Steinbeis Innovation Center Automation in lightweight construction processes (ALP)

• Coordination of research projects
• R&D services
• Preparation of research proposals

Funding projects

• SAB funding project through the European Social Fund: InnoTeam ULTRA-PRO
  Title: Ultrasonic separation, joining, and sealing technology for creating hybrid composites based on new car body concepts in automated ULTRA-PRO process chains
• SAB funding project from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus): InnoTeam KoBot
  Title: Cooperative human-robot collaboration in control cabinet construction – KoBot

• Novel picking and packing systems in the field of flexible semi-finished products
• Development of dual mechanisms  for handling complex reinforcing fiber structures and preforms
• Research into novel mechanisms used in gripping systems for process sequences  involving large-scale lightweight construction
• Development of dual mechanisms  for ultrasonic components used to impregnate and consolidate thermoplastic fiber composite semi-finished products

• Development of picking and packing technology for cut-resistant materials
• Development of novel gripping techniques for stretched thread rests
• Ultrasonic separation, joining, and sealing technologies in automated process chains
• Novel sewing technique for medical applications
• Picking and packing technologies in the medical sector
• Application of nature-analog algorithms in testing and processing procedures

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Hand Over the Doh (Transfer 1/2023)
  Steinbeis experts use automation technology to pick and pack modeling clay
• An Overall for Emergencies (Transfer 3/2018)
  Steinbeis experts work with project partners to design a patient cooling solution that can be used anywhere
• Smart Stacking – a Handling System for Quickly Producing Laminates (Transfer 4/2016)
  Steinbeis acts as research partner on the processing of preformed thermoplastic materials
• A new dry processing system for glass-fiber pipes (Transfer 4/2011)
  Mud problem solved