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EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes

EPSRC 激光生产流程创新制造中心

基本信息

批准号：
EP/K030884/1
负责人：
Duncan Hand
金额：
$ 709.95万
依托单位：
Heriot-Watt University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK030884%2F1
关键词：
EPSRC Centre Innovative Manufacturing Laser

项目摘要

A Centre for Innovative Manufacture in Laser-based Production Processes is proposed. This Centre will exploit the unique capabilities of laser light to develop new laser-based manufacturing processes, at both micro and macro levels, supported by new laser source, process monitoring and system technologies.The past 25 years has seen industrial lasers replace many 'conventional' tools in diverse areas of manufacture, enabling increased productivity, functionality and quality, where for example laser processing (cut/join/drill/mark) has revolutionised automotive, aerospace and electronics production. However the penetration of laser technology into some areas such as welding and machining has been less than might have been anticipated. But recently there has been a significant 'step change-opportunity' to take laser-based processing to a new level of industrial impact, brought about by major advances in laser technology in two key areas: (i) A new generation of ultra-high quality and reliability lasers based around solid state technology (laser diode and optical fibre) has evolved from developments in the telecoms sector. These lasers are leading to systems with very high levels of spatial and temporal controllability. This control, combined with advanced in-process measurement techniques, is revolutionising the science and understanding of laser material interactions. The result of this is that major improvements are being made in existing laser based processes and that new revolutionary processes are becoming viable, e.g. joining of dissimilar materials. (ii) A new generation of high average power laser technologies is becoming available, offering controllable trains of ultrashort (picosecond and femtosecond) pulses, with wavelengths selectable across the optical spectrum, from the infrared through to the ultra-violet. Such technology opens the door to a whole range of new laser-based production processes, where thermal effects no longer dominate, and which may replace less efficient 'conventional' processes in some current major production applications.These new developments are being rapidly exploited in other high-value manufacturing based economies such as Germany and the US. We argue that for the UK industry to take maximum advantage of these major advances in both laser material processing and machine technology there is an urgent requirement for an EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes. This will be achieved by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of leading UK researchers and key industry partners with the goal of exploiting 'tailored laser light'.Together with our industrial partners, we have identified 2 key research themes. Theme A focuses on Laser Precision Structuring, i.e. micro-machining processes, whilst Theme B is focused on joining and additive processes. Spanning these themes are the laser based manufacturing research challenges which fall into categories of Laser Based Production Process Research and Laser Based Machine Technologies, underpinned by monitoring and control together with material science. Research will extend from the basic science of material behaviour modelling and laser-material interaction processes to manufacturing feasibility studies with industry.The Centre will also assume an important national role. The Centre Outreach programme will aim to catalyse and drive the growth of a more effective and coherent UK LIM community as a strong industry/academia partnership able to represent itself effectively to influence UK/EU policy and investment strategy, to promote research excellence, and growth in industrial take-up of laser-based technology, expand UK national knowledge transfer and marketing events and improve the coordination and quality of education/training provision.

建议设立一个激光生产工艺创新制造中心。该中心将利用激光的独特功能，在新的激光源、过程监控和系统技术的支持下，在微观和宏观层面开发基于激光的新制造工艺。过去25年，工业激光器在不同的制造领域取代了许多"传统"工具，提高了生产力、功能和质量，其中例如激光加工（切割/连接/钻孔/标记）已经彻底改变了汽车、航空航天和电子产品的生产。然而，激光技术在某些领域的渗透，如焊接和加工，比预期的要少。但最近，由于激光技术在两个关键领域的重大进步，出现了一个重大的"阶跃变化机会"，将激光加工带到了一个新的工业影响水平：（i）基于固态技术（激光二极管和光纤）的新一代超高质量和可靠性激光器已经从电信部门的发展中发展出来。这些激光器正在导致具有非常高水平的空间和时间可控性的系统。这种控制与先进的过程测量技术相结合，正在彻底改变激光材料相互作用的科学和理解。其结果是，在现有的基于激光的工艺中进行了重大改进，并且新的革命性工艺变得可行，例如不同材料的连接。(ii)新一代高平均功率激光技术正在变得可用，提供可控的超短（皮秒和飞秒）脉冲序列，其波长可在整个光谱中选择，从红外线到紫外线。这种技术为一系列新的激光生产工艺打开了大门，在这些工艺中，热效应不再占主导地位，并且可能在当前的一些主要生产应用中取代效率较低的"传统"工艺。这些新的发展正在其他以高价值制造业为基础的经济体，如德国和美国，迅速加以利用。我们认为，英国工业最大限度地利用激光材料加工和机械技术的这些重大进展，迫切需要一个EPSRC中心的激光生产过程中的创新制造。这将通过汇集英国领先的研究人员和主要行业合作伙伴的多学科团队来实现，其目标是开发"定制激光"。我们与我们的行业合作伙伴一起确定了2个关键研究主题。主题A侧重于激光精密成型，即微加工工艺，而主题B侧重于连接和增材工艺。跨越这些主题的是基于激光的制造研究挑战，这些挑战分为基于激光的生产过程研究和基于激光的机器技术，以监测和控制以及材料科学为基础。研究范围将从材料行为建模和激光-材料相互作用过程的基础科学扩展到与工业界进行制造可行性研究，该中心还将在国家一级发挥重要作用。中心外展计划将旨在催化和推动一个更有效和一致的英国LIM社区的发展，作为一个强大的行业/学术界合作伙伴关系，能够有效地代表自己影响英国/欧盟的政策和投资战略，促进卓越的研究，并在工业上增长基于激光的技术，扩大英国国家知识转让和营销活动，改善教育/培训提供的协调和质量。