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The project takes a comprehensive approach on sustainability to provide a pathway that could contribute to the climate target through development of advanced thermal spray (TS) coatings for application in diverse sectors.

ADAPT-EBM is about the development of the electron beam melting process with titanium for the manufacture of future aircraft engine components.

In order to maintain its pioneering position, the Thermal Spray (TS) group needs to expand its activities in diverse areas and applications. One of the important application areas is automotive industry, where the TS group has limited activities today despite great potential for collaborative projects.

This project is intended to be a Fellowship in academy by an employment of 20% at the Division of Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing. The aim is that the Fellow from GKN Aerospace will contribute with industrial knowledge about quality assurance and competence within non-destructive evaluation (NDE) processes especially of gas turbine components.

The project contributes to conducting research with new collaboration partners in a branch of industry within Primus, in order to further expand, position and profile the Primus research environment.

The Adopt project proposes to exploit the recent progresses of the deformable mirror (DM) technology enabling to adapt in real time - on a millisecond time-scale - the shape and/or the beam energy distribution of a high-power laser beam (LB) to achieve the ambitious goal of increasing the robustness of LB welding and LB additive manufacturing.

The development of the advanced master's program in Production Technology with specialisation in Welding Technology (MWELD) project aims to develop a 2-year Master's programme covering a wide range of topics such as welding technology-related areas, welding-based AM, materials sciences, quality assurance is planned to start in autumn 2023.

The recruitment of an adjunct lecturer is part of the core area I-Industrial Work Integrated Learning (I-AIL) and has a particular focus on industrial transformation and leadership in manufacturing organizations where artificial intelligence (AI) is developed and applied.

The project aims to employ a “Gränsgångare” (from GKN to UW) to improve understanding on fatigue behaviour of additively manufactured material with a long-term view to be able to predict fatigue life of AM parts.

The collaborative venture AURA.I. AUgmented Reality utilizing Artificial. Intelligence. aims to improve user interactions in Augmented Reality (AR) technology through the creation of an AI toolkit.

The project will qualify, validate and demonstrate advanced corrosion-resistant materials for lead-cooled small modular reactors (SMRs).

Being one of the worst industries in the world in terms of human and environmental abuse, the textile industry is in urgent need for sustainable transformation. This is particularly true when it comes to social dimensions of sustainability.

The BioCoat project is about developing advanced biocompatible coatings in close collaboration with researchers at VIT Vellore University in India.

The specific purpose of this strategic recruitment is to strengthen the research group within Plug & Produce in the area of multi-agent and AI.

The project hypothesizes that advanced materials, additive manufacturing, and repair techniques can significantly reduce waste, lower costs, and extend the lifespan of critical aircraft components, contributing to reduced emissions and improved fuel efficiency.

CLOUDS develop an AI based sustainable production system which is capable of handling the process planning, virtual commissioning, optimizing the production schedule, addressing the bottleneck issues in mixed model assembly and balancing the production line with human workload.

CMEC (Circular Materials and Manufacturing Excellence Cluster) aims to accelerate sustainable materials and manufacturing innovations to achieve full circularity in value chains by 2035.

The overall aim of the project is to develop innovative working methods to achieve sustainable health in working life for employees in the production industry with the support of digital solutions.

The major aim of the project is to develop protective coatings that provide improved engine efficiency and also fulfill the requirements posed by the alternative fuels to be used in heavy-duty vehicles.

As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads increases, there is a growing need to improve the durability and reliability of the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The EMPIRE project investigates how welded joints in Li-ion batteries can be improved so that the risk of catastrophic damage and fires is eliminated.

The project contributes to technology maturity of manufacturing method and components for fossil-free propulsion and energy supply through improved and validated predictive ability in modeling L-PBF (Laser Powder Bed Fusion) of titanium to enable manufacturing of large complex components with high quality.

The project seeks to enhance material processing techniques, contributing to the aerospace industry's efficiency, sustainability, and competitiveness.

Hydrogen has been identified as one of the fuels of the future for aviation.GKN Aerospace, together with six partners, is investing in the development of key components for hydrogen-powered aircraft engines. University West will contribute expert knowledge in metallurgy.

In this EU-funded project, University West's researchers will investigate whether additive manufacturing of solar cell receivers can be the key to more efficient solar energy plants.

WAAM (wire arc additive manufacturing) is a manufacturing method that combines traditional welding with additive manufacturing.

Metallic glass has been shown to have unique combination of wear and corrosion resistance due to high hardness and lack of grain boundaries that promote local corrosion.

Improving the understanding of microstructure formation in Additively Manufactured Ni-based Superalloys through modelling.

Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) technology provides pedagogical benefits for simulating realistic training purposes in a practical way, at a low risk/cost, and in a safe and sustainable manner.

The overall purpose of this project is to enhance the understanding of the microstructure evolution in the Ni base superalloys Mar-M-247 and Haynes 282, respectively, during additive manufacturing (AM) by powder bed fusion-electron beam (PBF-EB).

Industrial production is becoming more complex and demands for increased digitalization, sustainability and new professional competences are growing. Digitalization creates opportunities for development of new combinations of physical production and services, which results in increased specialized customer customization. This in turn calls for a more flexible production system with shorter lead-time and personnel that have skills and competences to quickly adapt and make use of new digital applications for everyday work practice.

The overall aim is to recruit Professor Irmgard Borghouts as a visiting professor and thereby strengthen the I-WIL collective's competence in industrial transformation, an area of ​​strategic importance for I-AIL's ability to develop a relevant research agenda, education initiatives and collaboration with business, society and the wider scientific community.

KOLDaHS aims to identify, design, and implement competence development initiatives at an advanced level in management and organization regarding digitalisation and sustainable development / leadership.

The novelty of this project is to reduce the weight, cost, and time for electronic assembly by replacing large number of fasteners and gaskets using friction stir welding with enhanced joint strength and excellent leak tight performance.

This project aims to develop a new method for non-destructive testing of concrete structures based on mechanical wave propagation. The result may, among other things, lead to the use of existing building and construction structures in concrete being optimized.

NovelCABs aims to demonstrate the versatility of new-generation SPS and SPPS coating methodologies as a “proof of concept” to develop SE, anode and cathode components for SSTB applications.

The project explores human-centric aspects, where humans and technology are put at the core, to explore how the ability to strategize organizational capabilities can be enhanced in contemporary manufacturing industries.

The aviation industry is searching for new technology that can help reduce aviation's emissions of climate-damaging substances. In a newly started project, University West researchers are investigating how thermal spraying can be used for surface coating of composite components in the next generation of jet engines. Pratt & Whitney, Safran and Saint-Gobain are some of the global companies involved.

As a result of rapid technological developments, industry needs to address the need for new skill sets quickly. In the ProdEx project, University West and 51 companies and organisations have developed a new educational concept that facilitates lifelong learning and can make Swedish industry more competitive and sustainable.

In an unstable world of resource scarcity, climate crisis, and geopolitical uncertainty, industries must reinvent how materials are used, reused, and produced. This calls for excellence clusters—global leaders that drive innovation and resource efficiency at scale.

The project aims at strengthening the transfer of knowledge between industry and academia through both teaching and research activities by recruiting Dr. Alireza Javidi Shirvan as an adjunct senior lecturer (20%) at the Division of Welding Technology.

The project aims at performing an in-depth and systematic needs analysis of the error recovery process and knowledge integration demands between involved human stakeholders at the partner companies and based on that design a prototype for an AI&AR-based error recovery support system for operators.

The project is expected to generate an industrially validated scientific method for deployment of plug & produce resources with flexibility and efficiency in focus.

Externally employed doctoral students at the Sicomap research school have conducted their research in close collaboration with manufacturing companies during their doctoral studies at University West. Eleven companies have engaged 20 doctoral students during the 2012–2021 period. Fifteen of the students have completed their doctorates to date.

The purpose of the project is to explain the physical effects that influence the surface tension of evaporating surfaces. A combination of theoretical modeling and experiments is proposed.

To achieve zero emissions and sustainable transport, further development of the battery assembly and lightweighting strategies for electric vehicles require joining of material combinations that are difficult for typical fusion-based joining techniques.

The purpose of the project is to strengthen the competitiveness of GKN Aerospace in Trollhättan with SMF partners by participating in an international demonstrator engine with leading OEMs.

In just three years, University West's research team has built up world-leading knowledge in additive manufacturing with powder bed for the superalloy 718. SUMAN-Next is a strategic investment that is highly interesting for the aerospace industry and for the manufacturing industry in many other sectors.

Additive Manufactured Ni-Based Superalloys with Improved Resistance to Environmentally-Assisted Cracking

Centered on the concept of circularity, this project aims to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study to explore the potential for recycling and reusing shielding gases, particularly argon and carbon dioxide, post- welding and AM.

The project's purpose is to create the conditions for a robust and resource-efficient sawmill industry through dynamic maintenance that ensures operational reliability and a socially sustainable work environment.

The project aims to develop a national innovation infrastructure integrating both civil and military actors.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) of functional components, including complex structures challenging to manufacture by conventional methods (material removal), is a reality in progress. AM with metal deposition has gained interest beyond aerospace applications, by using Laser and Arc welding processes as driving force.

The main purpose of the recruitment is to strengthen the core area with an internationally recognized professor within the domain of flexible industrial automation.

Dr. Nicolas Coniglio will contribute on a significant and sustainable basis to advancing the knowledge of welding and additive manufacturing, such as weldability (solidification cracking, hydrogen embrittlement) and in-situ instrumentation.

The project will increase the students' connection to working life during education by transforming existing courses to be fully or partially performed at the company.