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Robert Vinçotte (Borgerhout, 1844-Schaerbeek, 1904) was a Belgian engineer who laid the basis for industrial workplace safety in his native country.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Antwerp, Belgium, Boiler, Borgerhout, Catholic Church, Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), Düsseldorf, Destructive testing, Engineer, Ghent, Great Britain, Inspection, Italy, Liège, National Railway Company of Belgium, Nondestructive testing, Occupational safety and health, Order of Leopold II, Paris, Philanthropy, Product certification, Reliability engineering, Schaerbeek, Steam engine, Thomas Vinçotte, United States, Vinçotte, World's fair.

  2. 19th-century Belgian engineers
  3. Belgian mining engineers
  4. Engineers from Antwerp
  5. Knights of the Order of Leopold II

Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

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Borgerhout

Borgerhout is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)

The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain (Université catholique de Louvain, Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.

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Destructive testing

In destructive testing (or destructive physical analysis, DPA) tests are carried out to the specimen's failure, in order to understand a specimen's performance or material behavior under different loads.

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Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Inspection

An inspection is, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation exercise.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Liège

Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.

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National Railway Company of Belgium

The National Railway Company of Belgium (Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, NMBS; Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, SNCB; Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen) is the national railway company of Belgium.

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Nondestructive testing

Nondestructive testing (NDT) is any of a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and technology industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage.

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Occupational safety and health

Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work (i.e., while performing duties required by one's occupation).

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Order of Leopold II

The Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Leopold II.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Product certification

Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance tests and quality assurance tests, and meets qualification criteria stipulated in contracts, regulations, or specifications (sometimes called "certification schemes" in the product certification industry).

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Reliability engineering

Reliability engineering is a sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes the ability of equipment to function without failure.

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Schaerbeek

italic (also archaic Dutch) or italic is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Thomas Vinçotte

Baron Thomas Jules Vinçotte (1850–1925) was a Belgian sculptor and medallist.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vinçotte

Vinçotte is a Belgian accredited inspection and certification organisation, that controlled 75% of the Belgian safety, reliability market in 2004.

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World's fair

A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations.

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See also

19th-century Belgian engineers

Belgian mining engineers

Engineers from Antwerp

Knights of the Order of Leopold II

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vinçotte

Also known as Vinçotte, Robert.