Saving resources and producing sustainably - this is the topic of this year's Thuringian Mechanical Engineering Day, organized by the Thuringian Center for Mechanical Engineering (ThZM), coordinated by TU Ilmenau. In the 5th edition, the participating partners provide a comprehensive insight into the current state of application-oriented research and development for the manufacturing industry. The focus is on the transfer of practical results in joint projects with and for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as the presentation of application examples for industrial use.
Proven experts, including several scientists from the TU Ilmenau in the fields of production engineering and neuroinformatics and cognitive robotics, will provide information on the latest developments in modern production technologies. With a view to the topic of "resource efficiency and sustainability in production", the discussion will focus in particular on the fields of scrap minimization, process stabilization, process chain optimization and new materials.
Together, the participating partners would like to provide new impulses for their own production and exchange views on the perspectives of modern and future-oriented mechanical engineering technologies.
The Thuringian Center for Mechanical Engineering and the Thuringian Cluster Management of LEG Thüringen also cordially invite you to contribute your own experiences and ideas, to discuss the future of mechanical engineering with your peers and to initiate corresponding activities.
REGISTRATION for the 5th Thuringian Mechanical Engineering Day
09.00 Registration and get-together
09.30 h Welcome
09.40 am Intangible value creation - How sustainable business works in the manufacturing industry
Ulrich Sendler | Independent technology analyst and author
10.10 a.m. Lightweight construction through multi-material mix: Joining plastic and metal and dissimilar metal compounds
Prof. Jean Pierre Bergmann | TU Ilmenau
10.30 am Laser beam welding of additively manufactured components
Stefan Ulrich | ifw Jena
10.50 am Together we are strong - Collaboration in peer-to-peer networks to strengthen competitiveness
Steffen Berghof | Berghof Group GmbH
Maxim Reimche | TU Ilmenau
11.10 am Ultrafine grinding of mineral glasses for free-form optical applications
Sebastian Henkel | Ernst-Abbe University Jena
11.30 Guided poster show
12.15 Lunch break
13.15 In-process defect detection in additive manufacturing with artificial intelligence methods
Marc Preißler | Fraunhofer IOF
13.35 Smart injection mould - production tool with embedded diagnostic hardware
Prof. Thomas Seul | University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden
1.55 p.m. Collaborative assistance robots - artificially intelligent handlers
Dr. Steffen Müller | TU Ilmenau
14.15 h ProHyMaTh - Process Technologies for Hybrid Materials Thuringian Forest
Dr. Florian Welzel | GFE Schmalkalden
14.35 Coffee break
14.50 Parallel workshops and visit of the exhibition
Workshop 1: From product simulation to process simulation
Prof. Jens Bliedtner | Ernst-Abbe University Jena
Workshop 2: Process technologies for hybrid materials
Dr. Klaus Wagner | GFE Schmalkalden
Workshop 3: Medical technology - opportunities and risks of a growth market
Prof. Stefan Roth | University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden
Prof. Thomas Seul | University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden
Exhibition: Presentation of the projects LAKE and Metal-MEX
15.50 Wrap-Up
Prof. Jens Bliedtner | Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena
Dr. Klaus Wagner | GFE Schmalkalden
Prof. Stefan Roth | University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden
16.00 Closing words and get-together
17.30 End of the event
Background:
Energy and material efficiency in production is the order of the day against the background of rising energy prices and requirements for a low CO2 economy to mitigate climate change. Due to ecological and economic requirements, it will no longer be important in the future to generate maximum profit from as little capital as possible, but rather to manufacture a product using as little material and energy as possible, thus decoupling resource and energy consumption from economic growth.
Find out how the ThZM can contribute to this in the brochure "Resource Efficiency in Production - For a Strong and Competitive Economy in Thuringia".