Innovative components manufacturing technolo gy through powder technology

Purpose and goal

The aim has been to demonstrate new ways of realising products by powder technology. Technologies addressed include additive manufacturing, hot isostatic pressing, sintering and final precision machining. The target applications are products for gas turbines, engines and tools. New manufacturing concepts have here been developed and evaluated, first through laboratory studies and then through fabrication and assessment of demonstrators. The assessment shows that there is potential to create new products with unique geometry, more cost efficient and with good properties.

Expected results and effects

The project has been focused on developing demonstrators and evaluate these. The demonstrators have been defined by end users and the assessment has shown that properties in many cases are good enough for further development of the manufacturing concepts in different kinds of context. The established project constellation is here expected to be important for co-creation. The project has also resulted in a number of new co-operations, international positioning and new projects in different subareas.

Planned approach and implementation

The project has been organised in work packages, where each has involved actors within a value chain or a common goal. On top of this has been overall project structure. The set-up has strengthen co-operation between companies and between university, institutes and universities. The project has allowed a gradual change refocusing within the framework of the two development stages. First, R&D questions were addressed involving materials characteristics, process development and laboratory experiments. Second, focus was on the demonstrators showing future potential.