High-Power Femtosecond Laser System for Aerospace Manufacturing: Final Results and Remarks
Channel: Multipoint Project EU H2020
Date: 19/04/2023

Four years ago, six European organizations joined the MULTIPOINT project to develop a femtosecond laser system to support aerospace manufacturing processes, both economically and environmentally.

The MULTIPOINT project has aimed to develop a high-power femtosecond laser system to enable high-throughput micro-drilling of large Ti panels commonly used in the aerospace industry. The development of such a laser system has tackled several technical key challenges: developing a high-power laser source, optimizing a multibeam generation unit, or testing strategies for delivering the multibeam pattern to the Ti panel. But at the same time, it has been a great challenge of leadership by TEKNIKER and teamwork between the different partners of the consortium.

The Multipoint project showed the feasibility of using a femtosecond laser system to micro-drill large titanium panels HLFC structures for the aerospace industry, leading to cost reduction, better performance and less environmental impact, while saving 9% of fuel consumption in future generations of aircraft.