Developed by a business consortium, its objective is to create advanced material and manufacturing technologies for the new generation of high-speed turbines.
Developed by a business consortium, its objective is to create advanced material and manufacturing technologies for the new generation of high-speed turbines.
Last July, the CDTI (Centre for Industrial Technological Development), an agency governed by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, approved a CIEN programme grant for the Futuralve project, submitted by a business consortium of six companies. The main objective of this project is for business partners, universities and technology centres to develop advanced material and manufacturing technologies for the new generation of high-speed turbines.
The CIEN (National Business Research Consortia) strategic programme has been developed by the Spanish government and funds major industrial and experimental research projects implemented by the effective collaboration of business consortia.
The technologies to be developed in Futuralve include:
The project started in May 2015 and will end in April 2019, with an overall budget for the consortium of around 10 million euros. Together with ONA, the consortium has another five industrial partners: ITP (leader of the project), Metalúrgica Marina, Mizar, Renishaw and Sariki. The companies of the consortium will outsource in turn jobs to nine technology centers and universities: AIMME Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico; the Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (CATEC); the CEIT technology center; Ideko; IMDEA Materiales; Lortek; Mondragon University; the Prodintec Foundation; and the University of the Basque Country.