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13.11.2020

OnRobots 2FG7 enables space-saving automation

New parallel gripper for use in cleanroom environments

With the 2FG7, OnRobot presents a gripper that users can easily operate even in cleanroom environments: The electric parallel gripper 2FG7 is IP67-certified and ideally suited to automate the production of small series or a wide variety of variants. The gripper is ready for use within minutes and sp…

Exterior view of the Max Planck Institute (Cadolto Modular Construction GmbH)

13.11.2020

New construction at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology completed

Completion of the new laboratory building in Bremen

The Max Planck Institute relies on a modular construction project: On November 11, 2020, the new laboratory building on Celsius Street 1 in Bremen was completed. The expansion of the existing institute building will open up new possibilities for scientists and laboratory staff in research and develo…

Manufacturers are preparing for the high demand from medical practices, authorities, schools, or offices – an increasing number of companies and institutions are investing in mobile air purifiers to reduce the risk of Corona infection.

Modern air purification devices are compact, mobile, and easy to operate. They significantly reduce the risk of Corona infection in rooms where many people stay together for longer periods.

The airflow simulation confirms that this air purifier, through appropriate air guidance, is able to capture the air in the entire 70-square-meter room and purify it of viruses with a high percentage.

In classrooms where many people spend hours together, the risk of infection is comparatively high. Ventilation only helps to a limited extent. Mobile air purifiers can reliably reduce the danger.

13.11.2020

Health Protection: Air purifiers significantly reduce the risk of Corona infection in enclosed spaces

Doctor's offices, authorities, schools, or offices: More and more companies and institutions are investing in mobile air purification devices to reduce the risk of Corona infection. Ulrich Stolz, Technical Director at Keller Lufttechnik, explains why the use of such air purifiers makes sense and wha…

igus expands the management team. L to R: Michael Blass, Gerhard Baus, Frank Blase, Tobias Vogel, and Artur Peplinski. (Source: igus GmbH)

13.11.2020

The Motion Plastics specialist reorganizes management according to products and important future projects

Be future-proof, stay innovative: igus expands management

The ongoing digitalization, a high level of product innovation, fast delivery times worldwide, and a sustainable circular economy – just some of the future projects that igus is advancing further this year. To handle this multitude of tasks, the company is now expanding its management team. Customer…

The Fraunhofer IPA can now use the computing power of the supercomputer

02- Cooperation Partners
In November 2020, the cooperation between both institutions was sealed (from left to right): Raoul Schönhof, Head of Fachthemen Machine Learning at Fraunhofer IPA, Bastian Koller, Managing Director of HLRS, Professor Michael Resch, Director of HLRS, and Professor Marco Huber, Department Head at Fraunhofer IPA. (© Fraunhofer IPA)

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R+D & Community of Interest

Computing power for the highest demands

Fraunhofer IPA and HLRS initiate collaboration

Whether for simulations, data-intensive calculations as a basis for machine learning methods, or for learning robots: Fraunhofer IPA is now collaborating with the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). The research institute can thus access enormous computing power and realize new proje…

Fig. 1: The KUZ has the Computed Tomography (CT) Werth TomoScope® XS available.

$Fig. 2: CT scan of a PP long-fiber composite. The red ellipses indicate the fiber orientation distribution. The wall thickness of the sample was divided into 10 layers from 2 mm. The blue arrow points in the flow direction during injection molding. / Fig. 3: From the CT scan of the PP long-fiber sample, the fibers are selected here. This allows, among other things, the determination of the local fiber volume fraction.$

Fig. 4: In this longitudinal section through a PA6GF30 sample, the density distribution, bubble structure, and fiber orientation are shown (from left to right).

Fig. 5: left: point cloud (STL file); right: precise measurement (deviation approx. 3 µm)

Fig. 6: Rivet connections with different rivet head shapes. Porosity in the rivet head (left). Binding seams in the contact area between the rivet head and the pin (middle and right).

13.11.2020

Make fibers, bubbles, and density visible through X-ray radiation

Qualify lightweight construction through computed tomography

Plastics are predestined materials for lightweight construction applications. To optimally utilize the lightweight effect of the material, their potentials must be purposefully harnessed.

The mechanical properties are direction-dependent. Foremost among these is fiber orientation. In thermoplastic fo…

The mobile cleaning and disinfection robot DeKonBot navigates autonomously to critical objects such as door handles and disinfects them. (© Fraunhofer IPA/Photo: Rainer Bez)

By using its flexible cleaning tool, DeKonBot can disinfect different objects by wiping, including elevator buttons. (© Fraunhofer IPA/Photo: Rainer Bez)

The operating environment is taught to the robot via an intuitive graphical user interface. (© Fraunhofer IPA/Photo: Rainer Bez)

Machine learning methods make it possible to detect the objects to be cleaned in the area, in this case door handles in a corridor. (© Fraunhofer IPA)

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R+D & Community of Interest

Fraunhofer IPA presents disinfection robot “DeKonBot”

In order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the research institute in Stuttgart has developed the prototype of a mobile cleaning and disinfection robot in a short time. It navigates autonomously to potentially contaminated objects, such as door handles, and disinfects them thoroughly. The rob…

13.11.2020

High functionality with attractive design and high protection class. Extension of the MultiProf housing series from WÖHR.

ALU-PRIMUS-P4

The Richard Wöhr GmbH, based in Höfen an der Enz, is expanding its product range with the aluminum housing series ALU-PRIMUS-P4. The special feature of this housing series is the protection class IP65/IP66 up to IP67, achieved through 4 mm thick end plates including silicone seals (temperature range…

Table 1: Comparison of airflow requirements with/without lowering and energy-saving potential in lowering operation for heating/cooling/dehumidification and humidification (excluding electrical energy for fans).

Figure 1: Example of a leak-tight, conservatively designed cleanroom area operated without depressurization.

Figure 2: Example of a leaky, conservatively designed cleanroom area with improved energy efficiency, operated using the standard lowering method.

Figure 3: Example of an innovatively designed and precisely defined cleanroom area, with the most efficient lowering method.

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Michael Kuhn, Head of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Energy, Environmental, and Cleanroom Technology, Lecturer for Cleanroom Technology, and Chairman of VDI 2083-19.

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Buildings & Rooms

STZ EURO: Future-proof resource conservation based on VDI 2083-19

Visions for climate-friendly cleanroom operation

For many cleanroom applications, a defined airtightness is not required, especially if compliance with product protection or environmental protection does not demand it. Nevertheless, it can make sense to achieve a airtightness as defined by VDI 2083 Sheet 19 in order to specifically and economicall…

11.11.2020

The top speakers include: The German Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn on Monday and Virologist Hendrik Streeck on Wednesday

The countdown is on: virtual.MEDICA + virtual.COMPAMED hit the starting line with a full programme and innovations from around 1,400 exhibitors

The countdown is on! For the first time in their history, the world-leading medical trade fair MEDICA and the international number one event for the medical manufacturing supply market, COMPAMED, will be held entirely online as virtual.MEDICA and virtual.COMPAMED from Monday, with around 1,400 exhib…

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