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Hub of Application Laboratories for Equipment
Assessment in Laser Based Manufacturing
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European
Commission
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Coordinator:
Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras
Center for Physical Science and Technology
Savanoriu Ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Gediminas Račiukaitis,
APPOLO coordinator
Gvidas Astromskas,
APPOLO HUB manager
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APPOLO concept
focuses on emerging innovative laser technologies and processes, which need
to be customised, tested and validated :
Customized – service of application labs for trials;
Tested – experiments at variable conditions;
Validated – reliability and process quality assessment in the close-to-manufacturing
environment.
exploits the unique combination of distributed knowledge in
academic application labs,
equipment producers,
system integrators and
end-users
to enable the development of innovative processes, products and machineries for
industrial laser material processing applications.
have established and coordinate the Hub of laser application laboratories to
provide the high-quality integrated services.
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APPOLO: idea and implementation
Equipment
assessment
Assessment
procedures
Integration for
process validation
Validation with or
at end-user
The equipment in
processing
Industrial Advisory
Board
Report on
equipment Final report
Report on
equipment
In process
Input form other
assessment chains
Hub of laser application laboratories
the 8+ equipment assessment value chains:
Core of the consortium - laser application laboratories:
around Europe;
connected to a virtual hub,
in order to
accumulate knowledge and infrastructure
promote the easy-to-access environment
develop and validate of laser-based technologies
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APPOLO: the consortium along the value chain
MATERIALS:
Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt
SUPPLIERS:
Ekspla UAB (SME)
Time Bandwidth Products AG (SME)
OneFive GmbH (SME)
Next Scan Technology BV (SME)
Amsys Ltd. (SME)
ELAS UAB (SME)
...
APPLICATION LABORATORIES:
Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V.
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Lightmotif BV (SME)
END-USERS:
Centro Ricerche Fiat SCPA
Daetwyler Graphics AG
Abengoa Solar New Technologies SA
Mondragon Assembly Sociedad Cooperativa (SME)
Sachsische Walzengravur GmbH
Bioage SRL (SME)
Flisom AG (SME)
…
IPR MANAGEMENT & EXPLOITATION
engage AG (SME)
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APPOLO HUB: assessment services
http://www.appolohub.eu/
Assessment of laser equipment
assess new lasers, scanners, beam guiding equipment and laser workstations
Laser processing verification
process your samples and products with CW, ns, ps and fs laser beams for optimal laser equipment
Laser micromachining Ownership Costs & Benefits
information about laser ownership's costs and alternatives for processing.
Services
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APPOLO consortium is looking for new assessment experiments with new equipment for laser-based
manufacturing in the technologies going to large markets with global end-users & integrators.
CALL FOR ASSESSMENT EXPERIMENTS IN LASER-BASED MANUFACTURING
1.2 MEur of the EC funding is available for new partners within the APPOLO Open call
The consortium expect to select approximate 6 proposals for new assessment experiments with a
budget limit of 200 000 Euro per proposal for the new partners.
Each proposal must include at least two new partners: equipment supplier (preferable SME) and end-
user for the laser technology, where the equipment of the supplier can be applied.
The proposal consortium must include at least one of the laser application laboratory from existing
APPOLO consortium (member of APPOLO HUB) to provide the equipment/technology assessment
service.
Additional partners – equipment suppliers and end-users - selected by Competitive call will require
assessment service from the existing consortium partners. Therefore, indicatively 20% of the budget in
addition will be distributed to the existing partners that will provide the service depending on the selected
proposals due to their expertise and infrastructure for performing the new assessment projects. Budget
for existing APPOLO partners can be up to 20% of that for the new partners (40 000 Euro per
experiment).
Evaluation of the proposals will be performed by independent experts.
The selected partners will assess the grant agreement with EC and APPOLO consortium agreement.
Purpose of the Call
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Topics
The aim: higher reliability, 24/7, high quality, by laser processing itself or by combining processing and process
diagnostics reverently in situ and in closed loop
APPOLO equipment under assessment:
1.342 µm wavelength, 10 W, 300 kHz, ps-laser / assessed by FTMC;
100 m/s polygon line scanner / assessed by FTMC and BUAS;
10 MHz fiber laser: 1064/512 nm wavelength, 25 ps, 100W / assessed by BUAS;
100 W, 1ps laser / assessed by BUAS.
5-axis ultra-short pulse laser workstation for texturing of 3D surfaces by LM.
Proposal activities can include equipment, that possess APPOLO HUB member (see: http://www.appolohub.eu/ )
By processes
Efficient laser texturing
o High precision & speed texturing;
o High-speed large-area surface texturing;
o Roll-to-roll texturing;
o Functional surface texturing.
Laser post-processing
o Moulds;
o Laser sintered parts;
o Polishing, texturing.
By materials
Composite materials;
Transparent materials;
Silicon wafers;
Polymers;
Etc.;
By application areas: laser processes for
Thin film & flexible electronics;
Security and defence;
Photovoltaics;
Bio-sensing.
By equipment to assess
Ultra-short pulse laser;
Novel wavelengths;
Temporal/spatial beam shaping;
Fast scanners;
Process sensing & monitoring
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No limitation for partners between countries within EU and related to FP7 programme
Proposal should include at least two new partners, which need service from the existing APPOLO HUB
(and consortium) partners:
equipment supplier, preferable SME;
end-user;
existing partner from APPOLO HUB application laboratories – located at NL, CH, LT, FI, DE, ES
New equipment to be assessed should be one for laser based manufacturing, including but not
limited to: lasers, positioning, beam shaping, guiding and scanning, on-line monitoring and
control;
The entity must be registered at EU and have its PIC number before the proposal submission.
The assessment experiments in the proposal should rely on existing expertise and infrastructure within
APPOLO consortium, to be able to perform assessment of the new equipment in close to industrial
conditions;
Evaluation by independent experts selected according to EC rules
Eligibility of proposals
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Soundness of concept, innovation and quality of the work plan
Quality of the consortium as a whole and of the individual proposers
Budget and justification of costs and resources (new and existing
partners)
Industrial relevance, potential impact and exploitation plans
Ethical Issues
Evaluation criteria - published online in the “Guide for applicants” pdf
Proposal content
10 pages only
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High precision & speed processing with ultra-short (sub-ns) pulse lasers
Call is open at: 12th January, 2015
Deadline: The call closes at 18th March 2015 at 17:00 (CET).
Expected duration of participation in the project: start not earlier than July 2015 and to finish not
later than 31st August 2017.
Total EC funding available for new partners is up to €1 200 000.
Call identifier: APPOLO Open Call
Language in which proposal should be submitted: English
Web address for further information (full call text/proposal guidelines): http://www.appolo-
fp7.eu/open-call.html
Proposal submission: [email protected]
Email address for further information: [email protected]
Timing
Deadline for proposal submission: 18th March, 2015, 17:00 CET
Evaluation: 2 weeks after deadline
Rating list: 3 weeks after deadline
Start of accession to GA and CA: approximate 17 weeks after call announcement.
Call details