CENTEXBEL VKC AT THE SERVICE OF THE TEXTILE & PLASTIC CONVERTING INDUSTRY
COLLECTIVE RESEARCH CENTRE
CENTEXBEL MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATION UNITING Belgian textile companies Associated (international) member companies and organisations GOVERNED BY THE INDUSTRY 3
CENTEXBEL - VKC • 180 enthusiastic and highly educated men and women • committed to an innovating and sustainable industry 4
WHY WE DO THE THINGS WE DO CREATE – INSPIRE – SOLVE - CONNECT
CREATE • Research in coating, extrusion, composites, material characterization, etc. • Semi-industrial research infrastructure available to companies. • Dedicated research teams working with and for companies. 6
INSPIRE • Knowledge dissemination • Demonstrations & Workshops • Info-sessions • Conferences • Newsletters, publications and demonstrations • Patlib centre for patent analysis and knowledge disclosure 7
SOLVE • ONE-STOP-SHOP • Research centre • Consultancy services • Pilot platforms for prototyping and experiments • Testing labs • Notified body # 0493 • PPE, CPR, Toys, IMO 8
CONNECT • Knowledge & Research networks • Exploring high added value technologies for industrial implementation • Cross-sectorial approach 9
LABS & OFFICES 10
PRODUCTS & ACTIVITIES 11
RESEARCH FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL & SOCIETAL NEEDS
RESEARCH STRATEGY CLOSE TO THE INDUSTRY FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY Innovations in • resource efficiency processes • • recycling of (complex) products materials • materials • • bio-based polymers business models (industrial implementation) • 13
RESEARCH PROGRAMS COLLECTIVE RESEARCH Small, medium-sized and large private projects Project-based financing financed by regional, federal and • European authorities or without funding by regional, federal and European • authorities on demand of the company • Consortium Research results composed of industrial and research • property of the company • partners Research results PRIVATE RESEARCH property of Centexbel but disseminated to • the consortium partners/industry 14
EXPERTISE TECHNOLOGY FIELDS
FUNCTIONAL THERMOPLASTIC TEXTILES • renewable, bio-based, sustainable alternatives for oil-based thermoplastics • improvement of their properties to match and even surpass the ones of conventional materials • functionalisation of thermoplastic fibres (chemical, physical, nano-technology) • creation of bio-based prepregs and high-end fibre-reinforced or self-reinforced composites to meet to the most severe mechanical requirements • implementation of new technologies (e.g. Additive Manufacturing) in conventional processes • recycling and closed-loop approach 16
TEXTILE FUNCTIONALISATION & SURFACE MODIFICATION • High-performance textiles. • Sustainability • renewable materials and of non-hazardous chemicals and additives (in conformity with REACH, CLP), energy and water saving production methods, equitable working conditions, and last but not least the product’s longevity. • Centexbel is focused on harmonizing sustainability, high-performance and cost- efficiency in textile finishing, coating and laminating. 17
PLASTIC CHARACTERISATION, PROCESSING & RECYCLING • Optimisation of (bio)polymers • Eco-functionalisation • End-of-Life and Recycling • Process development 18
MEDICAL & SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS • medical devices privileged player in tissue engineering, from simple cell culture to the implementation of three-dimensional carriers and biocompatible materials • circular economy innovative solutions for material sorting, the use of new biobased materials and the implementation of greener and more nature-friendly processes. 19
TECHNICAL TEXTILES & COMPOSITES • Development of technical textiles and composite materials supporting the manufacturing industry in search of innovative materials through the acquisition of new knowledge, theory and techniques in order to develop a know-how for our industry for the production of new performing and durable materials and the maintenance of their competitiveness. 20
TESTING BELAC NBN EN ISO/IEC 17025 ACCREDITED LABORATORIES
PHYSICAL & MECHANICAL TESTING 22
CHEMICAL TESTING 23
BURNING BEHAVIOUR • of textiles, composites and plastics 24
MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS • biocompatibility, health & safety 25
OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORMS FOR PROTOTYPING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 26
TEXTILE FINISHING LAB SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COATING, LAMINATING & CURING 28
EXTRUSION COST AND TIME EFFICIENT YARN PROTOTYPING
EXTRUSION 30
3D PRINTING LAB 31
TECHNICAL TEXTILES PLATFORM FOR INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
KNITTING, WEAVING, BRAIDING, EMBROIDERY 33
COMPOSITE PRESS 34
PLASTIC PROCESSING CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PLASTICS 35
PLASTIC CONVERTING PLATFORM 36
SERVICES TO THE INDUSTRY
CONSULTANCY TECHNICAL ECOLOGY STANDARDS ANTENNAS PATENT-CELL test results REACH Follow-up of EU & IPR related issues international standards for process, material and Biocides information on recent the Belgian industry product optimisation patents BREF sector operator for NBN implementation of new Patent Alerts alternative chemicals technolgies 38
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER INFO SESSIONS, TRAINING SESSIONS, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS 39
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION PRODUCT & CONSUMER SAFETY
CE-marking Notified Body # 0493 • EC type-examination and monitoring of the quality control system for the final product according to the EUROPEAN REGULATION 2016/425 ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT/EU • Product certification in the framework of the EUROPEAN REGULATION ON CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS 305/2011/EU • Conformity assessments in the framework of the MARINE EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE (MED) 2014/90/EU 41
SAFE COMMUNITY MASKS 42
Ecologically sound textile products, processes & value-chains 43
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