Eurecat hosted the 3rd General Assembly of the Adaptive Laser Beam for Additive Manufacturing (ALABAMA) Project on 28 & 29 April 2025 in Manresa, Spain.
The ALABAMA project unites top European research institutions, universities, technology organisations, and businesses, combining expertise to advance metal 3D printing and drive innovation across industries. Along with Fundacio Eurecat (Spain), the event was attended by all the other consortium partners of the ALABAMA project, SINTEF Manufacturing (Norway), Manufacturing Technology Norwegian Catapult Centre (MTNC) (Norway), Fraunhofer IWS (Germany), Fraunhofer SCAI (Germany), Aerobase Innovations AB (Sweden), Nordic Additive Manufacturing (NAM) (Norway), GKN Aerospace (Sweden), Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), IRIS (Italy), Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) (Italy), Technovative Solutions LTD (TVS) (UK) and Flowphys AS (Norway).
The assembly reflected on the progresses that have been made during the last quarter. The discussions were mainly focused on melt pool monitoring, laser beam shaping, ontologies and interoperability and both material and process modeling. The consortium partners also discussed the application of microstructures.
TVS and the General Assembly
In ALABAMA Project, Technovative Solutions Ltd (TVS) is leading Work Packages, Interoperable Data Platform, Part 2 and Impact, Exploitation, Skills Development, along with leading two tasks from two other work packages. One of these is integrating ontology and query APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to the Digital Product Passport (DPP), while the other one is data, ethics, and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Management.
In the meeting, TVS presented how they will integrate ontology and query API with the DPP that they will develop by the 30th month. In the sideline, TVS initiated a discussion with Fraunhofer SCAI, who is developing the ontology for the project, to discuss the technicalities of integrating the ontology output in the DPP platform.
"The assembly facilitated us a valuable pause to reflect on our progress and thoughtfully shape the roadmap for the upcoming quarters," commented Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Senior Electronics Engineer at TVS, on his participation at the general assembly.
The commitment, meaningful collaboration, and active participation of all consortium partners marked the 3rd General Assembly of the ALABAMA project as successful. This collective effort will leverage the project in achieving its objectives.
About ALABAMA
The ALABAMA project, “Adaptive Laser Beam for Additive Manufacturing,” is transforming additive manufacturing with new and improved laser-based technologies to enhance efficiency. The project aims to double productivity, halve defects, cut costs by a third, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15%. The developed technologies will be commercialised to strengthen European industry.
ALABAMA has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Research and Innovation programme. Grant Agreement No. 101138842.
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