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HEDoctoral network2023–2027

DurAMat · Sustainable production, processing and modelling of durable additive manufactured materials for enhanced performance and long-term service in complex environments.

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2023-10-01 → 2027-09-30
EU contribution
€2,643,703
Participants
13
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN

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Results in brief

Sustainable production, processing and modelling of durable additive manufactured materials for enhanced performance and long-term service in complex environments.

In the context of Europe’s urgent push toward sustainability, industrial innovation, and digital transformation, the DurAMat project emerges as a game-changer in materials science. It addresses a persistent and critical bottleneck: the slow adoption of sustainable materials in high-impact sectors such as energy, transport, and medicine. By targeting severe exposure environments—conditions where traditional materials often fail—DurAMat aims to accelerate the uptake of additively manufactured (AM) metal components that are durable, efficient, and circular by design. DurAMat’s central objective is to develop sustainable AM-based solutions across diverse metal alloy families, enabling not only the creation of new products but also the repair and functionalisation of existing ones. Through pioneering work in AM coatings, energy-efficient manufacturing processes, and circular repair strategies, the project anticipates significant impacts: a 30% reduction in energy consumption during manufacturing, a 60% drop in product failures with corresponding gains in safety and environmental performance, and a 20% overall cost advantage compared to conventional approaches. The project combines experimental science with advanced computational modelling and machine learning to bridge knowledge gaps and enable breakthrough innovations. At its core, DurAMat is also a training network, supporting 11 doctoral candidates through an interdisciplinary programme that blends academic research with industrial exposure. The training design aligns with EU strategic frameworks such as the 2030 Vision for European Universities, the Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training, and the Salzburg II recommendations—ensuring that graduates emerge as skilled, versatile researchers ready to lead Europe’s transition to sustainable manufacturing. With a strong consortium of six universities, two research centres, and six industry partners across six European countries, DurAMat is set to deliver both technological and educational impacts at scale—catalysing Europe's leadership in sustainable materials and fostering the next generation of innovation-driven researchers.

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Project objective

The current industrial approach to create metal products is unsustainable. Massive amounts of energy consumption, chemicals, water and the exhaustion of natural metal resources are the hallmark of metal production and processing industries. Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) presents an opportunity to ameliorate metal processing and product manufacturing. While this is a known fact, a full scale industrial implementation of metal AM has been impossible until now due to the lack of consistent AM metal quality.DurAMat is the game-changer that will engender long-lasting performance properties of AM products used in severe exposure environments. DurAMat research will i) develop AM components from different alloy families sustainably ii) enable AM as preferred repair method for defunct metallic products and iii) enable AM for metal functionalisation. DurAMat’s research combines experimental research with multiscale modelling and machine learning (ML) methods.DurAMat fills important knowledge gaps and will innovate AM metals (duplex steel alloys for marine, magnesium for bioresorbable implants) and coatings (biocomposite and AM metal coatings for corrosion and mechanical performance), technologies and services (AM for repair, ML for corrosion inhibitor selection), three computational models (multiscale and ML) and one device (add-on for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing microstructure control).The DurAMat consortium consists of 6 Universities, 2 Research Centres and 5 Industrial Companies from 6 European Countries. It will train 10 doctoral candidates in a holistic approach, encompassing cross-disciplinary scientific knowledge transfer, teaching activities and cultivating interpersonal and transferable skills.DurAMat’s impact forecasts, among others, a 30% energy reduction in the processing and manufacturing of products, 60% less end-product failures reducing health hazards, eco pollution and casualties, and 20% cost benefit compared to conventional industry approaches.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL · Bruxelles / BrusselCoordinatorBelgium
  • CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL · KielGermany
  • ENDURES BV · Den HelderNetherlands
  • GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET · GoeteborgSweden
  • GUARANTEED · ZelzateBelgium
  • HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH · GeesthachtGermany
  • ONDERZOEKSCENTRUM VOOR AANWENDING VAN STAAL NV · ZELZATEBelgium
  • RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB · BorasSweden
  • SANDVIK MACHINING SOLUTIONS AB · SandvikenSweden
  • SMALLMATEK - SMALL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES LDA · AVEIROPortugal
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DresdenGermany
  • UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA · LisboaPortugal
  • UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · COVENTRYUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union