Vito Nv

Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek (Vito)

Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.v. (Vito)

The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Nitto Europe N.v.

Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek

Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.v.

Danny Havermans

Dirk Vangeneugden

Herman Blok

Robby Rego

James Gregory Gillick

Jasper Lefevere

Bina Patel Botts

Dinesh Chandra

Bart Michielsen

Michael Lawrence Gersman

Bert Verheyde

Steven Mullens

Lidia Protasova

Marjorie Dubreuil

Erwin Van Hoof

Simge Danaci

Anna Issaris

Annick Vanhulsel

Robby Jozef Martin Rego

Ahmed Shafique

An Hardy

Sébastien Sallard

Dan Qu

Marjorie Flemish Institute For Tech Dubreuil

Jerome Bernard Hobelman

Vijay Shankar Rangasamy

Ingrid Wasbauer

Jasper Lefever

Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer

Anne c/o Nitto Europe NV Issaris

Ingrid c/o Nitto Europe NV Wasbauer

Walter c/o Nitto Europe NV Eevers

A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system includes plurality of printing stations and a robotic unit configured to interact with the plurality of printing stations, each of the plurality of printing stations being arranged to be accessible by the robotic unit. Each printing station includes a station controller for controlling at least one deposition control parameter. The system further includes a system controller configured to operate the robotic unit, and wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of printing stations for controlling at least an execution of printing tasks being performed on the plurality of printing stations. The station controllers are at least partially controllable by means of the system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to adjust at least one deposition control parameter of each printing station independent of deposition control parameters of other printing stations of the plurality of printing stations.

System and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures

A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system comprises a plurality of printing stations for performing parallel printing in an confined space enclosed by a housing, wherein each printing station comprises a carrier, a deposition unit with at least one nozzle arranged for dispensing filaments of build material paste through an opening area thereof and a station controller configured to operate the deposition unit for deposition of filaments of a build material paste on the carrier in an interconnected arrangement in a plurality of stacked layers in order to form one or more three-dimensional structures, the at least one nozzle and the detachable carrier being relatively moveable with respect to each other, wherein the deposition unit is coupled to a reservoir unit configured to house the build material paste, wherein the reservoir unit includes at least one reservoir arranged outside of the confined space.

The present disclosure is related to a method for applying a functional compound on sulfur particles by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge including a gas or an activated gas flow resulting from the atmospheric pressure plasma discharge. The coating composition includes an inorganic electrically conductive compound, an electrically conductive carbon compound, an organic precursor compound of a conjugated polymer, a precursor of a hybrid organic-inorganic compound, or a mixture, and the functional compound provides the sulfur particles with an electrically conductive surface.

Method for applying a functional compound on sulfur particles

A surgical implant may include a porous structure with interconnected pores for ingrowth of bone into the porous structure. The porous structure has an arrangement of fibres which are attached to one another, the fibres being arranged in stacked layers. The porous structure has a surface including different regions having different porosities. A method of making the above surgical implant is also described.

Surgical implants comprising graded porous structures

A continuous plasma treatment process is disclosed. The process may include providing at least one plasma treatment zone having a pair of electrodes with endless dielectric belts, each belt having a first and a second side that covers one of the electrodes. The process may include producing a non-thermal plasma in a space between the belts, and transporting a web material via the belts such that there is a width of exposed belt on either side of the web material. The process may include transporting the web material such that a side of the web material not in contact with the belts is treated in two passes through the at least one plasma treatment zone, while exposed parts of the belts transporting the web material are also treated. The process may include cleaning treated parts of the belts prior to the belts re-entering the at least one plasma treatment zone.

Method and device for atmospheric pressure plasma treatment

A method for applying a hydrophilic coating on a substrate includes: providing a substrate (), producing an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge in the presence of a gas, at least partially exposing the substrate to the atmospheric pressure plasma discharge. The method introduces a liquid aerosol () or a vapor of coating forming material into the atmospheric pressure plasma discharge, thereby forming a coating on the substrate. The coating forming material is a non-polymerizable acetate derivative, and is ethyl acetate in one embodiment.

Method for stable hydrophilicity enhancement of a substrate by atmospheric pressure plasma disposition

An apparatus and method are for disinfection and purification of a liquid, gaseous or solid phase, or a mixture thereof. The apparatus includes: a central electrode, a dielectric layer adjacent to the electrode, a first area adjacent to the dielectric layer, and is configured to introduce a first medium into the first area, a second area adjacent to the first area. The apparatus is also configured to introduce a second medium into the second area, and for creating a plasma in the first medium, while the first medium is present in the first area, by applying a voltage between the first electrode and a second electrode. An injector injects the plasma into the second area, in order to be mixed with the second medium.

Apparatus and method for purification and disinfection of liquid, solid or gaseous substances

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Dirk Vangeneugden