Once again this year, we invite our alumni and active colleagues to the popular FAPS Alumni Networking Event - FANE for short. This year's event will take place at the impressive Siemens The Impulse in Amberg. Just like the successful 40th anniversary of the chair in 2022, more than 100 guests are e...

The Institute FAPS is very pleased to be able to expand its e-learning offer for students in the form of a new lecture on the topic of "Advanced Systems Engineering of Production Plants (ASEP)". This is made possible by funding from the "Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern" (vhb), under which the new lectur...

Andreas Giesert strengthens the research area signal and power networking as a research associate since 01.08.2023. After his training as a technical product designer and subsequent work in the field of car seat development and design, he completed both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mech...

Felix Mahr joins the research sector Electronics Production as a research associate on 01.08.2023. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. His project and master's thesis focused on the application of machine learning methods in SMT manuf...

The pandemic has changed the meeting culture at FAPS sustainably, as well. At the location "AufAEG", the comfortable dialogue box "cube 4.0 dialogue" from Bosse was installed, providing space for up to four persons. The outer surfaces consist of sound-absorbing acoustic panels. The cube can meet ...

We are pleased to announce the successful commissioning of the Comet Yxlon FF35 X-ray CT at the FAPS. Following the delivery of the impressive seven-ton unit, our staff was trained in the use of computed tomography in June of 2023. Equipped with a 225 kV microfocus tube and a 190 kV nanofocus tub...

Recently, a new research machine for the printing of silicone components using liquid additive manufacturing was put into operation at the chair's location in Erlangen. The system from innovatiQ is being used as part of the ProLAM project, which is being worked on together with the system manufactur...

On July 5 and 6, the chair FAPS invited to the 7th symposium "Efficient Signal and Power Networking" in its research factory in Nuremberg. Within the scope of the event, current developments in the wiring system industry, control cabinet construction and at the associated technology and equipment...

The Technical Faculty occupies in department Mechanical Engineering as soon as possible a W2-Professorship for assembly technologies of electrical energy storage on civil servant conditions for life. The tasks of this professorship include the representation of the area of assembly technologi...

Miriam Eichinger joins the Research Department of Electromechanical Engineering as a research associate on July 01, 2023. She completed the bachelor's degree in International Production Engineering and Management and the master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Er...