AMALTEA’s main objective is to streamline the use of robotics, AI and data in the construction sector to reduce the energy use, resources and waste, increase safety, and improve processes’ reliability and product quality to adapt to the new demands from end users and Green Deal objectives. For that, the curtain-wall façade value chain will be reshaped by digitalizing the design, manufacturing, installation and disassembly/recycling phases.

The project addresses the need to implement high-speed FSW (Friction Stir Welding) in the automotive sector, especially in the context of electric mobility (e-mobility). The growing demand for electric vehicles requires more efficient and faster manufacturing processes without compromising quality. FSW welding presents an advanced solution for joining lightweight materials like aluminum, which is crucial for reducing weight and improving the energy efficiency of vehicles.

Development of additive manufacturing for high performance materials, replacing nickel alloys in aeronautics. Objectives include obtaining dense parts by PBF-LB, applying specific heat treatments, adapting design with DfAM concepts, ensuring quality with monitoring, and validating parts with inspections. Additive Manufacturing solves problems associated with microfusion, simplifying processes and reducing rejects caused by deformation.

COROB proposes a smart multi-robotic system for flexible manufacturing, catering to high-mix low-volume needs in Industry 5.0. Human-centered, it integrates robotics, inspection, monitoring, control, and AI from consortium and 15 third parties. Validated in pilots for automotive (multi-robot arc welding) and toolmaking (multi-robot WAAM), it enhances resilience, resource efficiency, circular economy, cost savings, and digital supply chain, boosting European industrial competitiveness.

The AIRISE project empowers European SMEs in adopting edge-based AI for manufacturing, targeting waste and carbon reduction. The consortium establishes an ecosystem connecting SMEs with AI experts, Digital Innovation Hubs, and commercial entities. Open Calls facilitate access to AI competence for over 500 SMEs, supporting pilot applications. Security and connectivity are bolstered by external resources in cybersecurity and IoT, while smart working environments benefit from operator interfaces and collaborative robots.

HIPERION promotes research in space technology and science to strengthen the sector weight in the Basque autonomous community. Based on high reliability and low weight standards, space research is taking the lead with applications in industry, energy, health and climate change. Solving engineering challenges while developing space technologies is promoting European competitiveness. This project tackles advanced manufacturing, materials, composites, coatings, control systems, avionics and optical path technologies.

The project addresses the need to lighten structures through the welding of aluminum and steel components. The solution involves designing and manufacturing structures using bimetallic materials with explosion welding, arc welding, and Friction Stir Welding (FSW). LORTEK contributes by developing the FSW process, including tools and specific parameters, in collaboration with CAF R&D.

The project develops galvanized shoring props for formwork through arc welding on galvanized steel, without removing the existing coating. The objective is to ensure mechanical strength and corrosion protection, facilitating integration into efficient production lines. Lortek contributes its expertise in advanced welding, defining and validating process parameters and ensuring the quality of the joints for automated industrial application.

Project that develops and validates an ecosystem of new digital technologies for the main processes of national shipyards in order to achieve their technological leap towards digitalization according to Industry 4.0 guidelines, positioning the national sector as a technological benchmark in the international context.

The MADISON project, a continuation of CEFAM 2020-2022, aims to enhance participation in the additive manufacturing (AM) value chain. It addresses challenges in AM technologies applied to metals, promotes excellence in training, and attracts talent. It develops strategies for dynamization, transfer, and industrial protection to enhance results. Technically, it fabricates and simulates five materials (Ti64, Cu, Al, steels, and Ni alloys), improves AM technologies and material processability, designs non-destructive inspection methods, and analyzes the sustainability of the processes.