Reference projects

»DiMoLo« creates a digital twin that makes real-time operational data from the shop floor available for planning purposes. This enables mobile manipulators, material flows, and logistics systems to be designed and simulated more effectively and operated in a more cost-effective and sustainable manner over the long term.

The WiBreak project is conducting fundamental research into single-fiber tensile testing for reinforcing fibers such as carbon fibers, recycled carbon fibers, and glass fibers. The measurement method is being tested in interlaboratory tests and will then be standardized.

»FlexiCutStack« is developing an innovative concept for the automated assembly of electrodes for solid-state batteries. The focus is on the precise cutting and stacking of the electrodes. To this end, a flexible gripper system is being developed that can adapt to different materials and component geometries. In addition, a specially designed punching tool is being created to enable reliable separation of the components.

With the aim of shortening the duration of layout planning while simultaneously improving the quality of the results, the CoLa project will be researching an innovative point cloud-based planning approach.

Artificial intelligence promises enormous efficiency gains in aircraft production—but without certifiability, its potential remains untapped. In the TrustME project, Fraunhofer IFAM and Fraunhofer IGCV are working with partners to develop trustworthy AI for quality prediction, image processing, and flexible production planning, and are creating methods for its approval in aviation.

The EU project »PMEXCEL« is developing high-quality, flexible, and sustainable training and continuing education programs in powder metallurgy across Europe. The goal is to train skilled workers for the green and digital transformation in key industries such as automotive, aerospace, energy, and medical technology.

Nonwoven fabrics made from recycled carbon fibers (rCF) offer great potential for closing the carbon fiber loop in a resource- and cost-efficient manner. The goal of the »CO2-SaVer« project is to develop and establish a process for manufacturing components with 100% rCF reinforcement.

The »AluWireLMP« project focuses on developing and optimising the wire-based additive manufacturing technology Liquid-Metal-Printing (LMP). It enables the production of aluminum components with high accuracy, strength and efficiency through layer-by-layer deposition and melting of aluminum wire. The project aims to strengthen the competitiveness of aluminum in additive manufacturing and open up new applications in various industries.

Process parameters and processes for the manufacture of gears with lightweight structures, optimized surfaces in the root area, and printed, locally adapted carbon distributions (in-situ carburization with variable CHD) - Characteristic values for the tooth flank and tooth root load-carrying capacity of optimized, additively manufactured (PBF-LB/M) gears made of 16MnCr5 - Qualitative and quantitative influence of optimizations (lightweight design, surface, and adapted, localized carbon distribution (variable CHD)) on gear load-carrying capacity.

Due to the increased product variance in manufacturing companies as a result of the advancing individualisation of customer wishes, the number of necessary tool changes is increasing, which is accompanied by downtimes due to a lack of tool supply. By automating tool supply using mobile assistance robotics, solutions are to be found within the scope of the "AutoWerk" project to avoid interruptions in production and thus increase the economic efficiency of manufacturing.