Steinbeis Research Center Automation, Lightweight and Process Engineering (ALP)

Stadlerstraße 14
09126 Chemnitz
Germany
  • Phone: +49 371 335 628 50
    Management:
  • Dipl.-Ing. Mirko Spieler
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Nendel
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Services

  • Automation Concepts for Lightweight Construction Processes
  • Custom Development in the Field of Handling Technology and Special-Purpose Machines
  • Customer-Specific Automation Concepts

Key topics

  • Assembly of flexible semi-finished products
  • Handling of complex reinforcement fiber structures and preforms
  • Gripping systems for transfer to lightweight construction processes
  • Process integration for the automated production of lightweight components
  • Special-purpose machines and fixtures for process automation

Project examples

  • Design and development of interlinking solutions for injection molding
  • Fixtures for component marking in high-volume aluminum die-casting processes
  • Preheating modules for fiber-reinforced semi-finished products
  • Gripping systems for flexible sheet materials (room temperature, preheated)
  • Assembly and packaging systems for products with irregular geometries
  • Test benches for component and semi-finished product testing

Media

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

  • Hand Over the Doh (Transfer 1/2023)
    Steinbeis experts use automation technology to pick and pack modeling clay
  • Manual Production? Complex Automation! (Transfer 4/2017)
  • Modular. Adaptable. Efficient. (Transfer 2/2016)
    Steinbeis experts help develop pilot plant for use with orbital coiling technology

Yearbook Steinbeis Foundation´s Transfer Award – Löhn Award

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