NRW Research College Work 4.0: Design of flexible working environments - People-centered use of cyber-physical systems in Industry 4.0

For production companies, the transition to Industry 4.0 opens up great opportunities for modernization and the associated increase in the efficiency of production processes. In addition to the still largely existing technical challenges involved in developing such systems, the role of employees throughout the entire value chain is undergoing ...

Duration: 08/2014 - 12/2022

Funded by: MKW NRW

Contact: Prof. Dr. Gregor Engels, Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider, Prof. Dr. Eckhard Steffen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr. Christian Harteis, Prof. Dr. Iris Gräßler, Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Martin Diewald, Stefan Kopp, Günter W. Maier, Frank Ulrich Rückert, Britta Wrede

Light - Efficient – Mobile. Energy- and cost-efficient extreme lightweight construction with hybrid materials

The NRW Research College "Light - Efficient - Mobile" (FK LEM) simultaneously addressed important societal challenges such as resource efficiency, environmentally friendly mobility, climate protection, but also various aspects in other areas such as medical technology. A key to solving these challenges lies in the implementation of an extremely ...

Duration: 08/2014 - 12/2022

Funded by: MKW NRW

Progress college "Design of flexible working enviroonment - human-centric use of cyber physical systems"

In this field of work, threat modeling and architectural security analysis methods for CPS developed in the Fortschrittskolleg have been extended so that they are applicable to cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS). Here, for the first time, inherently humans are considered as important factors of the overall system. Using a digital twin, people are ...

Duration: 08/2014 - 06/2022

Funded by: MKW NRW, BMBF

Dynamics - Thinking ahead to the future of additive manufacturing - seizing opportunities for business

The "Dynamics" project produced a study containing exemplary results from the project "Development of a system for testing the potential of additive manufacturing", which was carried out by the Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) and the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn. The goal of the project is to develop methods ...

Duration: 06/2014 - 08/2016

Funded by: DMRC

TRR 30 - Prozessintegrierte Herstellung funktional gradierter Strukturen auf der Grundlage thermo-mechanisch gekoppelter Phänomene

Der Erhalt industrieller Fertigungsstrukturen für die Herstellung hochwertiger Massengüter - auch unter den in den westlichen Industrieländern typischen Hochlohnbedingungen - kann nur durch außerordentliche Innovationsleistungen erreicht werden. Die aus der komplexen Interaktion thermischer und mechanischer Wirkmechanismen resultierenden ...

Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2015

Funded by: DFG

TRR 30 - Synthese und multikriterielle modellgestützte Optimierung von Prozessketten zur Herstellung von Bauteilen mit funktional gradierten Eigenschaften (Teilprojekt D05)

Ziel des Teilprojektes ist es, ein umfassendes Instrumentarium zur Synthese, Analyse/ Explorationund Optimierung von thermo-mechanisch gekoppelten Fertigungsprozessen zur Herstellung von Bauteilenmit gradierten Eigenschaften zu erarbeiten, das die im SFB/TR entstehenden Modellierungstechnikenund das darauf beruhende Wissen für den Fertigungsplaner ...

Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2015

Funded by: DFG

Digital assistance in injection moulding

The aim is to provide decentralised and intuitive support for machine operators in eliminating acute faults in the injection moulding process. The client, Hadi-Plast GmbH & Co. KG is an innovative company undergoing digital transformation.

Duration: since 05/2024

Funded by: Hadi-Plast