Mechatronics – Control and Measurement

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Ledith: a VKI/Cetim common laboratory

The Von Karman Institute (VKI), based in Rhode-Saint-Genèse (Belgium), and Cetim (a technological institute specialised in mechanics) have created a common laboratory. Its name: Ledith (Laboratoire des écoulements diphasiques et technologies hydrauliques, or Two-phase flow and hydraulic technology laboratory).

The Ledith is the result of the cooperation between experts of both institutes since 2004 and it benefits from the recognised scientific competences of the VKI in terms of two‑phase flow and from Cetim's experience in terms of fluid and flow technique. As a result, the Ledith stands right between applied research and long-term academic research.

Its technologies and competences mainly cover numerical and experimental modelling in the following fields: turbine engines, two-phase flows, aeroacoustics and vibration in hydraulic systems.

The Ledith manages several shared projects, among which studies concerning: industrial valves in controlled cavitation conditions, cryogenic valves, safety valves, turbines and acoustic radiation of cavitating systems.

With this creation, there are now seven common laboratories: Lam2, LAMFM, Lam PC, Latep, Ledith, Lerded, Transméca (go to cetim.fr, "About Cetim", "Mission/Common laboratories").

As a matter of fact, Cetim has been developing a strong scientific partnership with university laboratories for many years. Therefore, these common laboratories are a concrete expression of the active cooperation on research projects between the teams from Cetim and the teams from these laboratories.

Contact: sqr@cetim.fr

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Mechatronics is for products and equipments as well. It deals with an integrated method to design, validate and manufacture functions which performances are guaranteed by an optimal assembly of various components (mechanical, electrical, electronical and data processing ones).
In the field of control and measurement, improvements are mainly found in the fields of production system management and real-time adjustment in order to guarantee product quality. There is also the development of via-Internet management of production machines, so that one machine can be shared by various industrials.
This technological focus includes projects relating to : mechatronical design, process and product automation and monitoring, measurement control, maintenance and monitoring of operating machines.

First rank technologies

  1. Energy-autonomous communicating sensors
  2. Mechatronics design/simulation
  3. Advanced control and monitoring
  4. Communicating components and machines
  5. Adaptronics
  6. Continuous surveillance
  7. NDT advanced techniques
  8. Remote monitoring and remote control
  9. Traceability

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