CEFAM - Strategic programme for training excellence on Metal Additive Manufacturing

Creating a network of excellence in Additive Manufacturing that integrates complementary capabilities of the four centres that make up the consortium and covers the entire value chain of metal additive manufacturing. From the design of new starting materials and their production in form of powder or wire, the additive manufacturing process itself or post-processing stages, to advanced testing technologies verifying on demonstrators in relevant environments that the developments obtained meet the necessary requirements for their implementation on an industrial scale.
The project addresses Additive Manufacturing of a broad portfolio of metals, such as: high-strength aluminium alloys, pure copper, precipitation-hardened copper alloys, hard and soft magnetic materials, INVAR, Ni-based alloys (such as INCONEL 718, INCONEL 738 and CM 247 LC), Ti alloys, high value-added stainless steels, tool steels and amorphous Fe-based alloys for wear and corrosion resistant coatings. The materials developed will be processed using selective laser melting (SLM), laser metal deposition (LMD), electron beam melting (EBM) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technologies; and the integration of Femtosecond lasers in additive manufacturing equipment will be studied.
The project also targets other key aspects to achieve excellence, such as training and attracting talent.
Upon project completion, technology centres AIDIMME, CEIT, FADA-CATEC and LORTEK have been awarded as "Cervera Centre of Excellence" related to Additive Manufacturing and have received a grant for the "STRATEGIC PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING OF EXCELLENCE IN METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (CEFAM)" (No.: CER-20191005) awarded by the Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (for its Spanish acronym, CDTI) of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.