LIMES cluster

Laser-based Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence and Sustainability Cluster

METAMORPHA has established a cluster of related EU projects working on sustainable laser-based manufacturing. Joint workshops and events are planned in the coming years, so please check this site for updates. The partner projects are outlined in brief below, and more information is available from the individual websites.

BILASURF

BILASURF aims at developing and integrating a process for high-rate laser functionalization of complex
3D surfaces using tailored designed riblets to reduce friction with the help of inline monitoring capabilities.

InShape

Green Additive Manufacturing through Innovative Beam Shaping and Process Monitoring (InShaPe) will develop a novel first-time-right powder bed fusion process of metals using laser beam.


METAMORPHA

The METAMORPHA concept is a single agile ultrashort pulse laser micromachining platform to replace many conventional manufacturing process chains. METAMORPHA is all-electric, all-digital, produces no waste chemicals and enables novel processes for product rework and repair.


OPeraTIC

OPeraTIC seeks to boost the industrial adoption of high power ultra-short pulsed lasers, through the development of a state-of-the-art modular manufacturing platform. The open, interoperable, and expandable platform architecture will tackle the current barriers impeding industrial uptake of large 3D parts micro-structuring.


OPTIMAL

OPTIMAL will integrate different laser lithography technologies, quality monitoring systems and processes in a single platform to improve the manufacturing of original “masters” needed for replication processes in many industries, including optical, industrial and medical device manufacture.

PULSATE

PULSATE is a European Network designed to boost and empower the adoption of laser-based manufacturing among the European Industry.