Universal machining centre

• Subject Area: Production Technology
• Term: Funded in 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 419277699

For almost 120 years, the Institute for Machine Tools (IfW) of the University of Stuttgart has been researching and teaching in the fields of the design, the simulation and the optimization of machine tools, assemblies, power tools and tools as well as their experimental analyses. The research and development projects of the IfW for optimizing tools and processes of machining operations are not only carried out for metallic materials and their alloys but also for wood or wood-based products, plastics, composites as well as hybrid materials. For several years, research projects have also been intensely conducted in the area of additive manufacturing (3D printing) of plastics as well as metallic materials. The universal machining centre applied for here is suited in the best possible way to perform experimental tests, because it combines different cutting processes such as milling, drilling and turning with the possibilities for applying material by means of laser deposition welding and vibration superposition. In this way it will become possible in future to produce workpieces with optimum geometry as well as to achieve a higher productivity and greater machining accuracies by means of complete machining and coordinated process chains.

• DFG Programme: Major Research Instrumentation
• Major Instrumentation: Universal-Bearbeitungsmaschine
• Instrumentation Group: 2030 Fräsmaschinen
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Leader: Professor Dr.-Ing. Hans Christian Möhring