Sirris Seraing

Activity areas :

1) Direct manufacturing :

• Reverse engineering
• Prosthesis and implant direct fabrication

2) Reparative Medicine

3) Surgery assistance

4) Didactic tools and models Prosthesis :

• Modeling of molecules and proteins

5) Veterinary medicine Equipment

6) BioManufacturing

7) Optical equipment

8) Development of functional equipment

9) Realization of prototypes for functional validation (Design – Modeling – Dimensioning) :

• Pharmaceutical Equipment
• Clean room accessories development
• Risk Analysis
• Thermal management

10) Production of nanoparticles :

• plasma production unit of ceramic nanoparticles and related characterisation lab
   

11) Micromanufacturing capabilities :

• Development of Microsystems
• Integration of intelligence in products

12) Technology and patent watch :

• Patlib center
• Technology watch in technical areas

Available equipment :

* Rapid Manufacturing :

• The most complete machine park in Europe for manufacturing pieces through addition of material : 14 machines in total.
• Stereolithography, 3Dprinting, Laser Sintering, Electron Beam Melting, Laser Cladding
• Various materials such as wax, plaster, PA, loaded PA, resins loaded with nano particles, several metals (CoCr, Ti, inox, etc.), and ceramics, among others
• Connex 500 : The first multi- material 3D printing system (Bi- material and biocompatible materials)
• Arcam : For the manufacture of high quality titanium alloy (CE- certified orthopedic implants with EBM®)
• 3D system Viper SI2 stereolithography machine (precision pieces that meet the specific requirements for medical applications)

* Dimensional control :

• Very fast contact and non contact digitizing and reverse engineering capacities
• GOM 3D Scanning laser, Wenzel LH87 with tactile probe system

* Nanoparticle production unit :

• Plasma system to micronize or synthetise inorganic particles
• Microparticles characterization lab

* Plastic parts production workplace and general tooling workshop

* Microinjection Moulding :

• Battenfeld Microsystem M50 microinjection moulding machine that can manufacture plastic pieces to a minimum weight of 0.002 g, inspect them, and package them in a class 100 clean

Available expertise :

* Materials Engineering:

• Development of functional parts for medical or pharmaceutical equipment
• Development equipment resistant to corrosion for use in medical field, or when cleaning and sterilization
• Thermal simulation of cooling equipment Development and manufacture small mechanical precision parts with dimensions of only a few millimetres and measurement tolerances of a few micrometres (microinjection moulding, turning, milling)
• Production of small series without a mould (non machinable and non unmouldable)

* Risk Analysis:

• FMEA Methodology

* Technology watch:

• Individual technology watch tailored to your company

Availability for SMEs :

• Accurate and faithful prototypes in a very short time: functional prototypes within 1 to 5 days
• We are still working on the basis of a specification, a offer and a order (Individual project or consortium R & D, local or European projet)
• During the project we offer support throughout the entire development trajectory: brainstorm, concept development, engineering, prototype and pre-series, production techniques, etc
• At the end of the project we introduce you to industrial partners for the further elaboration, implementation, and production of the innovation
• The intellectual property (IP) remains completely within your company.
• Possibility of share capacity and time sharing
• Optimal project funding (public)

Quality labels and accreditations :

• Some of our branches are ISO 9001 certified. For our customer, this is the guarantee of a quality service. Our sites of Luik and Charleroi since november 2005.
• We are accredited by BELAC for certain industrial measurements and tests. This is proof that we carry these out in compliance with all applicable standards.
• All of our services — both advice and training — bear the ‘QFor client satisfaction’ label.