Soft landing strategies for electromagnetic fast-switching valves
This project is concerned with the development of a soft landing control strategy electromagnetic valves. The main goal is to guarantee time-optimal switching of the valves with minimal impact velocity of the plunger at the limit stops. Thus, the approach combines the benefits of fast response and low maintenance intervals. Read more →
Automated Handling of Highly Deformable Materials
In this project, a prototype of a handling system is set up and the potential of modern model-based control to handle limp materials is examined. The concepts are applicable to many other issues, such as the automated lamination of large vinyl sheets, textile handling, etc. Read more →
Fundamentals of opto-mechatronic systems (OMC)
Currently innovation is taking place at the border of disciplines rather than in one individual field of engineering. This particularly holds for application domains that span more than one field of engineering, since a high level of system integration from different disciplines provides solutions that a single domain alone cannot provide. As an example, the combination of optics and mechatronics form the interdisciplinary field of opto-mechatronics. Read more →
Scanning optical point- and line-sensor (SOS)
To overcome the limitation for better productivity and reliability of production in this project, a rotating or steering mirror scans the sensor’s optical point or line over a product surface, targeting triangulation, confocal, and color sensors. Read more →
Characterization of highly divergent optics (DOC)
Opto-mechatronic devices such as triangulation sensors or polychromatic confocal sensors project focused light beams onto the surface of the measuring object. Assessing the properties of the focused beam is essential as they are directly related to the achievable measurement resolution and precision of the opto-mechatronic device. Read more →
Component-based design of industrial control applications utilizing formal methods
The project scope includes the development of a library of standardized software components. Such software components enable a simplified implementation of industrial control applications by composition of such components on an abstract level. Furthermore, the library components already define integrated basic control functionality of the underlying hardware component and provide services for connecting several components in a flexible manner with each other (application integration). Read more →