Objective The project strategic aim is the competitiveness recovery of the European shipbuilding, making possible the industrial use of the laser welding of ship structures. Important benefits (6-8 % of the hull fabrication costs) are expected, with positive impact to employment. Technical achievements aim at overcoming some of the barriers that exist for the laser welding in shipbuilding. These are the high plant costs, and their typical inflexibility because of the mirror beam transmission. YAG laser based systems with fibre optical cable transmission can solve the problem. Low cost, versatile, safe laser welding is the project target. Improved knowledge of the YAG welding of medium/high thickness plates is expected, with the solution of the problem of safe use of YAG laser in the ships and the realisation of a welding head with new, compact configuration of the process control system and the welding plant prototype. The project is included in an ex-ante cluster on joining in shipbuilding. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vesselsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-3. - Key Action Land Transport and Marine Technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator FINCANTIERI - CANTIERI NAVALI ITALIANI SPA EU contribution No data Address Via Genova 1 34121 TRIESTE Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BISIACH E CARRU SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Corso Piemonte, 36 10078 VENARIA See on map Total cost No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address Strada Torino 50 10043 ORBASSANO See on map Total cost No data FORCE INSTITUTE Denmark EU contribution No data Address 345,Park Allé 345 2605 BRONDBY See on map Total cost No data HAAS-LASER GMBH & CO. KG Germany EU contribution No data Address 39,Aichhalderstrasse 39 78713 SCHRAMBERG See on map Total cost No data LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPPING United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Wellesley Road 29 CR0 2AJ Croydon - Surrey See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address 5,Heroon Polytechniou Avenue 9 15773 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data ODENSE STEELSHIPYARD LTD Denmark EU contribution No data Address 5100 ODENSE See on map Total cost No data OMCB APS Denmark EU contribution No data Address Heravej 1 9210 AALBORG See on map Total cost No data RINA SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Corsica, 12 16128 GENOVA See on map Total cost No data Welding Institute United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Abington Hall Abington CB1 6AL Cambridge See on map Total cost No data
