To protect workers against falling from heights in a professional environment, lifelines are used. These lifelines are typically made from stainless steel to ensure excellent performance in an industrial environment.
Read moreStructures can be exposed to all kinds of different environments. It is therefore important to assess corrosion using accelerated tests with conditions close to reality.
Read moreAlthough soil corrosion is often not visible, its consequences are important for any buried structure.
Read moreStructural offshore applications require steel plates that have been pre-qualified according to EN, API and NORSOK standards. The aim of pre-qualification is to show the steel’s tolerance to both high…
Read moreNew steel grades may require new solutions for welding, including the development of an adapted filler wire. OCAS therefore developed a methodology - via casting, wire rod rolling and drawing…
Read moreImprovement of existing welding technology requires numerical models to better understand the underlying physical interactions and optimise process parameters. In order to enhance our understanding of High Frequency Induction Welding,…
Read moreProcess simulation is to be understood as a virtual sequence of the process that aims to determine geometrical, metallurgical and technological process results. The simulations allow faster and more precise…
Read moreAs several industries - such as onshore and offshore wind - are developing ever larger structures, materials and components are pushed to their limits. Conventional materials and production techniques are…
Read moreAim of JABACO is to develop a Modular Jacket concept composed by components of pre-qualified quality, for cost reduction of offshore wind farms. The concept is based on an integrated…
Read moreDEME offshore explains the benefits of working with OCAS.
Read moreBelgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK.CEN explains the benefits of working with OCAS.
Read moreQuantitative nano-information is nowadays required for the understanding of various mechanisms occurring in steel manufacturing. Atom Probe Tomography (APT) is the only material analysis technique offering extensive capabilities for both…
Read moreTechnologies such as artificial intelligence are advancing at high speed. However, access to consolidated, quality data remains a challenge.
Read moreA customer experienced a complex quality issue on their final product. Traditional methods failed to identify the cause of the problem.
Read moreOCAS is developing methodologies to allow machines to analyse images from microstructures, based on artificial intelligence principles. The objective of this work is to improve our understanding of the relationship…
Read moreOCAS organised the “Artificial Intelligence for advanced image processing and analysis in new product development” seminar on Friday February 1st 2019 in its labs at Zwijnaarde (Belgium), attracting 60+ participants…
Read moreTo measure is to know, is a key principle of risk management. OCAS has a longstanding tradition in measuring potentially hazardous compounds.
Read moreBack in 2012, driven by the need for REACH* compliant alternatives, OCAS initiated a project on hexavalent chromium-free hard chrome plating. (*REACH: European regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction…
Read moreVitreous enamelling has been acknowledged for centuries as one of the most durable ways to protect metals against abrasion, temperature and corrosion. In recent years, driven by ever-stricter environmental legislation,…
Read moreThe essential role of chemical passivations and thin organic coatings is to provide corrosion protection during handling, transport and storage of metallic coated products. The combination of environmental constraints with…
Read moreTo be considered compliant for food contact, materials must meet requirements. Currently, standardization bodies are working on a standard for porcelain (vitreous) enamel. OCAS was invited to participate in the…
Read moreReeled pipelines are submitted to cyclic deformation during reeling and unreeling operations. To assess the risk of ovalisation of the pipe after reeling and unreeling, OCAS investigated the behaviour of…
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