The European Ceramic Society
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Belgium
Flemish Institute for Technological Research – Coating And Shaping Technologies
Research and development on shaping and coating of advanced materials
Director : Dirk Fransaer
Phone : +32 14 32 55 11
Address : Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
Website : www.vito.be
Research topics :
- Ceramic coatings and functionalisation: spray coating, dip coating, washcoating, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. ir. Marijke Jacobs
Tel :+32 14 33 57 19
Email: marijke.jacobs@vito.be
- Porous ceramic and metal structures: 3D micro-extrusion, foams, gelcasting, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Steven Mullens
Tel : +32 14 33 56 68
Email: steven.mullens@vito.be
- Granulation and microsphere synthesis: spray drying, gravitational and vibrational droplet coagulation, intensive mixing, core shell particles, …Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Bart Michielsen
Tel : +32 14 33 56 67
Email: bart.michielsen@vito.be
- Battery materials: coatings, production of electrodes, coin cell assembly, battery testing,..
Contact information:
Contact name : dr. Annick Vanhulsel
Tel : +32 14 33 56 19
Email: annick.vanhulsel@vito.be
Exceptional facilities :
- 3D micro-extrusion (lab and pilot installation), vibrational and gravitational droplet coagulation, spray drying plant, cold isostatic press, Eirich mixer, spray and dip coater, high-temperature high-pressure graphite sintering furnace, atmospheric plasma coating equipment, battery assembly and testing facilities ….
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: H2020, Interreg
- Regional fundings: FWO
- National fundings
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