METAMORPHA

Congratulations to METAMORPHA researcher Milena Zuric, (ILT) who gave a presentation at ICALEO last week on, "Real-Time Analysis of Inline Sensor Data During USP-Laser Machining". This major laser industry event was held in glamourous Hollywood (California, USA). The presentation covered some key aspects of the METAMORPHA approach and was well received with some detailed technical questions. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like more information. https://icaleo.org/ #METAMORPHA #MadeInEurope #HorizonEurope

Did you know that 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 (𝗨𝗦𝗣) 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 also works on 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗲? 👍 The capability of burst processing with current USP laser sources enables precise controlling and tailoring of heat accumulation. As a result, sublimation and melting processes can be carried out on the same machine and in a single clamping operation, simply by adapting the processing strategies. While this technology has been successfully employed on metals on numerous occasions, we are pleased to announce the first demonstration of laser USP structuring and polishing on a ceramic material, namely tungsten carbide. This result was achieved as part of the EU project METAMORPHA. Many thanks to CERATIZIT for participating in the project and providing the use case. 👉 More on micro and nano structuring: https://lnkd.in/dmKBYrC Martin Osbild, Dennis Haasler, Fraunhofer ILT are looking forward to your comments or questions! #ultrafast #micromachining #tooling #precision #tungstencarbide #laserpolishing #fraunhoferilt Prof. Dr. Arnold Gillner | Dr. Christian Vedder | Prof. Dr. Carlo Holly | Prof. Dr. Constantin Haefner | Jochen Stollenwerk

Gosh, METAMORPHA is already halfway through its four year span! This week, the consortium gathered at Philips (Drachten, The Netherlands) for the M24 plenary meeting. It was certainly a busy couple of days, with a fascinating tour of the factory where high quality shaving products are manufactured. Thanks again to our hosts, Philips, one of the three end users in the project, which aims to improve the sustainability of its processes through novel laser machining methods. #METAMORPHA #HorizonEurope #lasermachining

Last week, METAMORPHA partner FENTISS had a very productive time at the ESA Industry Space Days (ESTEC) in Noordwijk (The Netherlands). It was a good opportunity to discuss some of the project work with a different set of potential end users. https://isd.esa.int/

Congratulations to METAMORPHA researcher Milena Žurić for the publication of her recent ICALEO paper, "Real-time analysis of inline sensor data during USP-laser machining" with Goomaral Sukhbold. This is now available from the Journal of Laser Applications: https://lnkd.in/eHs33RYc This paper discusses some of the issues of applying real-time sensors in USP laser machining: a topic central to METAMORPHA. #METAMORPHA #HorizonEurope #lasermachining

Paul Buske at RWTH has won several prizes for his work on beam shaping, which is central to the METAMORPHA approach. In this video, one can see the measured intensity distribution of a laser beam along the optical axis. The set-up containing two SLMs is tasked to create both a caterpillar and a butterfly distribution at two different distances simultaneously. The measurement is done with a camera on a linear stage and starts behind both the cascaded SLMs and a focusing lens with the target planes placed around the original focus. The width of the caterpillar is approximately 500 µm. Both distributions can be created successfully, highlighting the three-dimensional beam shaping capabilities of the METAMORPHA set-up. #METAMORPHA #HorizonEurope #lasermachining

Impressions from last week's LPM in San Sebastian

This week, Folkert Vrijburg from Philips represented METAMORPHA at the Laser Innovation Summit in Brussels which is the final public event in the LIMES Cluster project PULSATE. https://www.pulsate.eu This two-day summit was designed to showcase the latest advances and applications of laser technology in manufacturing. It was a great opportunity for networking with related industrial partners and LIMES members. #METAMORPHA #HorizonEurope #lasermicromachining

METAMORPHA and LIMES at LPM 2024 Martin Osbild (ILT), Moritz Battermann (ILT) and George Tsibidis (FORTH) are all at LPM 2024 (San Sebastian, 11-14 Jun-2024) this week to represent METAMORPHA and the LIMES Cluster! The LIMES session will be held on THU afternoon 13-Jun-2024 (starts 14:10 in Hall 2), part of Special Session 1. This will feature presentations from OPERATIC and BILASURF and two from METAMORPHA. https://www.lpm2024.com Please visit the LIMES booth and pick up some merchandise and ask any questions to the researchers.

Paul Buske (RWTH) has won yet another prize for his paper at Photonics Europe 2024! In addition to the Best Student Paper which was reported recently, Paul has also been awarded first place in the Best Paper Award for the Conference on Computational Optics 2024. His paper, "Enhancing three-dimensional beam shaping accuracy through cascaded spatial light modulators using diffractive neural networks" is a key part of the METAMORPHA approach, and will be integral to the work in the rest of the project. https://lnkd.in/eFCqEjRd Well done Paul! #METAMORPHA #HorizonEurope #lasermicromachining