GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00041 “Establishment of a diode laser centre at the Neumann János University”
Project ID number: GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00041
Project title: development of a diode laser centre at the Neumann János University
Beneficiary name: Neumann János University (leader of the consortium)
Consortium partners: Bay Zoltán Applied Research Nonprofit Ltd. (consortium member)
Total project cost: HUF 518.164.155
Amount of aid: HUF 518 164 155
Aid intensity: 100%
Project completion date: 31.07.2021.
Supporting fund: ERFA
Project summary
The rapid spread of laser beam technologies is a global phenomenon. In Hungary, the industry is following this trend to an acceptable extent, and in some areas it is outstanding or plays a leading role (e.g. ELI). The development in the field of laser beam technologies is very rapid. The automotive, machinery, electrical and electronics industries are increasingly using laser equipment for (precision) cutting, welding and engraving. The lower power and space requirements of the equipment are now accessible even to small and medium sized enterprises, but the emergence, education and especially the R&D activities related to the technology have not been common in Hungarian higher education institutions, despite its increasing diffusion/application. The development of tools and equipment for material processing has three major directions: improving the quality of the laser beam (BPP, k, M2), reducing the wavelength of the high-power laser beam, and reducing the power of the laser beam. Reducing the pulse length of the pulsed laser beam (picosecond, femtosecond lasers). Fundamental and applied research is directed towards the investigation of such new laser beam-matter interactions in both theoretical (e.g. physics, biology) and practice-oriented technical (engineering) fields.
The project aims to establish a new basic and applied research laser laboratory. The laboratory will be state-of-the-art and, due to its novelty, will be unique in Hungary in two respects. On the one hand, the laser beam source with a wavelength below 1000 nm, good beam quality (BPP ≤4) and high light power (P(cw) ≥3kW) (the development of which is a recent achievement), and on the other hand, the 3D pulsed laser micromachining. Based on the polymer research results of the former University of Pallas Athenaeum (now Neumann János University) and in order to further develop it, we also plan to build up a research and teaching facility for direct diode laser technology.
In the framework of the project, we aim to create a niche research centre at the University of Pallas Athenaeum, consisting of three main units:
1. Optical fibre guided high performance direct diode machining centre.
2. Optical fibre-less direct diode machining centre.
3. Pulsed laser subtractive micromachining centre.
Neumann János University is responsible for the design of the infrastructure of the laser laboratory, and Bay Zoltán Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. is responsible for the specification, procurement and installation of the laser laboratory equipment at the Neumann János University. Once commissioned, the operation and ownership will be managed accordingly. The university intends to use the knowledge acquired in the field of education in both traditional and dual training. In the automotive, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics industries, lasers of various powers are currently used in cutting, welding and engraving, so the laboratory to be set up will not only improve the quality of education in these areas, but will also help to improve the innovation capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises that supply them. Micro-machining is particularly in demand. The equipment chosen will also allow the development of surface modification processes for the incorporation of dental implants.
Research into high-performance laser beam technologies with wavelengths below 1000 nm is now starting worldwide. This is because it has not been possible to focus the multi-kW beam of high-power diodes into an optical fibre with a diameter of 100 μm. This is important from a scientific and research point of view because, as the laser beam wavelength decreases, the absorption of technical materials increases, usually exponentially. Of particular interest is that the absorption of aluminium increases by a factor of 2-4% at wavelengths longer than 1000 nm, by a factor of three in the 8-900 nm range, and then decreases again to 4-5% at shorter wavelengths. The new instruments are primarily intended to investigate this phenomenon and its technological impact. The situation is similar for copper and its alloys. New applications in electronics and electromobility are emerging. Other research areas include metal-polymer bonding, surface modification, surface alloying, deposition welding.
The project was supported by the Hungarian State and co-financed by the European Union.
Updates on the project
2018. The groundbreaking ceremony of the project “Development of the Diode Laser Centre at the Neumann János University”, GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00041, will take place on 6 September.
The development will be carried out in cooperation between Neumann János University as the consortium leader and Bay Zoltán Applied Research Nonprofit Ltd. as a consortium member.
Date: 6 September 2018, 13:00
For details see the you can find out more in the invitation
More news:
Direct diode for surface modification
Installation of a five-axis laser material processing machine
On 27.07.2021, the Diode Laser Centre was inaugurated in Kecskemét, thus successfully completing the project “Establishment of Diode Laser Centre at the Neumann János University”, GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016-00041.
You can read online reports of the event below:
https://keol.hu/kecskemet-bacs/dioda-lezerkozpontot-avattak-a-neumann-janos-egyetemen
https://hiros.hu/hirek/atadtak-a-diodalezer-kozpontot-kecskemeten
https://hvg.hu/tudomany/20210727_kecskemet_dioda_lezerkozpont