Innovation, Industrial solutions and a Vision for the future are the wachtwords of the +290 employees of the Centre for Research in Metallurgy spread over 11 sites. Since 1948, CRM Group has been supporting its customers from the creation of ideas to the implementation of innovative solutions by responding to their industrial challenges, whether economic, societal or environmental.

The Provincial High School Condorcet offers about fifty courses (bachelor's and masters).

Condorcet High School train graduates in Aerotechnics.

Applied research and community services are important activities in the high school. These businesses, in close contact with professional circles, contribute to the scientific quality of the teaching provided and the influence of the high school in society.

Hydrogen

In this pioneering industry, we have already manufactured electrolysers and storage solutions for nearly 1,000 customers in different industries. Today, John Cockerill Hydrogen offers the most powerful electrolysers on the market, capable of producing up to 1000Nm³ per hour (equivalent to 5 megawatts (MW).

Energy

Our teams develop specific solutions to encourage access to green energy, reduce CO2 and NOx emissions, recover energy, transform waste, and help you produce more sustainably.

Defense

Core Areas of Expertise:

The main objectives of the E-COM project are:

• to investigate different composite materials taking into account specific engine environments,
• to be able to select the best compromise for a specific part integrated in the architecture of tomorrow’s engines.

The selection of a material for its application to an engine component requires tests that are sufficiently representative of the forces undergone by the parts within the engine. This is a prerequisite to ensure the integration of technology in engine development.

The urge of the aviation industry for a quick conversion to composite material requires innovative solutions.

In this context, the EASIPM project aims to accelerate the development of the manufacturing process of the composite and provide better control of its production, by direct measurement of parameters observed locally within the material during its production: local temperature, local pressure, and local constraints.

VIRTUALCOMP project is in line with the APC project (Skywin) with a particular emphasis on the establishment of a stand alone numerical simulation platform used in all composite applications for aeronautic sector. 
 
In particular, the software platform developed will be applicable to the modeling and design of advanced composite structures obtained by foldes spreading techniques on complex geometries but also the latest technology for automated fiber placement developed for the aerospace industry.

The project aims to develop the ability to design and manufacture using computer aided engineering (CAE), and to assembly and test Low Pressure Compressor (LPC) in a    one-piece configuration called Blisk.  
 

ECOTAC project aims to gain knowledge of AFP (Automated Fiber Placement) & SQRTM/RTM technologies by making   demonstrators for each intended application. The project explores three new technological areas, which have not, or very little,  been explored: 

The project aims to develop new production’s methods and new knowledge, new services and products in the composite molds field. The research phase will be concluded with a demonstration phase. 

The first major objective is to develop innovative processes for producing composite parts dedicated to the aerospace market with the following targets :