The European Ceramic Society
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Belgium
Belgian Ceramic Research Centre
Research & industrial support on technical and traditional ceramics
Director : Dr Jacques Rennotte
Email : info@bcrc.be
Phone : +32 65 40 34 21
Address : Avenue Gouverneur Cornez 4 B-7000 Mons
Website : www.bcrc.be
Research topics :
- Smart manufacturing of ceramics and composites : additive manufacturing (SLM, SLA, Binder jetting, robocasting, FDM ), laser milling-texturing, hybrid milling, hybrid AM, …
Contact information:
Dr Fabrice Petit
Tel: +32.65.40.34.64
- Technical ceramics shaping and sintering: Spark Plasma Sintering, carbides and nitrides, zirconia, transparent ceramics, functional ceramics …
Contact information:
Ir Jean-Pierre Erauw
Tel: +32.65.40.34.33
- Energy and sustainable development: functional devices, energy storage, circular economy, …
Contact information:
Dr Maria Traianidis
Tel: +32.65.40.34.63
- Refractories: development of shaped and unshaped refractories, fully equipped testing laboratory
Contact information:
Dr Stéphane Hocquet
Tel: +32.65.40.34.78
- Bricks and tiles : development of processes and mixes, standard testing
Contact information: Dr Stéphane Hocquet
Tel: +32.65.40.34.78
- Flat glass and Container glass: Notified body (Id.N°1174) according to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 - Construction products, standard testing, R&D
Contact information:
Dominique Libert
Tel: +32.65.40.34.66
- Bioceramics : scaffolds, bone implants and dental prosthesis, chemical and physical characterisation of Calcium Phosphates
Contact information:
Dr Stéphane Hocquet
Tel: +32.65.40.34.78
Exceptional facilities :
- Additive Manufacturing technologies: Selective Laser Melting, stereolithography, hybrid AM (binder jetting, laser ablation), robocasting, Fused Deposition Modelling
- Laser technologies : laser milling, hybrid milling (nanosecond laser, femtosecond laser, classical milling, 3D scanner), Laser cladding (metal, ceramic-metal composites, ceramics)
- Sintering technologies: Large Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) furnace with hybrid heating system (up to 150 mm), hot pressing (HP), pressureless sintering, sintering under H2, Ar, N, vacuum, …
- FIB-SEM with 3D EDX and EBSD mapping of samples
Financial support programmes :
- Regional funding: Wallonie (DGO6), Vlaanderen (VLAIO)
- National Funding: BELSPO, SPF Economie
- European funding: Cornet, Interreg V (France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen) …
Latest news
New Empa fellowship program for future women science leaders
Empa has launched the Women Scientific Leadership Fellowship, a new four-year program designed to support outstanding women scientists on their path towards independent research leadership.
2027 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call - ICACC 2027
In the frame of the 2027 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 51st International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2027) to be held from 24th to 29th January 2027 in Daytona Beach, USA, as well as the IGNITE MSE (International Gathering and Networking for Individuals to Explore Materials Science and Engineering) event that will be held on Sunday 24th January 2027.
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Contact us for any information: contact@ecers.org - We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
ECerS office
Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4
7000 Mons
Belgium