Automated testing usually conjures up images of racks of measurement equipment assembled into automatic test equipment (ATE) systems. Humans using software usually operate this ATE remotely. But ...

As part of the EU-funded Clean Sky 2/Clean Aviation project “Large Passenger Aircraft” (“LPA”), the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Stade, Germany, together with international project partners, has joined ...

The DLR Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP) has demonstrated an automated process for an A350 rear pressure bulkhead (RPB) using dry CF fabric (left) and resin infusion with Hexcel’s ...

The DIKUQ project has developed a semi-automated process chain for forming steel sheets for shipbuilding. Fraunhofer IOF designed a novel inline 3D measurement system that can digitally capture ...

There is considerable excitement surrounding the treatment potential of T cell immunotherapies. Amongst these, CAR-T cells have demonstrated impressive therapeutic efficacy in a subset of ...

Resonantly tunable quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are high-performance laser light sources for a wide range of spectroscopy applications in the mid-infrared (MIR) range. Their high brilliance enables ...

3D surface profilers have been used across many industries since the mid-1970s due to their ability to deliver critical topographic data. The size and type of samples measured using these techniques ...

It’s no secret to anyone involved in aerospace composites that production rates in commercial aircraft assembly lines anchored by advanced layup processes — automated fiber placement (AFP) and ...

No matter what they churn out at the end of the line, manufacturers are always searching for ways to lower costs and accelerate production without sacrificing quality. It all comes down to automation ...

These models can be used either offline to provide the optimal process cycle, or online to provide optimal, real-time process control [3]. This is the target of the iREMO project (www.iremo.eu), an EC ...

Major food producer CJ CheilJedang has launched a fully automated production pipeline for frozen gimbap, marking what it ...