The "SmarSeal" research project addresses the in-situ monitoring of rotary shaft seals in mechanical engineering. The aim of the project is to measure the temperature at the sealing lip in order to be able to make a statement about the wear status due to thermal damage to the sealing ring. For this ...

With around 350 participants from business, science and politics, the first Automotive Future Workshop took place in Nuremberg on March 29, 2023. The objective of the networking event was an initial exchange between companies, other interested parties and the project team of the Transform_EMN projec...

Ben Rachinger joined the research sector Electronics Production at the chair FAPS as research associate on 15.03.2023. He completed the bachelor’s degree program „International Production Engineering and Management“ and the master’s degree program “Mechanical Engineering” at the Friedrich-Alexand...

Visual impairments are often associated with barriers in the everyday mobility of those affected and not infrequently lead to social isolation. Although classic mobility aids can assist with mobility, these can usually only be used in familiar environments after intensive training. In unfamiliar env...

Helmut Engelhardt joins the Medical Engineering Research Department as a research associate as of January 15th, 2023. After his apprenticeship as a technical assistant for computer science and several years of work as an application developer, Helmut Engelhardt completed his bachelor's degree in ...

The ROBOTOP GmbH - founding team (Dr. Eike Wolfram Schäffer, Baris Erdönmez, Tony Phan, Nicolas Falbesaner) was awarded in the first phase of the business plan competition Northern Bavaria by BayStartUP as one of the best business ideas from Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. The jury had more than...

The research project Next2OEM addresses the entire value chain for automotive wiring harnesses. The project aims to digitize and automate the value chain to enable the reshoring of wiring harness manufacturing to Germany. For a "next-to-OEM wiring harness manufacturing“, highly automated process ste...

To clarify its own claim and as a starting point for the strategic planning of climate and environmental protection, FAPS has decided to adopt a memorandum of understanding.

Alexander Müller joined the research sector automation technology at the chair FAPS as research associate on 01.02.2023. After the completion of his professional training as an associate engineer for computer systems and automation technology and a subsequent professional activity as a software d...

Since February, Nils Thielen has taken over the lead of the research group Electronics Production. As scientific assistant, he has been researching in the field of data-driven quality control of solder joints at FAPS since 2019. Alexander Hensel, who has been responsible so far, achieved in his r...