Steinbeis Transfer Center Automotive Engineering Esslingen

• Consulting, studies and expert reports
• Applied research and development
• Training and continuing professional development
• Seminars and conventions
• International technology transfer

• Vehicle drives
• Combustion engines
• Exhaust emission technology, energy systems
• Environmental technology
• Construction
• Test and measurement drives
• Vehicle bodies
• CAD (software: CATIA and EUCLID)
• Fatigue strength
• Material and joining technologies
• Vehicle mechatronics and model construction/information science
• Sensors and actuators
• Electronic control devices
• Control systems
• Computation methods
• Modeling and simulation

• Market study on actuators and electrohydraulic control valves
• Control model for vehicle judder
• Technical supervision of a water wheel system
• Operational supervision of pubic double-decker buses
• Development of disk de-icing and cleaning equipment for cars
• Adaptation of a fixed caravan part to off-road vehicles
• Unwinding testing of car wheels
• Fatigue measurement involving rear axles of a roadster
• Experimental investigation of a 16-gear truck transmission system
• Measurement of dynamic axle movement on a chassis dynamometer
• Pressure testing of gas containers
• Testing of motorcycle shock systems
• Dynamic strength and noise measurement of motorized vehicles
• Load-dependent mixing of water with diesel fuel to reduce nitrogen oxide
• Suction tube injection on a petrol engine
• Layer charge testing on a single cylinder petrol engine
• Type testing involving a variety of engines
• Measurement of valve movement on a drag test rig
• Simulation of safety factors involving active steering
• Simulation of a VA single-wheel steering system
• PC program for simulating hydraulic transmission operation
• Writing of interface functions for vehicle dynamics systems
• PC program for calculating reflection on vehicle disks
• Development of a device for measuring gear shifting force in cars
• Fatigue testing on car axle parts during operation on the test rig
• Dynamic strength testing of laser welded car body plates
• Use of aluminum alloys in lightweight construction
• Computation rules for MAG weld joints in car body construction
• Load analysis of Boeing B 737 during towing (without tow bar)
• Optimization of the front axle of an aircraft towing vehicle
• Analysis of demands placed on elevator rails made out of aluminum alloys
• Stress analysis of a truck-mounted cement pump for collective stress
• Damage assessment involving a broken revolving tower crane
• Damage assessment involving a broken flange ring on a truck-mounted cement pump
• Definition of collective stress placed on bedspring washing machines
• Damage assessment involving broken parts on racing cars
• Weld joint used to join protective plates on special vehicles
• Fatigue testing on nozzle body holders on diesel direct injection systems
• Dynamic strength testing on generator fan blades

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• “Automotive engineering was, still is, and always will be an absolutely fascinating topic for me” (Transfer 2/2022)
  An interview with Professor Gerhard Walliser, Steinbeiser of the first generation
• The Path to Sustainability – Challenging, But There’s No Alternative (Transfer 2/2021)
  The future of our planet depends on structural, technological, and geopolitical change
• Steinbeis Award for Prof. Gerhard Walliser (Transfer 3/2016)
  Recognition for outstanding contributions made through project work
• “The combustion engine has been and will continue to be subject to intensive and successful research and development!” (Transfer 1/2015)
  An interview with the experts at the Steinbeis Transfer Center Automotive Engineering Esslingen
• International summer classes for students and engineers (Transfer 2/2014)
  
• International knowledge transfer in the automotive sector (Transfer 4/2009)
  Steinbeis summer courses
• Deep chill car tunnel testing (Transfer 1/2009)
  A new way to make vehicle development more efficient
• Teaching your car to feel (Transfer 1/2008)
  Internal and external proximity sensor technology for cars
• Editorial (Transfer 1/2008)