National / Regional Projects
We drive innovation through our participation in research projects in different national and regional programmes, as a basis for the continuous development of our technological lines and our offer to industry.
INDatIA impulsa el uso de datos e inteligencia artificial en la industria, desarrollando soluciones para optimizar procesos productivos mediante la hibridación en tiempo real del mundo físico y virtual. El proyecto busca mejorar la eficiencia, sostenibilidad y competitividad industrial a través de nuevas técnicas de captación y análisis de datos, apoyando la transición hacia la fábrica inteligente del futuro.
Development of new decision-making tools and remanufacturing technologies to extend the service life of wind energy components. The project combines expertise in materials, laser processes, and advanced inspection to develop and validate repair, enhancement, and certification solutions for critical components, reducing costs, minimizing technical risks, and facilitating industrial implementation.
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 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.
TECMADIVA focuses on research and design of innovative solutions for metal AM by directed energy deposition (DED). It prioritises new alloys, multi-material processes, advanced robotics and digitalisation. With 6 activities, it is oriented to sectors such as Steel, Oil & Gas, and Moulds and plastic injection. It includes alloy design, multi-material manufacturing, DED systems with AI, digitalisation, and demonstrations in different end scenarios. Based on a consortium made up of five companies and research centres, TECMADIVA is a multidisciplinary project for the entire process chain.
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.
El proyecto FUTURAMA busca aumentar la fiabilidad y autonomía de las máquinas de fabricación aditiva metálica por deposición de energía directa (DED), reduciendo la necesidad de supervisión constante. Para ello, desarrollará sensores avanzados, modelos de autoaprendizaje y herramientas de simulación que controlen variables críticas como la temperatura y geometría. Aplicado a sectores como el aeronáutico, petroquímico y ferroviario, el proyecto producirá componentes de gran tamaño sin desperdicio, apoyando la sostenibilidad y digitalización industrial de Euskadi y Europa.
Renault España lidera este innovador proyecto para la creación de un ecosistema industrial centrado en la fabricación de vehículos eléctricos y conectados aglutinando 31 iniciativas entorno a la descarbonización, la conectividad y la movilidad como servicio.
LASTER impulsa la competitividad industrial del País Vasco mediante tecnologías láser y digitalización. Desarrolla procesos avanzados como EHLA, corte y soldadura láser, y recuperación de componentes, integrando sistemas de control y monitorización para mejorar la estabilidad y eficiencia. Con cinco áreas de trabajo, desde la definición de especificaciones hasta la evaluación de soluciones, LASTER fomenta la fabricación de alto valor añadido, alineándose con los objetivos de sostenibilidad y digitalización.
Creation of a network of excellence in AM, integrating the capabilities of four centres of the consortium. It covers the value chain of metal additive manufacturing: design, production, processing, post-processing and advanced testing. It addresses a wide range of metals with SLM, LMD, EBM and WAAM technologies. It studies the integration of Femtosecond lasers. The project excels at training and talent attraction/ the programme's forte is training and talent attraction. AIDIMME, CEIT, FADA-CATEC and LORTEK are designated "Cervera Centre of Excellence" in Additive Manufacturing and receive support from CDTI.