ADAPT

ADAPT

Programa EU: EUREKA CLUSTERS

Coordenação: ISQ

Parceiros: SAUDE ATLANTICA GESTAO HOSPITALAR, S.A., PEEK HEALTH, S.A., DISTECH DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GmbH, ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE (ESI) OF AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Ano de Início:  2025 

Duração: 3 anos

website: https://www.adapt-smart.eu/

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Setores: Centros de Investigação, Ecoeficiência, Energia, Outras Indústrias, Sustentabilidade

Designação do projeto: ADAPT: Digital Manufacturing of Customized Orthopaedic Implants (Fabricação Digital de Implantes Ortopédicos Customizados)

Código do projeto: S0737

Custo Total Elegível: 1 997 000,00€

Valor de financiamento: 1 244 000,00€

Custo Total Elegível (ISQ): 441 612,55 €

Valor de financiamento (ISQ): 176 645,02 €

Data de início: 05-2025

Data de conclusão: 05-2028

S0737 –ADAPT project has received funding from FFG and ANI through Eureka and the Clusters programme and SMART Cluster.

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SUMMARY

ADAPT aims to integrate technological and digital advancements in the field of Advanced Manufacturing of Customized Orthopaedic Implants. The project addresses upstream and downstream manufacturing stages that directly affect performance, autonomy, and flexibility in industrial AM of metallic implants. The project’s digital advances achieve “First-Time-Right” approaches in AM, replacing “trial ‘n error”, reducing material-energy uses and the number of defects, with gains on the whole value chain.

 

RESULTS

ADAPT innovates on multi-process Additive Manufacturing of customized implants using achieving “First-Time-Right” manufacturing with the outcomes:
• AI-based algorithm for segmentation of tomography scans and high-precision 3D generative designs.
• Implement digital-twin systems for flexible manufacturing at different scales and materials conditions.
• Ultrasonic Atomization (UA) of medical grade Ti alloys qualified for orthopedic implants to ensure demanding mechanical-functional and biocompatibility requirements.
• Implement advanced geometrically specialized laser toolpaths for precise control of heat distribution and residual stress on the implants produced by Powder Bed Fusion – Laser Beam.
• Implant post-processing, in-vitro testing, quality control, and validation.
• Develop the process chain for recycling waste metallic materials back to UA.