MaPS (Manufacturing Processes and Systems) – KU Leuven
MaPS (Manufacturing Processes and Systems) – KU Leuven

Overview

At MaPS (Manufacturing Processes and Systems) in KU Leuven a wide range of innovative manufacturing processes and systems (see below) are investigated in close collaboration with both local and global industry.  State-of-the-art labs, decades of experience with fundamental and applied research, including licensing and spin-off creation, in-depth knowledge of the material-tool interactions and collaborations across different disciplines make KU Leuven the ideal partner for helping your company or your consortium to find solutions to manufacturing related problems requiring a fundamental approach or to bring innovative manufacturing ideas one step closer to the market. The technologies and techniques that are studied are:

Additive manufacturing (AM, also called 3D Printing): both powder and laser-based AM of polymers, metals and ceramics and nozzle-based AM including Wire Arc AM (WAAM) and welding
Subtractive and hybrid manufacturing: vibration- or laser-assisted assisted milling, grinding, turing,…
State-of-the-art AM lab: commercial and in-house developed AM machines for metals, polymers and ceramics (https://set.kuleuven.be/am/equipment)
State-of-the-art metrology lab (https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/research/mm/services)
State-of-the-art sheet metal working lab (https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/research/flex-sheet-metal-working/equip…)
State-of-the-art machining lab: milling, turning, EDM and hybrid machines (https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/research/Machining/Equipment)
State-of-the-art micro/nano machining lab with precision machines for EDM, milling and turning and ultra-short pulsed laser micromachining (available by end of June 2021):   https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/research/mpe/Equipment

. MaPS offers European companies collaborations in the framework of ESA, H2020 or Horizon Europe and small service agreements or bilateral research collaborations in its field of expertise (see above).

More details on specific services can be found here:

For manufacturing metrology:https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/research/mm/services (a climatised metrology lab (https://www.flandersmake.be/en/testing-validation/product-validation/di…) and an X-ray Computed Tomography lab (https://www.flandersmake.be/en/testing-validation/product-validation/x-… )
For additive manufacturing: https://www.flandersmake.be/en/testing-validation/production-optimisati…
For welding:https://iiw.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/welding-engineering/consulting-and-se…

For all this: one single point of contact to help you find the right KU Leuven partner(s) for your specific advanced manufacturing questions and needs
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