gain a lot of attention in the Belgian business world, the share of women in certain sectors is still lagging behind.

Understanding behaviour and performance of drones in adverse weather and harsh flight environments is a prerequisite to developing meaningful test protocols for the validation and certification of these flying systems. An exploratory work investigates the development of a method for characterising ...

Innova Flanders is the only pure innovation event in Europe for innovation-oriented professionals and organizations. Join us for three days of inspiration, innovation and training to identify your opportunities for strategic growth and accelerate your growth strategy. .

Icing poses many challenges and risks into our daily activities or to the operations of machinery. At Sirris we have been running activities to improve our knowledge on atmospheric icing events and to find icing mitigation. This work is part of the COOCK Fighting Icing and NewSkin projects.