Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

Germany: Baden-Württemberg

Overview

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA develops, tests and implements components, devices and methods, up to entire machines and manufacturing plants. The nearly 1 000 employees in 15 departments are coordinated via six business units, which together conduct interdisciplinary innovation projects with automotive, machinery and equipment industry, electronics and microsystems, energy, medical engineering and biotechnology as well as process industry.

Fraunhofer IPA supports the regional industry to successfully operate in a global competitive environment. The research focus is on the cost-effective production of sustainable and personalised products. We are putting this ethos into practice together with our partners in the framework of flagship projects such as the ultra-efficient factory, FastStorageBW, the Center Lightweight Engineering, and the Center Smart Materials. Customised products in batch size 1 at mass manufacturing cost become a reality. The factory of the… Facilities and equipment:

Industrial-scale facilities and laboratories for equipment and process development, image processing, 3D visualisation, nanomodified materials etc.
Test facilities for construction of automation systems, robots, testing of assembly and machining processes
Application Centre Industrie 4.0
Future Work Lab
nICLAS innovation centre for laboratory automation
Centre for Ultraclean Technology and Micromanufacturing (cleanrooms, cleanliness measurement and certification etc.)
Surface enginering facility for coating technology, plating technology, electrochemical and gas-phase deposition etc.

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Components / breadboard / process development & testing
Manufacturing pilot lines / demonstration lines
Proof of concept / lab testing of basic experimental set-up/ characterisation
Prototyping (integrated system/ sub-system) development & testing
Scientific & technological studies / designs / simulations
Vocational training in all aspects of manufacturing industries
Production optimisation

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Sectors
Aeronautics & space - Automotive - Chemicals - Electronics - Energy - Environment - Healthcare - Machinery - Measurement
Technology
Additive manufacturing - High performance computing / cloud-based simulation services - High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) - Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment - Monitoring and control - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Robotics / Human machine interaction - Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Surface engineering and coatings - Nanoemulsions and pigments
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