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Industrial Management and Assembly Technology
Perspectives for production
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The Chair for Industrial Management and Assembly Technology is one of the largest research
centers in Germany. In 2017 we considered in particular the possibilities of how humans can be
integrated into the objectives of Industry 4.0. In addition, the further development of electromobility
in Germany’s production area was specifically targeted.
Founded in 1875 the Institute for Machine Tools and
Industrial Management (
iwb
) at the Technical University
of Munich is one of the largest research institutions for
production technology in Germany. It encompasses
two chairs at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in
Garching near Munich.
In addition to all technological developments in the
context of industry 4.0 humans also play a central role
in the factory of the future. In order to be able to make
reliable statements about the potential and dangers of
its networking with the production system, the research
field ‘Man in the factory’ set up and commissioned an
experimental and learning laboratory. With the Mittelstand
4.0 Competence Center Augsburg, a contact point for
digitization and industry 4.0 topics is available for small
and medium-sized companies in the region of Bavaria.
In line with the structural conditions on site, the center’s
range of services is geared to manufacturing industry,
which is strongly represented there.
The focus is on industry and craft enterprises in mechani-
cal engineering, the manufacturing of metal products and
electronic products as well as vehicle construction. The
center’s offer is of course also available to companies
from other sectors. An important field of research is the
planning and control of autonomous production that is
based on cyber-physical systems, where the customer-in-
novated products will be produced. It is linked directly to
the open-innovation platform to ensure that the customer
is always well informed of the feasibility of their design,
and at the same time receives a delivery schedule and
cost estimate.
In the next few years the
iwb
will be involved in the
EU Horizon 2020 research project ‘PreCoM’, which
investigates the concept of predictive maintenance in
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conjunction with production planning, in order to increase
machine availability. The results offer companies a very
innovative business model with the opportunity to position
themselves on the market with customer-innovated prod-
ucts, and to strengthen Germany’s position as a business
location in the long term.