Re-Make - Refurbishment and additive manufacturing accomplished by kinetic deposition

The Re-Make project’s primary objective is to implement, monitor, and characterize a bespoke sustainable high-performance repair and Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology based on solid state deposition. The project aims to achieve exceptional functional products through a multi-faceted approach that combines multi-scale computational modelling with advanced experimental, analytical techniques, and data-driven approaches. The project also seeks to bridge the gaps restricting the application of CS for repair and AM by implementing a quantitative methodology with transversal and applicative-oriented strategies. Furthermore, the project aims to have a notable impact on strengthening European innovation capacity.

DC6: Development of Automatized Cold Spray (CS) using Advanced Monitoring and Control Techniques

This position is located in TAU and Yaman Sahu is the Doctoral Candidate who focuses on enhancing the quality and reliability of the Cold Spray (CS) process by utilizing advanced monitoring techniques, including a camera system provided through our partnership with Oseir Oy. The project focuses on understanding the relationship between particle in-flight properties and the characteristics and performance of the build-up formation. By optimizing CS process control, the goal is to improve the deposition properties in additive manufacturing (AM) for high-quality structural components. Expected outcomes include reliable measurement of particle behavior, identification of optimal processing conditions for AM, and the development of precise control techniques for industrial AM applications. The project also leverages optimization tools based on artificial intelligence models, as well as real-time monitoring, to perform complex additive manufacturing tasks with the aid of a robotic manipulator. In addition, there will be two secondments 1) in Oseir Oy (learning diagnostic measuring techniques and data analysis) and 2) in University of Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Madrid, Spain (Prof. Pedro Poza, microstructural characterization).