PULSATE's 2nd Open Call for Adopters: Meet the beneficiaries

meet the beneficiaries

LASER WELDING IN VACUUM

The MTC has developed a revolutionary welding process in a vacuum chamber using an IPG’s D50 wobble laser head. The new process can produce defect free welds, with a 50% increase in weld penetration depth. This has resulted in a significant reduction in we

Laser welding for titanium fairings

The MTC works with Rolls-Royce to develop a laser welding process for titanium fairings, resulting in an automated, consistent process that eliminates reliance on tacit knowledge.

AM of front bearing housing aerofoils for test bed engines

The MTC works with Rolls-Royce on the additive manufacture of a flight test front bearing housing, resulting in 30% improvement in lead time for first part to stores for the engine development programme.

Additive manufacturing of structures for the mars mission

The MTC provides additive manufacturing expertise to help space R&D company Magna Parva develop a crushable thermal protection system for the mars return capsule

Next generation additively manufactured aircraft seat structure

The MTC, in partnership with Assystem has demonstrated the capability of using Additive Manufacturing (AM) to enable 30% weight savings for aircraft seat structures.

How is the additive manufacturing process?

The additive manufacturing process aims to transform the part’s functional requirements into an optimal 3D representation that can be used for production.

Design for AM optimisation for automotive industry

The MTC worked with GRM and K-Tech on a project to investigate the weight-saving of an additive manufactured motorbike part.

In-situ cladding analysis

The MTC has recently completed an investigation into the development of an advanced in-situ cladding scanning method and a rapid removal and replacement process, which has the potential to increase construction quality level, add value and save time

Development of AM powder specifications

Additive manufacturing of motosport upright brackets

The MTC in partnership with Oxford Brookes formula one students, has used Additive Manufacturing (AM) to produce titanium uprights giving a 50% weight saving. The motorsport car was awarded: Top UK team overall and 2nd overall.

Design for AM: Additive manufactured electric motor

Investigating the state of the art to determine current constraints and development opportunities of additive manufacturing for electric motor components

Investigating the feasibility of laser cleaning of battery cells

Laser cleaning of battery cells to improve efficiency, reliability and productivity

Design for rapid subtractive manufacturing of AM components

Establishing a best practice toolset for the design of additive manufactured components for higher volume manufacturing

Enhancing the performance of batteries in harsh environments

Utilising laser surface micro-texturing to address the issue of the performance and durability for lithium-ion batteries in harsh environment applications

Lasers, more than a tool

From the very large to the nanoscale, laser is already an integral part of the manufacturing toolbox, but still has huge transformative potential on product design, digitization, workshop operations and value chains.

Building a Digital Agora specialized in LBAAM for manufacturers

The Digital Agora is a B2B cloud-based platform that seeks for streamlining the access to and adoption of LBAAM technologies and solutions.

PULSATE: 1st Technology Transfer Experiments open call results

PULSATE’s 1st Technology Transfer Experiments demonstrate an effective adoption of laser solutions by manufacturing SMEs