Machine Engineering

Machine engineering is one of Germany’s key industries. The importance of this segment has led to the creation of new university degree programs in fields such as production and logistics, process engineering, vehicle/automotive engineering, production engineering and aerospace engineering among others.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles covering technologies such as automation, motion, power train, energy, conveyor, plastics, lightweight construction, logistics/warehousing, measurement systems, machine tools and control engineering.

New Spatial Light Modulator for dynamic beam shaping

… in industrial high-power USP processes. Together with Hamamatsu, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen has set up an application lab for advanced laser material processing with…

When a laser collar tames the arc

An example of hybrid technology in its purest form has been developed and built by the Fraunhofer ILT for the DVS research project “KoaxHybrid.” In Aachen, the institute engineers have…

3D Printer Pushes Prototyping Boundaries

Making the construction of prototypes more efficient, cost-effective, faster and flexible – this will be possible with the world’s largest industrial delta 3D printer. The four-meter-high machine was developed by…

New breath-driven concept set to transform access to hand prosthetics

The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries. A revolutionary new hand prosthesis…

Real-time diagnostics for better engines

Scientists map atomic-level changes in the components of a running internal combustion engine using neutron techniques. The Science Researchers used neutrons to see how a new aluminum-cerium (AlCe) alloy behaves…

ETH researchers remeasure gravitational constant

The gravitational constant G determines the strength of gravity – the force that makes apples fall to the ground or pulls the Earth in its orbit around the sun. It…

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