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Center for Lightweight Production Technology
Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems

Stade

Institutes and facilities

Center for Lightweight Production Technology
Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems

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DLR Stade - How to find us

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Ottenbecker Damm 12
21684 Stade

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DLR in Stade

At the DLR site in Stade, around 40 members of staff from the Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology of the Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems carry out research into the industrial-scale production of large structural components made from carbon-fibre reinforced polymers. This benefits not only the aircraft and automotive industries, but also the manufacturers of rotor blades for wind turbines.

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DLR at JEC World 2019 in Paris

March 11, 2019
As part of JEC World 2019, the leading European trade fair for fibre-composite technology, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is presenting its current research projects from 12 to 14 March 2019 in Paris. Among 1300 international exhibitors from research institutions and industry, DLR is represented by the Stuttgart-based Institute of Structures and Design, the Braunschweig-based Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, and the Center for Lightweight-Production-Technology (ZLP) in Augsburg and Stade. They will be showcasing a wide range of examples of applications from the fields of aeronautics and space.
SmartBlades2: field measurement campaign on wind turbine in Colorado begins

December 10, 2018
Three innovative 20-metre-long rotor blades that were developed within the context of the SmartBlades2 project will be assessed under natural weather and wind conditions in Boulder, Colorado (USA) over the next four months. For this purpose, the rotor blades, which were designed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) and built by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), have been successfully installed in the United States at the Department of Energy's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Among others, the field campaign aims to clarify how well the rotor blades – designed with bend-twist coupling – are able to effectively dampen peak loads during strongly variable wind speeds.
Automated production of aircraft fuselages made of aluminium fibreglass laminate

October 12, 2018
The Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, the Institute of Structures and Design, the Institute of Materials Research and the Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP) – at its locations in Stade and Augsburg – of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have teamed up to develop automated processes for the production of components made of high-performance fibre metal laminates.
Wind power – innovative vibration tests on rotor blades

May 24, 2018
An electrodynamic vibration exciter pulls and pushes at the 20-metre SmartBlades DemoBlade with a force of 100 kilograms. The rotor blade oscillates with a deflection of 50 centimetres at the tip. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) are conducting precise analyses of these movements and the material stresses on the rotor blade.
Robot ballet in record time: a world first – lightweight wings manufactured using two synchronised robots

December 20, 2017
Lightweight and therefore kerosene-saving wings made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) are already being used in the quiet, fuel-efficient flagship Airbus A350. But production has been extremely expensive and time-consuming thus far, because only one robotic laying unit stacks carbon fibres layer by layer, until a wing shell is formed.
First innovative DLR rotor blade headed for load testing

December 7, 2017
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have completed the first innovative rotor blade as part of the SmartBlades2 project. The rotor blade with a length of 20 metres can passively adapt to varying wind conditions using bending torsion coupling.
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DLR in Stade

DLR at JEC World 2019 in Paris

SmartBlades2: field measurement campaign on wind turbine in Colorado begins

Automated production of aircraft fuselages made of aluminium fibreglass laminate

Wind power – innovative vibration tests on rotor blades

Robot ballet in record time: a world first – lightweight wings manufactured using two synchronised robots

First innovative DLR rotor blade headed for load testing

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Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

Stade

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DLR in Stade

DLR at JEC World 2019 in Paris

Smart­Blades2: field mea­sure­ment cam­paign on wind tur­bine in Col­orado be­gins

Au­to­mat­ed pro­duc­tion of air­craft fuse­lages made of alu­mini­um fi­bre­glass lam­i­nate

Wind pow­er – in­no­va­tive vi­bra­tion tests on ro­tor blades

Robot bal­let in record time: a world first – lightweight wings man­u­fac­tured us­ing two syn­chro­nised robots

First in­no­va­tive DLR ro­tor blade head­ed for load test­ing

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Chair of the DLR Ex­ec­u­tive Board is hon­oured with the Wom­en in Aerospace Eu­rope Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment Award 2020

8th In­dus­tri­al Days at the DLR site in Lam­pold­shausen

Pas­cale Ehren­fre­und takes of­fice as Pres­i­dent of the IAF

Space – ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty, diplo­ma­cy and co­op­er­a­tion

The DLR del­e­ga­tion dur­ing a vis­it to the JAXA Tsuku­ba Space Cen­tre on 31 Ju­ly 2019

Meck­len­burg-West­ern Pomera­nia and DLR wel­come Eu­ro­pean pol­i­cy-mak­ers to Brus­sels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

SmartBlades2: field measurement campaign on wind turbine in Colorado begins

Automated production of aircraft fuselages made of aluminium fibreglass laminate

Wind power – innovative vibration tests on rotor blades

Robot ballet in record time: a world first – lightweight wings manufactured using two synchronised robots

First innovative DLR rotor blade headed for load testing

Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

Space – accessibility, diplomacy and cooperation

The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and DLR welcome European policy-makers to Brussels