Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA are digitizing the value stream analysis together with the Stuttgart-based software provider iFAKT. This aims to make this proven optimization method feasible in the future with significantly less effort and almost…

Batteries with as much energy as possible are especially in demand for electric vehicles. The Fraunhofer IPA is working on solid-state batteries that are supposed to have an energy density of almost twice that of today's lithium-ion batteries, with 700 watt-hours per kilogram. Digital twins are inte…

How can medical staff in hospitals be relieved through digitalization while simultaneously placing the patient more firmly at the center of processes? Researchers at the Fraunhofer IPA are investigating how routine tasks in everyday clinical practice can be digitized and automated. In cooperation wi…

Leading aerosol researchers agree: the greatest risk of infection with Covid-19 occurs in enclosed indoor spaces. Therefore, the following questions must be answered to prevent infection: Can ventilation and air purification systems protect against the virus? How must they be designed for this purpo…

It is often seen among cyclists and hikers, but Ötzi, the glacier mummy, also wore it, as well as the bog body from Kayhausen — a cape: a sleeveless, lightweight cloak designed to protect against wind and weather. 5,000 years ago, it was made of grass; in 364/350 BC, from fur; today, from textile…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA is getting a new building in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. With the groundbreaking ceremony on September 27, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economics Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, together with Thomas Bauernhansl, Director of the Fraunhofer…

In the research project "InterOpera", funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, researchers are working together with industry to develop uniform methods for implementing the administration shell in practice. The project, in which the Fraunhofer IPA and the Standardization Coun…

With a mobile test laboratory, researchers from the Fraunhofer IPA can now quickly and reliably detect fragments of coronaviruses in wastewater. These are an indication of increased infection rates and thus an indicator of pandemic hotspots. It is scheduled to start in September.

The countdown is on…

3D-printing is becoming increasingly important in industrial manufacturing. It not only makes it possible to produce very complex shapes that would otherwise be virtually impossible to generate using conventional processes, but also enables small batch numbers to be produced on a cost-effective basi…

Labor automation at Fraunhofer IPA is paving the way for a gene-based cancer therapy tailored to individual patients. Preparations that are currently produced in small quantities with a lot of manual labor in laboratories could in the future come from "mini-factories." Partners in the project, funde…