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.
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The Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen, in collaboration with its partners within various engineering groups, is currently…
The sheer complexity of today’s production systems makes “going with your gut” decision making a questionable approach at best. So as part of the EU-funded…
Steel has already been around for roughly 3000 years and in several thousand variations today – yet it is always good for a surprise. Scientists at the…
Coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg, the experts specifically aimed to automate manufacturing jobs…
Combustion engines still have much potential to save energy and reduce emissions. The present trend is to use smaller engines of the same or even increased…
In times of scarce resources it is also important in the ship industry to lower fuel consumption and carbon dioxide output, in order to reduce the…