Projects and products

The RLT-Opt project is developing new methods and tools to enable the inventory and savings potential to be quickly recorded in the first step, so that corresponding optimization measures can be implemented in a targeted manner in the second step. The first step is to analyze the tightness and operating mode of the ventilation and air conditioning systems. The operation of the ventilation and air conditioning systems is successively optimized by sensor-based recording and evaluation of essential operating parameters.

Fraunhofer Advanced Asset Administration Shell Tools for Digital Twins for implementing and managing digital twins based on the asset administration shell.

AKIT is researching a new type of recovery chain consisting of a highly automated recovery vehicle, support shuttle and communication components.

The HUGIN project set itself the goal of researching and improving the collaboration and cooperation of intelligent, autonomous watercraft. Algorithms and technologies from a wide range of areas, such as artificial intelligence, data analysis and control technology, were integrated in such a way that the overall demonstrator, consisting of several vehicles, was able to plan missions independently in various scenarios and execute them in a resource-optimized manner.

Classic tasks in the evaluation of large (volumes of) aerial and satellite image data are searching, finding, classifying and counting various objects.

The project "Smart Agriculture" aims at the automated collection of data on complex interrelationships in field farming and, based on this, to support decision-making processes in the value creation network.

Breaking infection chains in the clinical environment is one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare system. At the same time, however, digitization is also being driven forward here and, for example, patient records are being maintained digitally. Increasingly, data entry and processing is done via smartphone or tablet. These devices often move from hand to hand, easily enabling pathogen transmission. Chemical disinfection of the sensitive devices is not possible due to the aggressiveness of the disinfectants.

By including a photodiode on the submount, accurate detection of the radiation intensity of each LED is possible. It uses the photodiode's characteristic curve to control the intensity of each LED via its current. Decreases in output due to aging can thus be detected and compensated for within certain limits. The aluminum reflector developed in the project, which was largely developed by project partner OSA OptoLight GmbH, collects and shapes the (UV) LED light. The downstream microlens array made of quartz glass mixes the different wavelengths with only a slight increase in divergence.

Respiratory masks are based almost exclusively on elimination of aerosols by filtering action of tissues. This is cost-effective, but also has the disadvantage that a reduction in the mesh width or pore size of the filter fabric is required to increase the filtering effect.

Common practice is currently wipe disinfection or disinfectant cleaning by cleaning professionals. However, the desirability of regular disinfection - ideally several times a day - is limited due to the large number of potentially contaminated surfaces. Moreover, cleaning agents or disinfectants are often applied in excess without concrete feedback on the associated disinfection performance.