Project description
Advanced solution for a better metallic AM process
Additive manufacturing (AM) allows the processing of different materials to make articles from 3D and it is used in a wide range of applications. Croom Precision Medical (CPM) uses the method to manufacture precision components and medical tools for healthcare and aerospace companies. However, metallic AM processes require advanced methods to isolate foreign particles as well as in cleaning and recycling to meet the strict regulations that condition aerospace and healthcare sectors. The EU-funded ADDI-OPTIMISE project will develop a superior AM processing technique that lowers costs and increases competitiveness. This innovative solution offers system validation, reduction of waste, better quality and less processing time.
Objective
Croom Precision Medical (CPM) is an SME with over 35 years’ experience in partnering with global healthcare and aerospace companies as an outsourced manufacturing service of high precision components and medical devices. The overall goal of this ADDI-OPTIMISE project is to achieve a significant step change in the quality and yield of regulated components produced by metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) and as a result to deliver enhanced cost competitiveness. CPM wants to capitalise on our existing practical know-how to develop new services for application in its own business but also as a service to other European AM businesses. When evaluating the metallic AM process in a regulated medical, aerospace or automotive production settings, there is significant process flow challenges in place which requests high value metallic volatile material enter multiple environments for sieving, cleaning and recycling. This introduces multiple opportunities for hazard and material contamination from foreign particles. The competitive advantage for this project and its innovation will be realised by the ability to translate advanced technology, in-situ process monitoring information, post-processing and validation into superior product performance, reduced process waste and improved lead times against current AM processes. The output of the project will provide a robust platform that will allow us to develop multiple product lines and services to meet the needs of a rapidly developing sector. We have a vision of accelerating the uptake of additive manufacturing and disruptive technologies from the SME right through to the multinational in a bid to meet market demands in the highly regulated aerospace and medical fields. Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing in metals is disrupting these global market segments at an accelerating pace where new approaches and engineering challenges are presented for part quality, system validation and process control.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs
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(opens in new window) H2020-INNOSUP-2018-2020
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Ireland
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