Design, prototyping and testing of electromechanical devices (CREDEM)

Picture credit : Aurore Delsoir - Yvan Flamant

Technical and scientific expertise

• Engineering advice and technical assistance at all stages of the design, manufacturing and performance assessment of a device, machine or experimental installation
• Access to characterization facilities and equipment with the necessary technical support

Main equipment

• Machining, rapid prototyping (3D printing, cutting), metrology, welding, sandblasting etc.
• Data acquisition and control systems (NI LabView, Siemens SIMATIC, dSPACE, Texas Instruments DSPs etc.)
• Fluid mechanics test facilities (aero tunnels, robotic towing tank, high-speed camera, PIV)
• Characterization equipment (gas analyzers, power analyzer, thermal camera, laser Doppler vibrometer etc.)
• Training benches (automation, electric motors and internal combustion engines, turbine, heat exchangers, flame propagation etc.)

Get an overview of the platform’s equipment, experimental facilities and prototypes via a virtual tour.

Applications

• Mechatronics and biorobotics
• Heat engines and combustion
• Electrical power generation and transformation
• Multibody systems and vehicle dynamics
• Fluid mechanics
• Process engineering

Services available to

• UCLouvain students and researchers
• Non-UCLouvain parties

Testimonial

• Mai 2024 - ELIA, Belgian's Electricity System Operator, about his collaboration with the CREDEM platform.

• December 2022 - M. Charles Lhuillier, R&D engineer at AIRTHIUM, talks in a video about his collaboration with the CREDEM platform.