| 2017 Dec |
Next Scan in Laser Focus World article Photonics Products: Laser Scanning: Polygon beam scanners enable essential applications:
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| 2017 Nov |
APPOLO public report Please find APPOLO public assesement report for Y4 - APPOLO public report Y4. |
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| 2017 Sep |
NewDeli workshop
On September 28, in Turin, Italy, IRIS srl organizes a workshop where they will showcase the results of the NEW-DELI project as a part of the APPOLO project.
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| 2017 Sep |
Young Scientist Award Karolis Ratautas (FTMC) received Young Scientist Award at ALT'17 conference for the paper Laser Assisted Selectivr Copper Plating on Polymers.
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| 2017 Jul |
APPOLO SUMMER SCHOOL
APPOLO Summer School on Ultra-short Pulse Lasers Applications in Material Processing, organized by FTMC took place in Vilnius (Lithuania) on July 3rd – July 7th. School was held at Center for Physical Sciences and Technology and at Laser and Engineering Technologies Cluster. 23 Students from Lithuania, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, France, Ukraine and Russia participated in the Summer School. Lectures were presented by invited speakers and APPOLO partners.
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| 2017 Jun |
NKT PHOTONICS TO ACQUIRE ONEFIVE
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| 2017 Jun |
LASER World of Photonics 2017 in Munich, Germany |
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| 2017 May |
Quick, Precise, but not Cold |
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| 2017 Apr |
Polygon Scanners Represent Award Winning Technology
Next Scan Technology, polygon scanner expert and an associated company with SCANLAB GmbH, was presented the prestigious EPIC Phoenix Award 2017 that recognizes exemplary entrepreneurship in photonics. The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) presented Next Scan Technology’s management as the winner during its annual general meeting in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, last week. More information: https://www.pressebox.com/pressrelease/scanlab-gmbh/Polygon-Scanners-Represent-Award-Winning-Technology/boxid/847430
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| 2017 Apr |
Selective laser initiated metallization of polymer materials – financial promising invention
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| 2017 Feb |
APPOLO Summer School on Ultra-short Pulse Lasers Applications in Material Processing
Every enthusiastic student and young researcher working in the field of material processing by using ultra-short pulse lasers is encouraged to participate in this international school with world-recognised lectors and exciting excursions! Visit Vilnius, gain your knowledge and share your experience on July 3-7, 2017! More information:
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| 2017 Jan |
APPOLO at Photonics West 2017
APPOLO partners participate in the world's largest multidisciplinary event focusing on photonics technologies - Photonics West 2017, which will be held on January 28- February 2 in San Francisco, USA. Guido Hennig (Daetwyler Graphics AG, Switzerland) is a member of LASE 2017 Symposium Program Committee and Co-Chair. Gediminas RaÄiukaitis (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania) and Beat Neuenschwander (Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS) will be Photonics West LASE 2017 conference co-chairs. Please visit APPOLO partners presentations at Photonics West 2017: Influence of the pulse duration and the experimental approach onto the specific removal rate for ultra-short pulses Beat Jaeggi (BUAS), Beat Neuenschwander, Stefan Remund, Thorsten Kramer 30 January 2017 • 5:00 - 5:20 PM | Part of SPIE LASE
Influence of the initial surface texture on the resulting surface roughness and waviness for micro-machining with ultra-short laser pulses Stefan M. Remund (BUAS), Beat Jaeggi, Thorsten Kramer, Beat Neuenschwander 31 January 2017 • 11:00 - 11:20 AM | Part of SPIE LASE
Dynamic fiber delivery of 3 W 160 fs pulses with photonic crystal hollow core fiber patchcord Bojan Resan (LUMENTUM), Raffael Auchli, Ronald Holtz 1 February 2017 • 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Part of SPIE LASE
Assessment of geometry in 2D immune systems using high accuracy laser-based bioprinting techniques Sara Lauzurica, Andrés Márquez, Carlos Molpeceres (UPM), Laura Notario, Miguel Gómez-Fontela, Pilar Lauzurica 31 January 2017 • 10:30 - 10:50 AM | Part of SPIE BIOS
You also invited to visit APPOLO partners booths at the Photonics West exhibition:
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| 2016 Dec |
Short article about APPOLO achievements in LASER SYSTEMS EUROPE Winter issue: |
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| 2016 Dec |
Please find the third issue of NewDeli project neswsletter: Newsletter3_NewDeli.pdf |
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| 2016 Nov |
APPOLO Y3 Publishable Summary The APPOLO project has established and coordinates connections between the end-users, which have demand on laser technologies for (micro)fabrication, knowledge accumulated in the laser application laboratories of research institutes and universities and the laser equipment manufacturers (preferable SMEs: for integration, lasers, beam control and guiding, software, etc.) in order to facilitate faster validation of the process feasibility and adaptation or customization of the technology (equipment) for manufacturing conditions. The core of the consortium consists of laser application laboratories around Europe which are connected to a virtual APPOLO HUB accumulating knowledge and infrastructure and promoting the easy-to-access environment for development and validation of laser-based technologies. The APPOLO project cover activities on technical, technological and economical assessment of new equipment supplied by project partners in 8 complex assessment value chains and 7 new assessment experiments and developing the standardised procedures for the assessment service with can be provided for new project partners and customers beyond, All activities of the APPOLO project during the third year of implementation were performed close to the workplan. Dissemination and exploitation plans were updated at the end of the third year of the project (Y3) reflecting the new knowledge generated in the project. The HUB network model was established during Y3. The HUB is aimed to make a research-oriented network, where industrial partners will come to test, assess and implement novel laser solutions for their markets. The HUB members actively promote their activities as to showcase their achievements in laser processing solutions. The output of the assessment made possible industry demonstrations of laser applications in their particular field. The APPOLO HUB role, therefore, is to assess these applications in the research framework, allowing all industrial partners to develop successful applications for manufacturing use. After a long search of proper forms to present annual APPOLO results, the public brochure reviewing achievements in the first half of the project was prepared in April 2016. The main achievements of APPOLO partners were presented in other forms during conferences, EC events and exhibitions. Public presentations of some results were postponed due to patent applications.
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| 2016 Nov |
APPOLO Y2 Publishable Summary The APPOLO project is seeking to establish and coordinate connections between the end-users, which have demand on laser technologies for (micro)fabrication, knowledge accumulated in the laser application laboratories of research institutes and universities and the laser equipment manufacturers (preferable SMEs: for integration, lasers, beam control and guiding, software, etc.) in order to facilitate faster validation of the process feasibility and adaptation or customization of the technology (equipment) for manufacturing conditions. Core of the consortium consist of laser application laboratories around Europe which are connected to a virtual APPOLO HUB to accumulate knowledge and infrastructure and promote the easy-to-access environment for development and validation of laser-based technologies. The APPOLO project cover activities on technical, technological and economical assessment of new equipment supplied by project partners in 8 complex assessment value chains and preparation of standardised procedures for the assessment service with can be provided for new project partners and customers beyond, All activities of the APPOLO project during the second year of implementation were performed close to the workplan. During the second year, the APPOLO project established clear outlines for assessment templates. Using these templates, partners validate new equipment by assessing them according to APPOLO HUB specified parameters. These assessments allowed partners to present their finding to customers and, therefore, gained feedback how to successfully implement assessment procedures for the desired application. The Open call for new partners and experiments was successfully implemented with 12 application received, and 7 of these experiment proposals were selected. The APPOLO HUB will organize information exchange between new and existing partners and HUB members. The activities will include training on assessment procedures, exchange of knowledge of successful assessment experiments.
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| 2016 Nov |
LPM2017- The 18th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication
Toyama International Conference Center, Toyama, Japan, |
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| 2016 Nov |
Gediminas RaÄiukaitis (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Lithuania), and Beat Neuenschwander (Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS) will be Photonics West Lase conference co-chairs. Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XXII
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| 2016 Nov |
APPOLO Summer School announcement
Summer school "Ultra-Short Pulse Laser Applications in Material Processing" (UPLAMP) is planned to be held on 3-6 July, 2017 in Vilnius.
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| 2016 Oct |
Day of Photonics
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| 2016 Jun |
APPOLO WP6 technical Meeting
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| 2016 Jun |
Front cover of Pan European Networks -Science & Technology June 2016 19 issue was inspired by APPOLO. Article from BUAS - Ultra-short, ultra-fast and ultra-precise laser machining by a new synchronisation technique can also be found in this issue.
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| 2016 May |
IOM participated at EMRS Spring Meeting 2016 conference. It is one of the largest material research related conferences in Europe which broad range of topics was covered by 31 parallel session symposia.
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| 2016 Apr |
APPOLO experimental workshop
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| 2016 Apr |
APPOLO consortium partner ELAS (Lithuania) moved into new larger premises.
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| 2016 Mar |
Please find the first issue of NewDeli project neswsletter: Newsletter1_NewDeli.pdf |
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| 2016 Feb |
APPOLO project partners are participating at SPIE Photonic West 2016 (13-18 February, 2016) - the world's largest international event encompassing industrial and medical applications of optics, lasers, and photonics.
APPOLO partners conference presentations:
A. Burn (BUAS), et al. High throughput laser scribing of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells
A. Michailovas (EKSPLA), S. Frankinas, N. Rusteika (EKSPLA, FTMC) V. Smirnov, R. Vasilyeu, A. L. Glebov Efficient ultrafast fiber laser using chirped fiber Bragg grating and chirped volume Bragg grating stretcher/compressor configuration
D. Munoz-Martin (UPM) C. Frederik Brasz, Ch. Yu, M. Morales (UPM), C. B. Arnold, C. Molpeceres (UPM) Characterization of transfer regimes of high-viscosity silver pastes printed by LIFT
V. Markovic, A. Rohrbacher, P. Hofmann, W. Pallmann, S. Pierrot, B. Resan (LUMENTUM) 100W class compact Yb:YAG single crystal fiber amplifier for femtosecond lasers without CPA
B. Resan (LUMENTUM) Hybrid high power fs lasers (invited talk)
K. Ratautas, M. Gedvilas, I. StankeviÄienÄ—, A. JagminienÄ—, E. Norkus (FTMC), Nello Li Pira (CRF), S. Sinopoli, U. Emanuele (BIOAGE), G. RaÄiukaitis (FTMC) Laser-induced selective copper plating of polypropylene surface
Meet APPOLO partners at exhibition:
ELAS booth # 4566 Nextscan booth #2317 South Hall Ekspla booth # 1533 Onefive booth#8514, BiOs Onefive both #5254, Photonics West Lumentum booth #2017 South Hall
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| 2016 Feb |
APPOLO project was presented during popular science show Mokslo Sriūba on the second Lithuanian National Television channel (LRT KULTŪRA) and on major Lithuanian web portal DELFI.
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| 2015 Nov |
APPOLO project video introduced:
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| 2015 Nov |
APPOLO Workshop -High Throughput and High Precision Laser Micro Machining with Ultra Short Pulses On 4th of November 2015 APPOLO workshop was held in Bern University of Applied Sciences BUAS, Switzerland. The actual APPOLO workshop on high throughput and high precision laser micro machining with ultrashort pulses follows this idea and brings together researchers, laser and laser equipment manufacturers as well as integrators and end users. Speakers from APPOLO partners as well as from other companies and research institutes presented and discussed actual demands, physical basics, principal limits and new innovative solutions. The goal of the workshop was to give an overview about the actual trends and developments in laser systems and equipment for micro machining with ultra-short pulses to encourage the development of new ideas for industrial applications. During the workshop discussions the idea of organizing a summer school on High Throughput and High Precision Laser Micro Machining with Ultra Short Pulses came up. More details on summer school will be provided later. More information about APPOLO Workshop (participants, presentations): Link
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| 2015 Jan |
APPOLO launches Open Call for new assessment experiments with new equipment for laser based manufacturingWe will also organize two webinars on 27th January and 17th February to inform you on proposal preparation and submission procedures and answer you questions about the Open Call. Deadline for submission is 18th March, 2015. For topics, submission and funding details - More information »
We are also looking for independent experts to evaluate Open Call proposals. More information »
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| 2015 Jan |
APPOLO Y1 Publishable Summary The APPOLO project cover activities on technical, technological and economical assessment of new equipment supplied by project partners in 8 complex assessment value chains and preparation of standardised procedures for the assessment service with can be provided for new project partners and customers beyond. All activities of the APPOLO project during the first year of implementation were performed according to the workplan. The first year of the project covered a lot of preparation work on establishing management structures, dissemination, exploitation, quality assurance strategies and plans. RTD work was concentrated on adaptation of equipment prototypes by their suppliers: lasers, polygon scanner, on-line monitoring tools and small processing systems to the requirements of selected industrial application fields: photovoltaics, automotive and printing/decoration. Laser companies Ekspla, onefive, Time Bandwidth Products have made significant progress in development of updated versions of the selected ultra-short pulse laser sources planned for the assessment experiments in fast and precise surface structuring and thin-film scribing. Next Scan Technologies improved control of its polygon line scanner and designed updated versions with reduced focused beam spot and increase line length. AMSYS moved forward with its novel on-line monitoring tools for the process control, critically analysing existing and new approaches for optical monitoring. The tools will be integrated by ELAS in its upgraded laser machine and used in the laser technology validation at FTMC. Mondragon prepared the bench tool for UPM – a machine for laser and process assessment which are important for Abengoa. IOM spent most of the time in preparation and validation of the online monitoring tool for laser scribing, while LUT was validating their advanced monitoring equipment for laser microfabrication applications. Continuation of past collaboration of the partner’s groups ONEFIVE -BUAS - EMPA, BUAS – NST - DG, UPM – Mondragon – Abengoa, Lightmotif - CRF, IOM – SWG, FTMC - CRF led to extended progress in the laser technology assessment with solid background for the use of validated equipment and technologies in industrial processes by BioAge, Flisom, Fiat, Daetwyler and Sächsische Walzengravur, as the end-users. The technology validation process started with the lasers available at application laboratories and standard demo laser and polygon, provided by the partners. |
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| 2014 Jun |
APPOLO Project Activities Raises International Echo In the first half of 2014 the FP7 project “Hub of Application Laboratories for Equipment Assessment in Laser Based Manufacturing” (APPOLO) and its 21 project members demonstrated high user relevance and networking activities within the laser-based industries. In just 6 months they showed presence at over 16 international conferences and exhibitions promoting the upcoming APPOLO assessment activities all over the world connecting researchers, suppliers, manufacturers and end-users of laser. Gediminas RaÄiukaitis, Project Coordinator of APPOLO can already see internalized benefits of the ex-change of APPOLO partners with external potential customers along the value chain in different indus-tries: “It is amazing to see, how HUB members act in a fruitful crowd not only representing their own company, but also promoting the APPOLO project and discussing the recent efforts in the APPOLO pro-ject. By that, we can add distinct industry needs to the diverse and complex structure of the APPOLO assessment chains.” The APPOLO project seeks to establish and coordinate connections between the end-users, which have demand on laser technologies for (micro)fabrication, knowledge accumulated in the application laborat o-ries of research institutes and universities and the laser equipment manufacturers (preferable SMEs: for integration, lasers, beam control an d guiding, software, etc.) in order to facilitate faster validation of the process feasibility and adaptation or customization of the technology (equipment) for manufacturing co n-ditions, including reliability of components and their interaction as well as assessment of the dedicated production processes in terms of the process speed, quality and repeatability. Core of the consortium consist of laser application laboratories around Europe which are connected to a virtual hub to accumulate knowledge and infrastructure and promote the easy-to-access environment for development and validation of laser-based technologies. All partners selected a few directions (clusters) for validation of novel laser technologies, including equipments: the ultra -short pulse laser scribing for monolithic interconnects in CIGS solar cells: from laser to pilot line; use of lasers in smart surface textur-ing for automotive and printing/decoration industries and for the real -3D flexible electronics. Innovative SMEs are related to large system-integrators and end-users through the application laboratories. |
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| 2013 Sep |
On September 1st, 2013, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (Vilnius, Lithuania) together with other 20 partners in Europe and Israel are launching a new 48-month long integrated FP7 project APPOLO “Hub of Application Laboratories for Equipment Assessment in Laser Based Manufacturing”. The APPOLO project seeks to establish and coordinate connections between the end-users, which have demand on laser technologies for (micro)fabrication, knowledge accumulated in the application laboratories of the research institutes and universities and the laser equipment manufacturers (preferably SMEs) for novel lasers, beam control and guiding, etc. and their integration in order to facilitate faster validation of the process feasibility and adaptation of the equipment for manufacturing conditions, as well as assessment of the dedicated production processes in terms of the process speed, quality and economic issues as well. Core of the consortium consists of laser application laboratories around Europe which are connected into avirtual hub to accumulate knowledge and infrastructure and promote the easy-to-access environment for development and validation of laser-based technologies. All partners selected a few directions for assessment of novel laser technologies: in ultra-short pulse laser scribing for monolithic interconnections in thin film CIGS solar cells: from laser to pilot line; use of the lasers in smart surface texturing for automotive and printing/decoration industries and for 3D flexible electronics.
Implementation of the APPOLO project will help partners from European photonics industry to preserve their competitiveness and penetrate new niches in the global market. The equipment builders for automotive, photovoltaics, electronics and printing industries will benefit from faster integration of innovative technologies which will provide the new-quality consumer products, including low-cost and high-efficiency solar cells, comfortable interior and functionality of cars, smart sensors for environmental monitoring. |
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