Start-up originating at the wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik determines the degree of damage to products by sensors and can thus help to ensure that products are used for longer or replaced in time.    

The wbk Institut für Produktionstechnik was represented with two digital booths on the topics "E-Motor Production" and "Battery Cell Production" and provided information on agile production systems. 

In order to reduce CO2 emissions of heavy commercial vehicles by 30 percent by 2030, a research team at the wbk Institute for Production Engineering of the KIT is intensively dealing with the drive of heavy commercial vehicles and fuel cell technology in the "KliMEA" project and is developing ways to adapt the production of fuel cell components to the new requirements in the future.

Research project addresses small and medium-sized enterprises

The Fit4E research project makes visible which manufacturing competencies already available in companies can be used for electromobility.

A cross-institutional team at the wbk, IBU and IFA is researching how digital working changes cooperation in manufacturing companies and is gaining insights into central decisions and management behaviour.

Enable closed loop recycling management system in production processes

The Wertstromkinematik could revolutionize today's production landscape," says Prof. Jürgen Fleischer, head of the wbk. it could make large halls superfluous and prevent long supply chains or production losses due to supply bottlenecks.

The focus of the InZePro cluster of competence is on agile and flexible plant technology, digitization of plants, virtual production systems and the use of AI in production.

Allowing products a second life is the safest way to save raw materials and energy. The European research project DigiPrime wants to use information technologies to support a cycle.

To develop the batteries of the future, partners from science and industry from all over Europe - including the wbk - have launched the research initiative BATTERY 2030+.

The team of the wbk - Institute for Production Technology was very pleased about the visit of ministerial director Ulrich Steinbach in March 2020, who personally got an impression of the current research on site.

The staff of the Medical Services Unit constantly informs itself about latest developments regarding the Corona virus on the websites of WHO, ECDC, RKI, and the German Foreign Office.

Wear on the spindle in ball screws can be continuously monitored and evaluated with an intelligent system by KIT – Presentation at Hannover Messe 2020