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Marie-Louise Bergholt
Director Application Center for Additive Manufacturing
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Additive Manufacturing using Metal Pilot Line (MANUELA)
MANUELA was a Horizon 2020 project aiming to develop and deploy an open access pilot line for metal additive manufacturing, covering the entire value chain.
Metal additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, enables fabrication of advanced prototypes and functional components with increased design flexibility and reduced lead times. In order for the technology to reach its full potential, the entire value chain in metal AM has to be taken into account, from design to post-processing and quality assured product. Today, pre- and post-processing typically represents over 50% of the total cost and lead time in metal AM.
MANUELA aimed to deploy an open-access pilot line facility, covering the whole production sequence, to show full potential of metal AM for industrial AM production. The project relied on two major AM technologies:
- LPBF: Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- EBM Electron Beam Melting
MANUELA was connected to a consortium composed of industrial end user’s, suppliers, (material/powder, AM hardware, quality monitoring system, software, automation and post-AM treatment) as well as top research institutes in powder bed metal-AM, covering full range of AM technology chain for pilot line deployment. The deployed pilot line was validated for use cases, covering a wide span of applications including automotive, aerospace, energy and medical.
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Pilot Line Production Services – developed by the MANUELA project
Summary
Project name
MANUELA
Status
Active
Region
Västra Götaland Region
RISE role in project
Work package leader and responsible for development of automated solutions for post AM operations.
Project start
Duration
4,5 years
Total budget
15,5 M€
Partner
Chalmers University of Technology, CSEM, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, RISE IVF, Cardiff University, Politecnico di Torino, Höganäs AB, Electro Optical Systems Finland Oy, ABB AB, OSAI Automation System , METAS, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, QIOPTIQ, O.E.B. SRL, RUAG Slip Rings SA, AMIRES SRO, Stiftelsen Chalmers Industriteknik, ENEL PRODUZIONE SPA, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING S.R.O
Funders
Horizon 2020, H2020-NMBP-FOF-2018
Project website
Coordinators
Supports the UN sustainability goals
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
