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Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology
Perspectives for production
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The Chair for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology is one of the largest research
centers in Germany. In 2018 collaboration will be improved both within the institute’s research
group and with other members of TUM in additive manufacturing.
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. With regard to
light-weight structures that are optimally adapted to the
respective loads, bionic approaches such as the adap-
tation of natural honeycomb and grid structures have
proven to be particularly suitable for achieving the desired
goals in the area of additive production processes.
With the objective to use the suitable material in any
location, the research acivities focus on the area of joining
and separating cutting technologies focus on producing
joints of dissimilar metals or metal to plastics that so far
could not be produced.
The formerly Augsburg-based research capabilities for
additive manufacturing, both machines and personnel,
will be moved to a newly constructed lab within the
iwb
experimental hall at the beginning of 2018. This
will improve the collaboration both within the institute’s
research group and with other members of TUM.
The development of this research topic is further sup-
ported by a new EOS M400 machine which is located at
the Ludwig Boelkow Campus in Ottobrunn for the manu-
Laser beam melting (LBM)
facturing of, and research with, large-scale components
produced by laser beam melting. The financial support
of the DFG to enable this research opportunity is greatly
appreciated.
For 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
conjunction with production planning, in order to increase
machine availability.
Automated simultaneous 5-axis milling of a topology-optimized,
patient-specific implant