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• Fine machining and optics

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• Fiber-reinforced plastics and laser system technology

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• Sustainable value creation Expand / Hide

  • Circularity: processes for a functioning circular economy

  • Life Cycle Assessment in Production Technology

  • Investment planning

• Producing resource-efficiently

• Manufacturing eco-friendly products

Digitization of production Expand / Hide

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  • Data-Driven Modeling

  • Data Quality and Data Preprocessing

  • Process Optimization and Deployment

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  • Data Integration and Data Structures

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  • Interfaces and Connectivity

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  • Context- and Situation-specific Information Provision

  • Flexible Process Control

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• Fit for industry 4.0 Expand / Hide

  • Flexible production

  • Industrie 4.0: Digitalization and Security Roadmapping

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  • Technology selection and implementation

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Technology qualification and evaluation

Process development and Prototypes

Optimization of production systems and processes

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• Multi-Technology Platform

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• LMD-W-20-L

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• Biological Transformation

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  • Competence-based diversification

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• Drivers of the mobility turnaround

• Future Powertrain

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• tissue engineering

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Additive manufacturing Expand / Hide

• Wire arc additive manufacturing

• Additive Manufacturing in the Process Chain

• Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)

• 2-Photon Polymerization

• Wire-Based Laser Metal Deposition (LMD-w)

Fiber composite technology Expand / Hide

• Miniaturized pultrusion and pullwinding

• FRP handling technology

• Thermoforming of FRP organic sheets and tubes

• Composite pipes and pressure vessels manufactured by laserassisted tape winding

• Tape laying and processing prepregs for fiber reinforced plastic components

• Shear cutting FRP

• Structural health monitoring of lightweight composites

Laser technologies Expand / Hide

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  • Geothermal drilling with the high-power laser

  • Fields of application for the laser as a tool

  • Examples of hybrid production machines and laser modules

• Laser process control Expand / Hide

  • Chromatic confocal sensor technology

  • Low-coherence Interferometry

  • Laser induced plasma analysis

• Laser Hardening

• Laser Structuring

Production metrology Expand / Hide

• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

• Development of fiber optic sensor technology

• High-Speed Microscopy

• Automated image processing

• Wavefront-based optical alignment

• Measurement and testing

Automated precision and micro assembly Expand / Hide

• Active alignment

• Prototyping - micro and precision assembly

• Fast solution strategies through artificial intelligence

• Ultra-precision bonding processes

Producing and machining surfaces Expand / Hide

• Micro- and nanostructuring Expand / Hide

  • Production and mastering

  • Replication and scaling

• Fine Machining

Forming and casting Expand / Hide

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  • Hightech material thin glass

  • Precision glass molding

  • Wafer Level Optics

  • Coating glass forming tools

• Plastics Expand / Hide

  • Injection-molded plastic lenses

• Laser supported sheet metal processing

• Economical sheet metal processing of high-performance materials using local conduction and induction

Machining and cutting Expand / Hide

• Optimize machine tools

• Ultra-precision machining Expand / Hide

  • Ultra-precision grinding

  • Ultra-precision turning

  • Tool engineering for precision glass molding

• High performance machining Expand / Hide

  • Use of Technology and Prototype Production

• Multi-axis water jet cutting of special materials

• Water jet ablation

Conferences and Seminars

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• LASER 2019

• Optatec 2022

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• Open, flexible assembly platform for optical systems

• Opening of the Fraunhofer Project Center at University of Twente

• Fraunhofer IPT and Conbility to collaborate in advancing fiber and tape-placement systems

• ICTM Conference 2019 in Aachen: Digitalization emerges as a leading-edge engineering trend for turbomachinery construction

• Fraunhofer IPT and Ericsson launch 5G-Industry Campus Europe, Europe’s largest Industrial 5G Research Network

• Now on air: 5G research network on Aachen campus goes live

• Hannover Messe 2021 Digital Edition: Hydrogen Technologies – High production rates for fuel cells

• Protecting manufacturing companies from cyber attacks: Research project offers security check for SMEs

• Creating Value rather than Growth: Aachen Institutes Announce the Production Turnaround

• White paper: Development and implementation of a data structure for the digital twin in optics production

• 5G-ACIA, Fraunhofer IPT and Ericsson showcase a live private 5G network for process automation at ACHEMA 2022

• European R2R network offers workshop on climate-friendly roll-to-roll production technologies

• Achema 2022: Fraunhofer IPT shows advantages of a smart, networked value chain with 5G for the process industry

• Fraunhofer IPT reduces part distortion during milling

• Cost-effective alternative to a PCR test

• Call for Papers for the 9th International Conference "Polymer Replication on Nanoscale" in Aachen, Germany

White Papers, Trend Reports and Studies Expand / Hide

• OCT for 3D cell culture visualization

• Resilience in Aviation

• Suitability of stainless steel and plastic belts for digital printing

• Accelerating Deep Tech Innovations

• The digital twin in battery cell production

Route to Aachen

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• Contact Tim Grunwald

• Contact Cornelia Rojacher

• Contact Marcel Prümmer

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reQenrol

CAM2030

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Additively manufactured hydrogen combustion chamber

Additively manufactured grinding wheel

DATARAMP

HyInnoCells

LMD Hybrid

Heart 2.0

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EPIC – Centre of Excellence in Production Informatics and Control

FlexPol

Modular system for loading vehicles

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