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This week our colleagues Jeroen Van Wittenberghe and Marc Vanderschueren attended and presented the OCAS approach to use Structurel Health Monitoring on steel cranes & crane girders, at the BEMAS - Belgian Maintenance Association. Anyone interested to find out more: do not hesitate to reach out to us!

🚀 Introducing MOWSES: Green steel for safe and sustainable infrastructure! 🌍🏗️   We're thrilled to announce the official launch of the EU-funded MOWSES Project (Multi-faceted Assessment and Optimization of Welded Structural Green Steel Plates for Use in European Sustainable Infrastructure)! This groundbreaking initiative aims to revolutionize the use of green steel in critical European infrastructure by ensuring the safe application of welded scrap-based steel in sectors like energy and beyond.   💡 Backed by over €4.5M in funding from the EU's Twin Green and Digital Transition program, the project will focus on:   ·      Reducing CO2 emissions in steel production by up to 50% by using increased amounts of scrap ·      Developing innovative alloying concepts to handle impurities in scrap-based steel ·      Ensuring the safe application of welded structures, crucial for wind turbines and other large structures   Coordinated by OCAS NV in Belgium, the project brings together a consortium of leading industrial partners and universities from 4 European countries. With technologies like machine learning and thermodynamic simulations, MOWSES is set to make a significant impact on Europe’s path to climate neutrality by 2050.   Using steel that is greener, stronger, and more reliable - we can start building Europe’s future now! 💚🌱   #GreenSteel #Sustainability #Innovation #Infrastructure #CleanEnergy #EUfunded #ClimateNeutral #MOWSESsteel #WeldingTechnology #HorizonEurope

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 2025 - 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 Thanks to all who submitted an abstract for the SteelyHydrogen conference 2025. We have received almost 200 abstracts, from across the globe, involving a wide range of institutes and industry! In the coming months we will construct a balanced and extensive conference programme based on the submitted contributions - we will keep you posted!

Excited to announce some more details of our Key Note speakers for SteelyHydrogen 2025! Joseph Ronevich, from Sandia National Laboratories will be presenting this Key Note Lecture: 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦

We are pleased to invite you to look at the program and register for the 5th edition of the Metal Plasticity Seminar, taking place at the premises of OCAS (Belgium) on Tuesday, November 19, from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM. It is an ESAFORM-supported thematic workshop on Metal Plasticity and this year MPS 2024 focuses on "Material Testing 2.0 for Thermomechanical Characterization of High Strength Steels." This seminar, an annual event organized by Prof. Sam Coppieters from KU LEUVEN and Dr. Steven Cooreman from OCAS NV, serves as a platform for professionals in the field of metal plasticity to discuss state-of-the-art advancements, current research challenges, and future developments. The seminar aims to enhance the collaboration between theoretical material modelling, computational and experimental plasticity, and the development of industrial applications. The seminar is free of charge for ESAFORM members. In the morning program, renowned international experts will deliver keynote lectures on Material Testing 2.0 for characterizing plastic material behavior of metals. In the afternoon, the achievements of the VForm-xSteels project will be presented. The event will conclude with an exhibition by DYNAmore, MatchID, and Plastometrex, as well as a poster session. We look forward to your participation in this enriching event. Interested? Please register via https://lnkd.in/gamUJyQU

Proud to be part of this consortium! Check out the scope of this project here:

Our colleague Krista Van den Bergh will be presenting at EUROCORR 2024 tomorrow, she will be presenting in the Marine Corrosion session.

VOM - Beyond treatment of surfaces and A3TS are organising a study day on Surface treatments in aeronautics. This is your chance to hear our colleague Philippe Legros, together with Stefan Verreyken discussing the challenges of approving a new surface treatment process like HVAF (High Velocity Air-Fuel Thermal Spray Process) for the aeronautical industry. This day also gives you a chance to visit the Sonaca installations in Charleroi - highly recommended!

With the holidays (nearly) over, we are looking forward to receiving your abstracts for the upcoming SteelyHydrogen conference! #hydrogen #ocas #ugent

At the 2024 awards ceremony of the French Nuclear Energy Society (Sfen - Société française d'énergie nucléaire), Christoph Gerritsen from ArcelorMittal Global R&D (OCAS NV) was co-awarded the Prize for Technological Innovation together with other members of the RFCS collaborative project SCHEDULE consortium. The project investigated the steel concrete composite construction technique for an emergency diesel generator building. It resulted in the construction of a full-scale, 24x12x15 m demonstrator and allowed detailed and quantified comparison with traditional reinforced concrete construction. Our thanks to Sfen for this prize and the project partners (Steel Construction Institute, EDF, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Peikko Group Corporation, Egis, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Industeel) for the pleasant and successful collaboration!