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Customized photonic devices for defectless laser based manufacturing

Objective

Different beam shaping technologies, appeared in recent years enable to tailor energy delivery using a tailored spatial and temporal power distribution in laser beam. This makes possible to solve relevant metallurgical problems, such as hot cracking in Laser Beam Welding (LBW) and Selective Laser Melting (SLM). However, the desired thermal history (temperature range and cooling rates) is specific for each material. In other words, it is material- and process-specific so the exact beam shape must be customized to the specific alloy and process in question. This is not exclusive to LBW and SLM, but also to other laser-based manufacturing scenarios where a certain thermal history is needed for precise microstructure tailoring. CUSTODIAN aims to develop a methodology of application-driven laser beam tailoring of the material microstructure and deploy this beam to solve hotcracking in LBW and SLM. CUSTODIAN will rely on beams with specific shape and spatial energy distribution, designed upon the metallurgical studies and multiphysics simulation for each combination of process and material. To accomplish the deployment of customized beam shapes in relevant industrial environment, the consortium will perform a twofold photonic development: (1) a compact, robust and dynamic beam shaping technology (Multi Plane Light Conversion, MPLC) and (2) a closed loop inline control system based on uncooled SWIR/MWIR sensors and an FPGA architecture to ensure the quality and dynamicity of the beam shape requirements. The application scenarios of CUSTODIAN are: LBW of austenitic steel for exhaust systems in automotive and SLM of nickel superalloys in energy and aeronautical sectors. The developed methodology for application-driven beam shape design will be protocolized to facilitate its future extension to other laser-based processes with (e.g. laser metal deposition) or without material addition (laser tempering, laser softening, etc.) as well as to other shaping technologies.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Topic(s)

ICT-04-2018 - Photonics based manufacturing, access to photonics, datacom photonics and connected lighting

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2018-2

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action
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ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE

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Calle Relva Torneiros 27a
36410 Porrino

Spain

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EU Contribution

€ 797 325

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Participants (9)

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POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 474 750

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 550 000

CAILABS

France

EU Contribution

€ 990 000

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO METALMECANICO, MUEBLE, MADERA, EMBALAJE Y AFINES-AIDIMME

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 644 687,50

PRECITEC GMBH & CO KG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 323 750

NEW INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES SL

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 308 375

MAGNETI MARELLI S.P.A.

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 220 937,50

GFM SPA

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 253 451,25

SOUTHERN EUROPEAN CLUSTER IN PHOTONICS & OPTICS ASSOCIACION

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 205 125

Project information

Grant agreement ID: 825103

Status

Ongoing project

  • Start date

    1 December 2018

  • End date

    30 November 2021

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.1.

  • Overall budget:

    € 4 768 401,25

  • EU contribution

    € 4 768 401,25

Coordinated by:

ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE

Spain

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Last update: 10 December 2018

Record number: 219087