First official COMBILASER project press release

The goal of the COMBILASER project is to develop advanced state-of-the-art laser welding and laser metal cladding techniques that could be ready for industrial use in different branches of European industry. In this regard testing procedures of the newly-developed technology will be made on three different industrial use-cases, each with its own specific conditions.

On 20th and 21st January 2015, Spodnja Idrija and Tolmin in Slovenia hosted the first meeting of the
European COMBILASER consortium.

The European COMBILASER research consortium has been chosen by the European Commission for
funding under the new European research framework – Horizon2020.

The consortium brings together 12 partners from 7 countries. The partners are: HIDRIA AET (SLO),
IK4 - LORTEK (ESP), LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER (GER), RECENDT (AUT), UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
(UK), LASERLINE (GER), ORKLI (ESP), TELLERES MECHANICOS COMAS (ESP), MONDRAGON
ASSEMBLY (FR), 4D GMBH (GER), CAVITAR (FIN), SiEVA (SLO).

The goal of the COMBILASER project is to develop advanced state-of-the-art laser welding and
laser metal cladding techniques that could be ready for industrial use in different branches of
European industry. The project covers three industrial use-cases, covers a wide array of European industries and brings together participants from industry, SMEs, universities and research centres.

The COMBILASER project aims to contribute to development of state-of-the-art technologies that
will in the next years become integrated in the European industry, helping it to increase its global
competitiveness and in doing so contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Europe.

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Laser-based manufacturing and materials processing
• Instrumentation
• measurement
• and metrology

Länder

Austria, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Slovenia, United Kingdom