Steinbeis Transfer Center Manufacturing Technology & Machine Tools
Services
Client and problem-based consulting
Expert reports on technological and commercial decisions and legal/judicial issues (e.g. expert reports, expert reports as part of evidence procedures)
User-based development
Testing
Research
Sample processing
Manufacturing concepts and optimization
Tooling development
Checking, testing and approval of tooling machines
Machining and forming technology
Quality and manufacturing measurement technology
Software development
Key Areas
Production technology
Machining production and metal cutting technology
Forming and punching technology
High speed machining, high speed milling and HSC in
Light metal processing
Tool construction and forming
High-end processing
Plastic processing
Processing of fiber-reinforced plastics and composite structures
including review and optimization of
Technology
Machines
Controls and sensors
Main spindles
Tools
Rapid prototyping (prototype production, e.g., using stereolithography, FDM, LOM and other processes, vacuum casting, digitalization and surface reverse engineering)
Tooling machines
Testing, checking and approval
Prototype testing
Status monitoring, condition monitoring
Process monitoring and control
Sensors
Manufacturing concepts
Tooling technology
Tooling development, tests and optimization
Tooling selection
Tooling and technology databases and selection systems
Development of measurement and monitoring strategies for production
Assessment of production variances
Process and condition monitoring
Execution of production-related measurements for quality assurance
Vulnerability analysis
Project Examples
Machining technology
Dry machining of aluminum, steel and titanium alloys
Further development and coating tests on drill and machining tools
Machinability testing on aluminum wrought alloys
Development of machining technology for rocket engine parts
Optimization of disc milling processes in the machining of copper and stainless steel alloys at high rotation speeds
Development of drilling technology for CFRP components and CFRP composite designs
Optimization of titanium machining using plunging
Machining tests on GJV (GGV processing, vermicular cast iron)
Optimization of machining of titanium and nickel-based alloys
Ultrasound-based machining of metal components from jet engines
Ultrasound-based machining of carbon-based ceramic materials for motor units in satellites
Tooling machines and machine components
Prototype testing of milling machines (modal analysis, machining characteristics, static and thermal characteristics, function testing, noise registers, precision)
Tests on the impact of control parameters on contour precision and manufacturing times
Determination of the oscillation of motor spindles in machining processes
Calibration of an in-process balancing system in motor spindles for long overhanging milling tools
Investigations into the reproduceability of exact tooling balance
Condition monitoring and process monitoring of main spindles and machine controls in machining processes
Machining with robots
Definition of application areas for HSC spindle tooling systems (rattling)
Development of systems for minimal volume lubrication in machining processes
Production strategies and production optimization
Definition of tooling and machine components for the aerospace industry
Minimization of material use in milling components – cut optimization
Concepts for developing manufacturing segments, taking into account future products and materials
Optimization of high speed milling (machines, tools, programming strategies)
Software development
Software for optimizing drilling and milling processes (tool stress and cutting forces)
Tools for documenting process parameters (knowledge management)
Expert reports
Expert reports for the LGe in Augsburg, Mannheim, Rottweil and Ulm
Expert reports as part of evidence gathering procedures
Further Location
Produktionstechnisches Labor (in cooperation with the University Ulm): Prittwitzstrasse 10, building F, room 05 or rather 023 D-89075 Ulm Fon: +49 731 502-8182 Fon: +49 731 502-8203 Mobile: +49 179 9135544 Fax: +49 731 502-8454