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.

EU project GALACTIC develops supply chain for Alexandrite laser crystals

Laser systems in earth observation satellites generate data for the analysis of the earth's atmosphere and surface.

Finding natural resources in the deep sea with the laser

The system for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) makes it possible to examine material samples for their atomic composition almost non-destructively.

The perfect thread guide

The use of textiles as fibre reinforcement in lightweight construction is well established, as successful application examples from the automotive and…

Drilling rivet holes in CFRP with the laser – efficient process for series components

The LZH scientists successfully tested the laser drilling process and the system on so-called “cargo struts”. These are C-shaped struts stabilize the cargo…

Super magnets from a 3D printer

Permanent magnets are incorporated into a number of mechatronic applications.

Additively manufactured rocket engine features an aerospike nozzle for microlaunchers

The market for small satellites is sure to boom in the years ahead. The United Kingdom aims to build a spaceport in the north of Scotland, the first on…

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