Open Technology & Innovation day
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On Sunday, March 17th, Flanders opens its doors, and Flanders Make joins in, along with the neighbours from Sirris. So, you hit two birds with one stone.
We're delighted to welcome you for a behind-the-scenes look. An ideal trip for families, friends, or groups to get inspired by the latest technologies and innovations for the (Flemish) industry.
No registration required, just drop by between 10am and 5pm!
What will you see?
At Flanders Make, you'll get acquainted with innovative technologies that can make a difference in the industry through a number of demos.
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Autonomous agricultural vehicles
Meet our self-driving tractor. How does our autonomous tractor know where to drive and what to do? Discover the number and types of sensors needed for this!
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Virtual reality & Artificial Intelligence
Drive in VR with our combine harvester and aim to collect as much grain as possible. Can you outperform other participants? Or even challenge our AI solution for the perfect score?
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3D printing
3D printing of metals for industry: what are the benefits and challenges?
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Robots in the workplace
This versatile robot effortlessly gathers the right parts for constantly changing products. With the 3D camera, we literally give the robot a pair of eyes. After a quick look in the box, it effortlessly retrieves the parts.
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Autonomous robots
See how our autonomous robot always finds its way across the factory floor to its destination, regardless of obstacles. Can you trap it?
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Smart factories
Consumers increasingly demand personalized products without wanting to pay extra for them. How can companies transition from mass production to flexible and reconfigurable production lines? Discover it in our SmartFactory, a complete factory in pocket size.
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Working with a robot: the cobot
Experience how a smart cobot can support you at work. Learn to quickly build a light switch with the help of this AI assistant. Will this be your future colleague?
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Digitization of the workplace
Away with paper manuals! By immersing production workers in their own digital world using augmented reality, we teach them how to assemble a product.
Our neighbours at Sirris are also participating (in the same building)
Below is a brief description of some demonstrations you will see at Sirris.
Hyperspectral Cameras
How to identify materials based on their behavior in infrared light?
Test Labs
For companies, we conduct various tests to ensure the quality of products and materials. Think of hardness tests, scratch tests, lifespan tests, or color measurements. For example, we recently conducted an extensive study on coated frying pans from the company Berghoff. Curious about our approach?
Press Molding of Composite Materials
A few years ago, we invested together with KU Leuven in a hydraulic press & robot to assist companies in researching circular solutions for composite materials. We will show you in a live demo how a biocomposite tray is pressed.
Circular Economy for Composite Materials
Composite materials can be effectively used in the circular economy and will increasingly appear in our daily lives. Wind turbine blades are just one example. In this demo, we illustrate our approach and the R-strategies we use for this purpose.
Composites in Sports Applications
Not only our Belgian top athletes will be deployed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Composite materials will also be widely represented! Have you ever seen a professional kayak or pole vault up close? Curious about what they are made of and how? We will certainly amaze you!
Recycling of Coated Paper
Can you recycle a pizza box or coffee cup? Why is the retail industry switching to paper packaging and is it smart? Does coated paper automatically mean you can't throw it in the 'old paper' bin? During this demo, we show you how we investigate which coated paper can be recycled and which disrupt the paper recycling process through the REPAC² project.
Active Thermography
An infrared camera records the temperature of surfaces, which is used, for example, to visualize heat losses from buildings. With active thermography, we go a step further by first briefly heating a surface with a very strong flash of light and then visualizing how its temperature evolves. At Sirris, we aim to develop a measurement method to measure the thickness of a coating over a large area in this way.