Lab Launch, R&D Solutions for a Sustainable Future, Intelligent Assistance Systems & Tech Day Industrial Metaverse
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In this edition of our newsletter, we are delighted to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art laboratory dedicated to transforming the vehicle sector and its suppliers. We are also looking at innovative R&D solutions for a sustainable future, with a focus on carbon-neutral manufacturing and resource-saving practices. Discover how intelligent assistance systems can help unskilled workers perform complex tasks and address the automotive skills shortage. Join us for our Tech Day on the Industrial Metaverse, where we'll merge the physical and digital worlds to reimagine industrial processes.
Climate-neutral, resource-saving, eco-friendly
The requirements that products and their manufacturing must meet are changing dramatically. Companies need to adapt, and Fraunhofer IPK is supporting them along the way. Reducing energy consumption, reusing materials, reducing greenhouse gases (GHG): If we want to protect nature and slow down climate change, industry will have to undergo massive changes. Measures at the corporate management level are just as important as making adjustments to the life cycles of products or to production processes – on an international level. Fraunhofer IPK offers targeted support in all these areas.
New real-world laboratory for the transformation of the vehicle and supplier industry
As part of the 4th ReTraNetz-BB network forum, a new real-world laboratory was opened at the Production Technology Center (PTZ) in Berlin. The laboratory supports the transformation of the vehicle and supplier industry in the Berlin-Brandenburg region and provides a forward-looking space for the mobility transition.
"The ReTraNetz-BB real-world laboratory offers practical support and enables companies to successfully master the transformation. The network partners have clearly identified the key challenges facing the industry, including energy monitoring and the shortage of skilled workers. The laboratory thus forms an important basis for future research projects as well as for university teaching and the training and further education of skilled workers," says Prof. Uhlmann, Director of the Fraunhofer IPK and the Department of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Engineering at the IWF of the TU Berlin.
Can unskilled workers take on even complex manufacturing tasks?
Fraunhofer IPK is researching how intelligent assistance systems can help overcome the shortage of skilled professionals.
The overall goal of the researchers is to create an assistance and knowledge management solution specifically for the automotive industry: This should enable workers from different companies to perform a wide range of tasks at different workstations. This is particularly important in view of the impending loss of knowledge due to retirements. Of course, no assistance system in the world can replace highly trained specialists, whose expertise and experience will always be indispensable. However, the valuable experience of previous generations can at least be more easily processed and transferred to less experienced colleagues in the assistance system's database.
Tech Day Industrial Metaverse
In the Industrial Metaverse, the physical and digital worlds merge into a single environment.
During the Industrial Metaverse Tech Day, we will discuss the basic building blocks of the Industrial Metaverse as well as possible applications and implications for the business world of the future. We will share ideas and practical solutions on how to reimagine industrial processes in the next generation digital world. Our Topics:
Wow, this is a big step towards innovation! Combining R&D for sustainability with intelligent assistance systems and the industrial metaverse shows how technology can address real-world challenges. Excited to see how these developments shape industries and contribute to a smarter, greener future!