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• Fine machining & optics

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• Fiber-reinforced plastics and laser system technology Expand / Hide

  • Tape laying and processing prepregs for fiber reinforced plastic components

  • Composite pipes and pressure vessels manufactured by laserassisted tape winding

  • Thermoforming of FRP organic sheets and tubes

  • Miniaturized pultrusion and pullwinding

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

  • Laser supported sheet metal processing

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  • Laser integration in machine tools and industrial robots

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• Implant Integration

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• 20160530_Optatec2016_LED

• 20160608_Optatec2016 Industry 4.0 allows manufacturers to see inside precision glass molding machine

• 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

• Transmitting measuring data wireless in real time

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

• Novel coating enables hip implants to grow in better and prevents aseptic inflammation

• 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

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