Machine Engineering

Machine Engineering

Nanostructured Alloying with Oxygen: Advancing Material Science

Severe plastic deformation and powder processing techniques are used to produce nanostructured materials with tailor-made compositions and without the effort…

Machine Engineering

New Double Nut Design Boosts Ball Screw Drive Lifespan

Ball screws or ball screw drives are gear arrangements with rolling balls inserted between a screw and nut element. They are used to translate rotational…

Machine Engineering

Hannover Scientists Unveil Novel Lightweight Production Process

Hybrid compound forging is the first process that combines two lightweight construction approaches, namely creating a material bond between steel sheets and…

Machine Engineering

PRESTO W91/W92: Next-Gen High-End Thermo-Dynamical Powerhouses

PRESTO W91/W92 – High-end Thermo-dynamical Product

Machine Engineering

Lightweight Construction: Automating CFRP Series Production

Automated manufacturing processes are the basis for ultimately establishing the series production of CFRP components. In the project HolQueSt 3D, the LZH has…

Machine Engineering

Efficient Laser Structuring for Automotive Metal Surfaces

In the automotive industry, more and more surfaces are getting a microstructure treatment. Whether they are added to cylinders or dashboards, functional…

Machine Engineering

FOSA LabX 330: Roll-to-Roll Coating for Flexible Glass

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and VON ARDENNE will intensify their cooperation in the field of the…

Machine Engineering

Fraunhofer IWS Partners with SIMTech for Advanced Research

SIMTech is a research institute under Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The collaboration between Fraunhofer IWS and SIMTech…

Machine Engineering

High-Pressure Natural Gas Turbine-Generator Breakthrough

Scientists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed turbo expander electric generator operating on high-pressure natural gas….

Machine Engineering

“Additive Manufacturing” speeds up

Empa’s latest technology briefing just goes to show how important Additive Manufacturing (AM) is set to become for Switzerland: Over 150 people from industry…

Machine Engineering

Non-Destructive Test for Hybrid Cast Components Unveiled

Lightweight design is increasingly applying trend-setting hybrid structures made of fiber composite materials and lightweight metal alloys, combining the…

Machine Engineering

Satellite Laser Tech: A New Approach to Climate Change

The fight against global climate change poses one of the greatest challenges of the coming decades. To develop effective measures against global warming,…

Machine Engineering

LZH Enhances Laser CFRP Reworking for Aircraft Components

Today, many aircraft components are made of the lightweight material CFRP. Advantages of this material are the low weight and the high stability.

Machine Engineering

Custom Induction Heating Solutions: Meet eldec Generators’ Custom Line

There are many possible application areas for induction hardening technologies. This efficient technique is used in the manufacture of plant and machinery, in…

Machine Engineering

MICO Generators: Enhance Toolmaking with Full Hardness & Speed

Experts often describe toolmaking as a link between development and production with a considerable impact on the industrial value added. This is why the…

Machine Engineering

Laser-Additive Manufacturing: Key to Unlocking Industry 4.0

„Are we ready for implementing Industry 4.0?“, asked Dr. Volker Schmidt, CEO of NiedersachsenMetall and Chairman of the Industrial Board of the LZH, the…

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