Videos ZLP Augsburg

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10 Years ZLP Augsburg

The DLR Centre for Lightweight Structures in Augsburg is celebrating its 10th anniversary. At the ZLP in Augsburg, science and industry work together to develop new processes and production technologies to make it easier for innovations to find their way into industrial applications.

Multifunctional Robot Cell (MFC)

With the Multifunctional Robot Cell (MFC), located at the Institute of Structures and Design in Augsburg, the DLR has a very flexible worldwide unique infrastructure at its disposal. In the MFC, six cooperating or individually acting robots work from the hall ceiling. In the 15 x 30 x 7 metre cell the robots can move freely throughout the entire area, producing, assembling and testing even very large structures. The cell can be subdivided into up to four independent areas for several simultaneous tasks and projects. The MFC unfolds its full effect in conjunction with consistent digitalisation, sensor technology, data management and quality assurance for the holistic automated production of lightweight structures for aerospace and transport and other sectors. Find more information here: https://www.dlr.de/bt/en/desktopdefau... Contact: Dr. Michael Vistein (michael.vistein@dlr.de) Video produced by http://lichtwerk-fotografie.com/

Innovative Robotic Platforms: Dual-Robot AFP and Welding of Thermoplastic CFRPs

Automated fibre placement (AFP) is one of the most used processes for the manufacturing of modern carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) aerospace components. Main cost drivers and barriers to rapid design changes are expensive molds and jigs. The National Research Council Canada together with the DLR developed a holistic and novel approach which uses dual-robot manufacturing and joining, and can be carried out without tools and jigs. Within this project, not only the accuracy of cooperating standard industrial robots has been improved drastically, but also a closed software pipeline from CAD to robot has been built up that is a significant part of the advanced process. Using existing research done by the DLR on direct consolidation AFP and continuous ultrasonic welding (cUW) in mono robot configuration, the team established new processes that are using significant less expensive jigs and improved design flexibility. Conducted in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada/Conseil national de recherches du Canada's Aerospace Research Centre, this project also received funding from the Small Teams Initiative: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-dev... Find more information here: https://www.dlr.de/zlp/en/desktopdefa... Contact: Lars Brandt (lars.brandt@dlr.de) Videoproduction by https://lange-sicht.de/