Equipment

Disk laser	Trumpf TruDisk 5000.75
Fiber laser	Coherent HighLight ARM 7000 (loaner)
	IPG YLM-450/4500-QCW
	Trumpf TruFiber 400
	Rofin PowerLine F20
Solid-state laser	LASAG SLS 200 CL60 HP
Diode laser	Laserline LDM 3000
	Laserline LDM 1000
CO₂ laser	Synrad firestar series f400
Scanner systems	Scanlab intelliWELD 30 FC
	Raylase TS-30
	Trump PFO 20
	Scanlab powerScan 33
Handling systems	Kuka KR60 HA
	Rotary tilting axis Kuka DKP400
	Sitec LWPS 1000
	ILZ Ilmenau laser portal
	mobile machine tool for investigations at the synchrotron (own development)

GMAW power sources	EWM alpha Q 552 RC puls (MicroMSG)
	EWM alpha Q 552 Expert 2.0 puls MM - single wire feeder
	EWM alpha Q 552 Expert 2.0 puls MM - two-wire feeder
	EWM Phoenix 355 Expert 2.0 puls MM TKM
	Fronius CMT Advanced 4000
	EWM Titan XQ 500 puls D EX W
TIG power sources	EWM Tetrix 551 AC/DC Synergic FWD
	EWM Tetrix 352 AC/DC Synergic RC HW
	EWM Picotig 200 AC Hotwire (handheld)
	Fronius TransTig 1700 (handheld unit)
Plasma systems	EWM Microplasma 102 RC Plasma CW GR
	EWM Tetrix 350 AC/DC with GDE3 gas control system
	Castolin Eutectic - Eutronic GAP 3000 AC/DC
Hot wire systems	EWM Tetrix 300 Comfort puls 5P TM
	EWM Triton 260 DINSE DC
Handling systems	Kuka KR150-2000
	Kuka KR15-2
	Kuka KR60
	Rotary tilting axis Kuka DKP 400
	EWM Positionier PT-102B (Gear B: 0.3 - 10 rpm)

Diffusion welding systems	DSA 85: 150 x 100 x 80 mm³, 1000 °C, 45 kN
	DSA 75: Ø=50-60 mm, h=20 mm, 1000 °C, 10 kN
Milling machine for FSW	Hermle UWF 1000 CNC
Robotized FSW	Grenzebach system (6-axis articulated arm robot)
	Spindle attachment for separate control of welding pin and shoulder (speed, direction of rotation)
	Standing shoulder / DeltaN tool
Spot welding FSW	Ejoweld
Ultrasonic welding	Torsional system
	Longitudinal system
Resistance welding	Fronius DeltaSpot G2 (C-welding gun)
	DALEX PMS 11-4 (modular power units)

Software	Simufact Welding
	Ansys Workbench / Classic
	DynaWeld
	Comsol Multiphysics
	FlowScience Flow 3D
Hardware	Computing cluster of the University Computing Center
	Computer for FEM simulations
	Computer for machine learning applications

High Speed Cameras	Photron Fastcam SA-X2
	Photron Fastcam NOVA S9
	Optronis CR2000x2
Lighting systems	Cavitar Cavilux
	LED based systems
Multichannel measurement systems	Dewetron DEWE PCI-16 (2x)
	Dewesoft Krypton
	Jäger Measurement ADwin
Force measurement	Kistler Dynamometer 9139AA (up to 30 kN)
	Kistler charge amplifier 5080A
	Cutting force determination machining
	Force and torque measurement
Vibration measurement	Laser Doppler Vibrometer Polytec OFV-5000
Energy measurement	Energy measurement system (own development)
Schlieren technology	mobile high speed schlieren stand (own development)
Geometry measurement	Micro-Epsilon LLT3060-25/BL 2D/3D high-speed profile sensors (2x)
	with integrated evaluation and possibility to measure on hot surfaces
Spectrometer	Avantis AvaSpec (350 nm...1100nm, 350 Hz)
	System for high-speed analysis of spectral lines or ranges (in-house development)
Temperature measurement technology	Thermal imaging camera InfraTec ImageR 8320
	Thermal imaging camera IMS Chips HDRC Pyrocam
	Pyrometry (e.g. Kleiber, Optris)
	Thermocouple measurement (e.g. type K, type C)

Microscopy	Zeiss AxioScope.A1 with camera AxioCam ICc3
	Zeiss SteREO Discovery.V8 with AxioCam 105 color
	Zeiss Axio Vert.A1 MAT with AxioCam 105 color
	Zeiss Axio Zoom KMAT zoom microscope
Vacuum impregnation unit	Buehler VacNCast
Hot mounting press	Buehler Simplimet XPS1 (40 mm press mold)
Grinding machine	Buehler Phoenix 4000V/2 (2x)
Electrolytic preparation	Struers LectroPol-5
Hardness testing	Struers DuraScan 70
	UCI UT200 hardness scanner
Ageing and corrosion testing	Thermal ovens Thermal oven with power supply
	Alternating immersion test in salt solution
Universal testing machine	Zwick 1455
Cupping test according to Erichsen	Roell & Korthaus KG BP 612
Dynamic test	SincoTec Power Swing Mot Evolution 50 kN
	Zwick Roell high frequency pulsator 100HFP5100
3D motion and deformation analysis	GOM Aramis SRX System
3D Scanner	GOM Atos Core 300
Laser Beam Acoustics	Primes FocusMonitor
	Primes BeamMonitor
Laser beam power	Primes PowerMonitor
	Coherent PowerMax-Pro (time-dependent power measurement)
	Ophir L40(150)A-LP1

Collaborative robot	UR 3
Gripper	Robotiq 2F - 145
	Robotiq EPick
Camera system	Robotiq Wrist Camera
	Pickit M-HD
	MIRAI Robot Controller
Force / Torque Sensor	Onrobot HEX E
IO Module	IOFireBug Engine
	Weidmüller UC20-WL2000
Linear actuator	Igus incl. drylin® D1 Controller
Process control and worker assistance solution	Dessouter PivotWare
Augmented Reality	Microsoft HoloLens 2

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)	PSI Penta 9.2 incl. Adaptive Components
Material flow analysis and simulation	FlexSim
Job scheduling	infoBoard
Layout planning (Shopfloor)	visTABLE
System Dynamics	Stella Architect
Value network topology	AnyLogistix

5-axis simultaneous milling machine	Spinner U-620
5-axis micro-milling machine	Realmeca RV-2 5A SP
3-axis milling machine	Maho MH 600 W
Lathe	Weiler DZ 32 CNC
	Weiler C30
	Spinner PD CNC
Wire erosion	Charmilles Robofil 240 (2,5 D)
Start hole erosion	Charmilles HD10
Die Sinking Erosion	Walter P500
Die Sinking Erosion	Charmilles Roboform 35