LightMe – An Open Innovation Ecosystem for upscaling production processes of lightweight metal alloys composites

Consortium members:

• Politecnico di Milano (Italy) – Coordinator
• Access e.V., (Germany)
• Asociacion de Investigacion Metalurgica del Noroeste (Spain)
• Advanced Manufacturing Sheffield Limited (United Kingdom)
• AXIA Innovation UG, (Germany)
• Coskunoz Kalip Makina Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Turkey)
• Diad Group ES SL (Spain)
• European Federation for Welding Joining and Cutting (Belgium)
• Hidria D.O.O. Podjetje Za Ustanavljanje In Upravljanje Druzb (Slovenia)
• Łukasiewicz – Poznań Institute of  Technology (Poland)
• Innovation In Research & Engineering Solutions (Belgium)
• IRIS SRL (Italy)
• Instituto De Soldadura e Qualidade (Portugal)
• J-VST SRO (Czech Republic)
• Kampakas Metallourgiki Techniki Emporiki Kai Viomichaniki AE (Greece)
• MagnesiumCom OU (Estonia)
• MBN Nanomaterialia Spa (Italy)
• Verein Fuer Praktische Giessereiforschung (Austria)
• Global Equity & Corporate Consulting SL (Spain)
• AFOI Koutsantoni EE (Greece)
• Stam Srl (Italy)
• LEX (Belgium)
• Brunel University London (United Kingdom)
• Vertech Group (France)
• Innovacio i Recerca Industrial i Sostenible SL (Spain)

The goal of the LightMe Project is to create an open, innovative ecosystem aimed at increasing the scale of production processes of composites based on light metal alloys (aluminum, magnesium and titanium).

As part of the project, Łukasiewicz – PIT will develop a technology for the production of Ti-SiC powder plain bearing sleeves using the SPS method and profiles of composite AA7075 alloy matrix reinforced with B4C boron carbide particles using the SPS-KOBO method.