Project Information
- Acronym: A4M – Additive for Mobility
- Status: 🟢In Progress
- Start Date: June 3, 2024
- End Date: June 2, 2028
Additive for Mobility (A4M)
An FFG flagship project for the mobility transition
The FFG-funded flagship project A4M – Additive for Mobility is developing a novel, hybrid process chain for sustainable series production in the mobility sector. Led by the Institute of Manufacturing Technology and Photonic Technologies (IFT) at TU Wien, the project combines two complementary additive technologies: 3D sand printing for complex castings and wire-based Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM/DED). The intelligent integration of these processes creates a flexible, resilient, and industrially viable manufacturing system that meets the demands of the mobility transition.
A4M addresses key challenges in a market heavily dependent on fossil resources. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enable alternative mobility concepts, manufacturing systems are needed that are agile, resource-efficient, and robust. This is precisely where A4M comes in: The developed process chain integrates digital twins, adaptive toolpath strategies, multi-material joints, and an intelligent quality assurance system that enables precise, reproducible, and low-carbon production.
Together with leading industry partners and research institutions from the automotive, aviation, and rail sectors, the project is implementing use cases at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 5 through TRL 7, both in the newly developed laboratory manufacturing cell at IFT and directly at the partners’ sites.
The goal of A4M is to develop a novel manufacturing system that offers manufacturing companies in the mobility sector a significantly higher degree of flexibility, resilience, and sustainability. By combining additive and conventional technologies, the project aims to manufacture complex components more efficiently, reduce material usage and energy consumption, and unlock new design freedoms. In this way, A4M lays the foundation for future-oriented production that meets the requirements of the mobility transition.
Budget & Funding
The total funding for the A4M project amounts to €4.42 million, with total funding standing at €2.98 million.
A4M is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as part of the EU flagship initiative “Additive Manufacturing & Material Systems for the Mobility Transition” and co-financed by the European Union under the contract number 910323.
