Projects and products of ILT department

MODAPTO aims to develop a toolkit for modular production using interoperable digital twins and distributed & collective intelligence.

Economic efficiency, sustainability, ecology and individuality: Intermodal mobility - the use of different modes of transport on one route - has great potential. But the complexity must remain manageable. In other words: Getting to your destination intermodally, for example with a combination of (rental) bike, public transport and e-scooter, must be as easy and pleasant as reaching for your own car key.

“AutoInspect” is a system for continuous object assessment (in real time) by multimodal inspection along the production cycle. Both a direct reaction to the results and their long-term observation are possible. The system is supported by a digital quality twin with open I4.0 standards.

Durch Transfer-X werden Unternehmen befähigt Forschungsergebnisse aufzugreifen, ihrem individuellen Umfeld anzupassen und in ihre betriebliche Praxis zu überführen.

The vision of the Smart Factory Web is to create a network of intelligent factories in order to improve the order fulfilment of the participating companies. This is to be achieved by aligning capacities across production sites, firstly by flexibly adapting production capabilities and secondly by sharing resources, assets and inventory.

The Industrial Security Testing Framework "ISuTest" is a tool for finding weak points in the implementation of automation components. Discovered weak points can be corrected by the manufacturer and thus reduce the component's vulnerability. In the future, robustness against attacks will be a quality criterion with which manufacturers can distinguish themselves from others.

ELD-BS: ein bewährtes Werkzeug zur Unterstützung der Behörden im Krisen- und Katastrophenfall

Keeping carbon in the cycle, and thus avoiding plastic waste and emissions: That is the goal of the “Waste4Future” project. Several Fraunhofer institutes and facilities IMWS, IZFP, IWKS, IOSB, FHR, LBF and IVV are pooling their competences to develop an entropy-based assessment model for carbon-containing waste streams and new technologies for sensing, sorting and mechanical and chemical recycling.

As part of the joint project iTEXFer, we are developing an expandable Industry 4.0 construction kit specifically tailored to the textile industry.

The KERES project aims to contribute to finding answers to the following questions: What security risks arise from extreme weather events that are increasing in both frequency and magnitude? And: What adaptation strategies need to be developed for Germany?