FRAUNHOFER IPT
The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft with more than 72 institutes, 26,600 employees and an annual research budget of over 1.9 billion euros, is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization (https://www.ipt.fraunhofer.de). This project will involve the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) as institution of FRAUNHOFERGESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Fraunhofer IPT combines knowledge and experience in all fields of production technology. In the areas of process technology, production machines, mechatronics, production metrology and quality as well as technology management, they offer partners and customers tailor made solutions and immediately actionable results for modern production.
The department for fiber-reinforced plastics and laser system technology aims to meet the increasing industrial demand for fibrereinforced lightweight components by developing production processes and systems for the automated manufacture of lightweight fibrereinforced thermoset and thermoplastic components. One focus is the development of specialized layup systems for thermoplastic tapes. They also develop customised production plant for laserbased joining operations of FRTP components.
