Side by side with industry – full-size research with large-scale facilities
The leap from initial idea to evaluable application requires a professionally equipped large-scale scientific facility environment, particularly for manufacturing implementation. This is especially relevant for aeronautical applications with a TRL of four to six, but also to other applications, such as wind turbine rotor blades. Representing the processes involved in a simulative way is essential for the efficient implementation of research tasks and also offers the possibility of transferring acquired knowledge to different process and cycle rates.
Areas of competence
On the equipment side, the range of the Production Technologies Department covers manufacturing scenarios from press, RTM and autoclave technologies to fibre laying and filament winding technologies. All of the facilities are digitally interconnected and are equipped with the latest control and quality assurance technologies. Production costs and resource and energy efficiency are all evaluated.
Overview of the large-scale facilities:
Range of services