With total funding of around €4.8 million, the project aims to revolutionise manufacturing through climate-neutral and digitised laser-based surface functionalisation of complex components. A consortium of 13 member institutions from six European countries, including Spain, France, the UK, Austria, Ireland and Germany, as well as the UK, are working on the six project objectives in an interdisciplinary exchange.

CT INGENIEROS AERONAUTICOS DE AUTOMOCION E INDUSTRIALES SL, Spain

1. Why are you involved in the CLASCO project?

The use cases that CTI provides, the pivot bracket and crank (for the A350) require superhydrophobic and corrosion-resistant properties and, as of yet, there are no commercially available parts that have been fully treated with laser technologies to achieve the mentioned properties, therefore, thanks to CLASCO, it is expected to be able to incorporate the new development of the products in its portfolio, first by contracting technology based on laser service and then by combining the technology.

2. What do you expect from the CLASCO project? 

Thanks to the technology developed at CLASCO, it is expected to obtain a weight reduction of our selected applications in the range between 10 and 50% compared to the State of the Art (SoA).

3. What experience and/or expertise do you bring? 

We are participating in a previous project related to CLASCO, called AMELIUS, Additive Manufacturing of functional and Effective Light Use-cases; the nature of this project is to improve the performance of additive manufactured optimised aerospace parts, having an impact on their efficiency through lightweight design, better surface quality and therefore mechanical performance, together with the possibility of ad hoc functionalisation. 

Thank you at CT INGENIEROS AERONAUTICOS DE AUTOMOCION E INDUSTRIALES SL for the information.