Machine Engineering
Machine engineering is one of Germany’s key industries. The importance of this segment has led to the creation of new university degree programs in fields such as production and logistics, process engineering, vehicle/automotive engineering, production engineering and aerospace engineering among others.
innovations-report offers informative reports and articles covering technologies such as automation, motion, power train, energy, conveyor, plastics, lightweight construction, logistics/warehousing, measurement systems, machine tools and control engineering.
Lightweight construction with natural fibre-reinforced plastics used for Li-ion battery housings
To respond individual customer requirements and to meet social and political responsibility, a research project was carried out in cooperation between Ansmann AG and Fraunhofer Institute für Structural Durability and…
Automated machining and assembly of large lightweight structures for rail vehicle construction
Automation solutions on a 1:1 scale for sustainable rail vehicle construction from Fraunhofer IFAM in Stade, Germany – InnoTrans 2022. InnoTrans 2022 l Hall 23 l Booth 240 l The…
Mobile cleaning and disinfection robot frees rail vehicles from dirt & pathogens
Service robotics from Fraunhofer IFAM in Stade, Germany at InnoTrans 2022. Applied research at InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin, Germany: As part of the “Fraunhofer vs. Corona” program, the automation and…
New Spatial Light Modulator for dynamic beam shaping
… in industrial high-power USP processes. Together with Hamamatsu, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen has set up an application lab for advanced laser material processing with…
When a laser collar tames the arc
An example of hybrid technology in its purest form has been developed and built by the Fraunhofer ILT for the DVS research project “KoaxHybrid.” In Aachen, the institute engineers have…
3D Printer Pushes Prototyping Boundaries
Making the construction of prototypes more efficient, cost-effective, faster and flexible – this will be possible with the world’s largest industrial delta 3D printer. The four-meter-high machine was developed by…