European Welding Federation

This breakthrough project will leverage nanotechnologies to improve heat transfer rates, higher complexity of internal design and inclusion of sensing and data transfer capabilities for condition and structural health monitoring and process control

Executive Director of The European Federation of Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF) until the end of 2019, Mrs.

The WELD 4.0 project was pioneer in creating a new Industry 4.0-specific Competence Unit that includes digital technologies as part of the European Welder profile and that can be broadly disseminated to other industries

Embracing this new digital channel allows the federation to reach all of its ecosystem, from members to industry partners and research institutions and, beyond that, to reach out to the younger generations who are most at ease with these new technologies

The WELDONE project aims to capacitate EWF System and STEM Educators, creating an active learning environment, with experiential learning and project work methods that encourage creativity and risk-taking, as a valuable learning opportunity

This innovative program will encompass all relevant Industry 4.0 technologies, covering the most known technologies as well as case studies from stakeholders' platforms/technologies, resulting in a digital transformation of the education process

The OptimaSteel project developed at Groupe PSA Mangualde Plant aims at providing leading-edge technologies and methods to improve the quality of life of older adults

The Federation's pioneer harmonized system for personnel qualification has grown to encompass welding, adhesive bonding, laser materials processing and other manufacturing technologies widely used throughout, and beyond, Europe

The Encompass project has developed an integrated design decision support system to improve the productivity of metal additive manufacturing

The resulting machine combines unique Additive Manufacturing and machining capabilities and has shown its ability to produce large metal finished components directly from a CAD drawing, reducing total production time