INNOVATION
BOOTHS

HYDROGEN GAS PANELS

At the Solhyd Innovation Booth, you’ll discover the hydrogen gas panels which everyone is talking about.

Solhyd hydrogen panels are modular devices which produce renewable hydrogen from air and sunlight. They capture water vapor from ambient air and use solar energy to split it into hydrogen and oxygen.

This allows anyone, anywhere, to produce their own hydrogen at any scale. It enables you to switch from fossil fuels to renewables for any application.

Just like solar panels, they can be used in many ways. Hydrogen panels can be installed on the roof of a building, but many more potential applications are being explored as we speak.

6D ROAD SCANNING LIDAR TECHNOLOGY

XenomatiX’ mission is to provide road safety and road comfort with its solidly reliable, versatile and affordable true-solid-state LiDAR technology.

6D Road Scanning and Surveys are a natural extension of this quest for innovation, helping to optimize road infrastructure and increase the efficiency of road maintenance to make roads and cities safer.

Both the hardware and software of this innovative solid-state technology were developed completely from scratch in Leuven by the XenomatiX team. These innovations will be displayed at the booth.

COVID-19 PCR TEST

The COVID-19 PCR Test from miDiagnostics is based on a unique silicon chip technology from imec (Leuven, Belgium) and developed in close collaboration with Johns Hopkins University.

The test enables diagnosis of COVID-19 infections with the accuracy, sensitivity and reproducibility of a traditional lab-based PCR test, but with the ease and speed of an antigen test. Within 30 minutes of on-site registration, patients receive their results, with the real-time PCR itself taking less than 15 minutes.

THE UNBREAKABLE BICYCLE

Light and strong carbon fiber composites, known from Formula 1 and race bikes, face sudden, brittle and dramatic fracture behavior. In order to tackle this problem, REIN4CED has developed and patented a brand new impact resistant composite material.

REIN4CED’s focus is currently on the bicycle world. However, once the first bicycle projects are up and running, other markets will be explored as well, such as automotive and aerospace.

DRIVE RADAR

We will show and demonstrate DriveRadar®, a comprehensive, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance system that digitally records and evaluates data and enables event prediction for the drive system and its environment.

In our vision the analog motor from yesterday, becomes the smart node of the IOT from tomorrow. This is achieved by digitizing the drive and adding processing and sensor capabilities, all fully integrated in the drive.

Thru the SEW MovilinkDDI® digital single-cable solution we connected the unconnected and make condition monitoring data available in all levels of automation: from drive to control to edge processing and cloud.

AUTOMATED ALLERGY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE

30% of today’s population is allergic. That’s why Hippo Dx has developed an automated allergy diagnostic device: S.P.A.T.

S.P.A.T. uses pioneering technology to create a new standard in providing evidence for allergic sensitization and can help to confirm the diagnosis of a suspected type I allergy.

It will provide a more consistent, cheaper and faster test result to help the physician on the diagnostic pathway. Results will also be digitally available to accelerate the entire process and generate less mistakes in handeling outcomes.

Test your allergies at the Hippo Dx booth!

MAIN STEERING WHEELCHAIR CONTROL

CoMoveIT Smart is a high-tech head-foot steering system for powered wheelchairs for people with complex movement disorders.

CoMoveIT Smart steering system uses force sensor arrays, electronics and an embedded smart algorithm which allows the system to continuously adapt the wheelchair control to the user.

CoMoveIT Smart can be installed “plug-and-drive” on different types of powered wheelchairs.

The visitors will be able to see the product.

HEALTHY DRINKS

Dripl is a packaging-free beverage dispenser that provides everyone in the workplace with natural lemonade, a healthy and delicious alternative to water.

With this, the designers, Colin and Lucas, want to help reduce waste and eliminate unnecessary transportation. By mixing soft drinks in the vending machine itself with tap water and using reusable cups and bottles, Dripl's vending machines save an average of 180 kg of plastic bottles, 1500 kWh of electricity and 3600 liters of water less to transport every year.

DRIVING SIMULATOR

Formula Electric Belgium unites a group of motivated engineering students from different campuses of KU Leuven University and Thomas More University College in Belgium. The Formula project offers the team members a working environment in which they have to apply all their technical and soft skills.

Apart from enhancing these skills and bringing their education to a higher level, the practical goal of the project is to design, build and drive an electric Formula Student race car. In this process, they are joined by several partners who help realize the building of the car.

At the event, you will be able to feel the excitement of driving the Formula Electric Car in a real driving simulator!

AIRCRAFT—CLEANING ROBOT

Cleaning aircrafts without spilling too much water on the tarmac is an everyday requirement at a modern environmentally conscious airport. As simple as it sounds; this is top technology from soap over wash head to telescopic wash arm. This is where the Washbot comes in.

BP Precision Airline Services has become the reference for interior and exterior cleaning at all Belgian airports. Especially exterior cleaning is very labor-intensive and needs to be done in a much more ecological way. Washing an airplane is like washing a car, but much larger and much more sensitive. The (partial) automation of these cleaning activities is a huge step forward.

3D PRINTED MODULES

Materialise is a well-known brand in the world of 3D printing. The Leuven-based company marks itself out with its continuous innovation, both alone and in collaboration with partners.

Materialise was one of the pioneers of 3D printing and has been expanding their know-how continuously.

Prototypes, including printed material for racing cars and satellites… parts for airplanes or drones… mass-customised products which are often medical products, such as hearing aids, insoles or glasses… you name it, Materialise can make it.

At the event, you’ll see some impressive 3D printed models of all kinds.

MARBLE RUN

Simcenter: Simcenter 3D, Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Simcenter is a flexible, open and scalable portfolio of best-in-class simulation and testing applications that support you every step of your digital journey. Simcenter works with the Siemens NX environment, which ensures that you can achieve unprecedented speed & flexibility in preparing your models for computation. It also has integrations with other CAD environments.

Simcenter can help you with challenges in the areas of:

- strength/stiffness, motion, dynamics, noise, magnetism, fatigue,...

- flow (gas/liquid/particles) , thermal, chemical reactions,...

TELRAAM S2

Telraam S2 is the ideal solution for gathering detailed information on traffic on any street, whether for individuals and campaigners, or local authorities and mobility professionals in smart cities.

The device counts, categorises, and reports all activity on the street: cars, bikes, pedestrians, buses, trucks, and more. You can get an accurate picture of who uses the street, discover patterns and anomalies, and start to have meaningful data-driven conversations about local traffic and mobility plans.

At the event, you can see and hold the new device. Someone from the company will be present to explain & give more information.

NEEDLE 300W

This medium powered laser cleaning machine is built for industrial use where mobility and heavy duty by design is essential. With this unique approach, the laser unit stores the handheld lasergun and the connecting fiber. The lasergun is well protected during transport, yet still easy to access when needed. The trolley handle functions not only as a firm grip, it also protects the advanced touch-screen when the device is loaded in the van to its next job.

Large wheels assure a smooth movement trough industrial terrain.

The handset features a rotatable laser head, good weight distribution and a handle that can be rotated 360 degrees for both left and right-handed users. An integrated lens switcher plus a dozen of other features provide extreme user friendliness, even for the most challenging use cases out there.

METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Metal additive manufacturing was co-invented at the KU Leuven during the early nineties. 30 years later the technology is not widely seen in the industry.

The reason is simple: the developed laser-powder bed fusion technology is slow, expensive, and hardly industrialisable. ValCUN has developed a new technology based on liquid metal extrusion. This innovative technology is faster, more economical, and, above all, industrializeable.

The initial material focus of ValCUN is aluminum. Applications are widespread in the metal production industry. Neat net shapes and heat exchangers are two focal points. Aluminum has high thermal conductivity and is an ideal material for heat exchangers. Combining these material properties with the complex geometry that ValCUN can manufacture leads to high-performant heat exchangers. These can be used in electric vehicles, ICT infrastructure or any other hot sector.