GET-LAB is a new test centre designed to support the development and validation of materials for next-generation industrial and energy applications. The facility strengthens OCAS’s role in advancing technologies for…
Read moreAs the world rapidly shifts toward clean, electrically powered mobility, battery producers are searching for materials that combine higher energy density with longer lifetime. Silicon offers enormous potential as an…
Read moreOver the years, OCAS has invested in the knowhow and methodologies to cast High-Entropy and other Compositionally Complex Alloys, a specific class of materials that exhibit great properties. Thanks to…
Read moreAs the world moves toward a hydrogen-based energy future, reusing existing pipeline infrastructure offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution for hydrogen transport. However, a major challenge lies in preventing hydrogen-induced…
Read moreJeroen VAN WITTENBERGHE (OCAS), Kelly FISHER (MTS), John HUBBARD (MTS), Jacob FERN (MTS) (left to right) behind the brand new HIPNOS US accelerated fatigue test bench. A clear win-win case…
Read moreThe Metal Plasticity Seminar is an annual event to promote a platform for people working in the field of metal plasticity, to discuss the state-of-the-art, the current research challenges and…
Read moreThe 3-year project has been approved by the Vlaio evaluation committee after receiving highly positive comments of the expert reviewers.
Read more“Towards a longer lifetime of offshore wind turbine monopile structures by better understanding the FATigue CORrosion mechanisms”
Read moreWith an ever-increasing number of steel constructions in residential and industrial buildings, fire safety remains a work of continuous improvement. The main parameter used is the ‘fire resistance period’ –…
Read moreSteel, non-ferro, painted materials, metallic coatings, tubes, flat samples, small, large, thin, thick, you name it, the OCAS glow discharge optical emission spectrometer (GD-OES) can analyse it
Read moreNot only is the OCAS microscopy lab being relocated, state-of-the art new equipment is being added.
Read moreOCAS created a dedicated task force to support key accounts in ensuring the reliability of their safety-critical industrial assets.
Read moreLifetime assessment is essential towards decision support for quantification of lifetime extension and optimisation of predictive maintenance.
Read moreA new seabed pipeline had been struck by an anchor. In addition to being moved out of its position, the pipeline was also deformed. As this brought the pipeline out…
Read moreSealing matters have many different aspects. Thanks to its various skills and advanced equipment, OCAS is in a good position to look at sealing-related problems from all angles.
Read moreIncreasing demand for seals that can withstand ever higher pressures in severe operating conditions need advanced numerical modelling to simulate these conditions and predict leak tightness.
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