These days, the European project CLASCO has made significant contributions to Additive 2026 in Kassel, organized by the German Society for Materials Science (DGM), and presented its results to science and industry of the additive manufacturing community. With today marking the final day of the conference, the project looks back on a visible presence in the scientific program, the exhibition area, and networking activities.
CLASCO’s contribution at the conference focused on a central challenge in metal additive manufacturing: improving as-built components through laser-based post-processing. The project presented approaches that combine laser polishing, functional surface texturing, process monitoring, and addaptive control in order to enhance surface quality and extend the functional potential of AM components.
The contributions covered several aspects of this work. Andrés Lasagni (TU Dresden) introduced CLASCO and its booth in a 3-minute presentation. Marcelo Sallese (TU Dresden) presented research on sensor-based monitoring during DLIP processing of AM Ti-6Al-4V surfaces. Ignacio Tabares (TU Dresden) contributed both a poster on wettability tailoring of Ti64 and Scalmalloy through laser polishing and DLIP and a lecture on sustainable post-processing of LPBF Scalmalloy®, from smoothing to microstructuring. Ugo Andral (sylas) introduced CLASCO’s intelligent dual-laser machine concept for polishing and patterning. Aidan Cloonan (DePuy Synthes) shared application-oriented perspectives on functional laser textures for Ti6Al4V medical devices.
In addition to the technical program, CLASCO also hosted a Women’s Lunch with Khadija Sarquah (ABCircular). The format enabled open exchange and brought together different lessons learned perspectives in an accessible setting.