- Start: 01/07/2015
- End: 31/12/2017
The main objective of the FADO project is to develop a robotized system for laser additive manufacturing to repair and manufacture large components in the aeronautic sector. This system will involve a laser-hybrid cladding head which combines wire and powder feeding systems. This device will guarantee the flexibility, productivity and robustness needed for feeding both filler materials into an independent way attending to precision requirements of the component. This solution will be validated at industrial scale for aeronautic applications, applying the developed technology into an aluminium prototype. Final goal is to improve the Buy to Fly ratio in more than 30%.
In addition, the developed system will provide significant material savings maximizing the filler wire addition versus powder addition. Filler wire addition is an environmental friendly technology which also reduces the production costs. Additional benefits are:
• Reduction of amount of waste compared to conventional subtractive processing.
• Improvement of productivity, achieving higher deposition rates regarding to powder deposition technologies, improving also the process speed.
Within the framework of this initiative, the Technology Center AIMEN will collaborate with the design of the online control system and will carry out the optimization of the additive manufacturing process as well as its validation at industrial scale.
- Sectors: Aeronautical
- R&D&i: Additive manufacturing
- Contributors: UDC
- Leader: CT Ingenieros
- Partners: Syspro Engineering, Hydracorte, Airgrup, Unimate Robótica
- Acronym: FADO
- Ambit: National
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