The airtightness of cleanrooms has been clearly regulated since VDI 2083-19. To achieve the respective limits, built-in components such as sockets or smoke detectors play a particularly important role. STZ EURO developed its own test stand for measuring the air permeability of individual components…
The 23rd User Forum – Additive Manufacturing Technologies, organized by the Konradin Media Group and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA on March 3rd, covers the entire process chain of additive manufacturing, highlights the advantages and disadvantages of various…
The determination of the purity of medical devices has been uniformly regulated since October of this year: VDI Guideline 2083 Sheet 21 offers guidance on how manufacturers can determine whether purity limits are necessary for their products and how these can be derived and verified. The next, consi…
According to the Federal Environment Agency, the use of efficient ventilation systems in industrial and commercial enterprises alone can save around 7 billion kWh. STZ EURO was able to achieve significant energy savings through appropriate optimization of filter systems and control loops in a cleanr…
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Housing and the Industry 4.0 Alliance Baden-Württemberg today awarded the simulation game "Digitalized Production Control" at "100 Places for Industry 4.0 in Baden-Württemberg." It is already the fourth honor for Fraunhofer IPA since the competition beg…
Researchers from Fraunhofer IPA and the International Performance Research Institute (IPRI) have compared costs and benefits of cyber-physical systems in a viability study. For the first time, this will enable businesses to predict the costs over an entire life cycle and to identify the most cost ef…
Researchers from Fraunhofer IPA and the International Performance Research Institute (IPRI) have compared the costs and benefits of cyber-physical systems in a profitability assessment. Entrepreneurs can, for the first time, forecast expenses over the entire deployment period and determine the most…
Commercial and privately used service robots recorded double-digit growth rates in revenues and units in 2018. Detailed market analyses are presented in the new yearbook »World Robotics 2019 – Service Robots«, a cooperative project of the »International Federation of Robotics« (IFR) and Fraunhofer IPA.
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VDI 2083 Sheet 3 has been completely revised and will soon be published as a draft. Sheet 3 within VDI 2083 defines the respective testing and measurement procedures. The updates compared to the 2005 guideline are of interest to cleanroom operators as well as system suppliers, planners, and construc…
The new guideline VDI 2083 Sheet 21 »Cleanliness of Medical Devices in the Manufacturing Process« describes a universally applicable approach to deriving acceptance criteria and provides guidance for selecting an appropriate testing method.
Based on the VDI guideline, the industry consortium aims to fu…
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