During the EMO 2025 exhibition week, the IFW invites you to an Open LabTour through its own field. On Tuesday, 23 September, and Wednesday, 24 September, guided tours in German and English will start at 3 p.m. each day. In around two hours, you will gain deep insights into new trends in machining, the potential of a digital twin, the use of databases in production chains and sensory machine tools. The tour will conclude with a get-together offering an opportunity for personal exchange.
The tour will demonstrate the influence of an oxygen-free atmosphere on tool wear during turning, milling and grinding. In addition, the potential of structure-integrated sensor technology in a sensory machine tool for shape error compensation during tool grinding will be presented. The sensor technology can be used to measure and monitor the cutting force. You will also learn how flexible data acquisition can be integrated into a machine tool in order to store process data in a database and evaluate it automatically using large language models such as ChatGPT.
In addition, the benefits of a digital twin along the process chain for repairing turbine blades in an aircraft engine will be demonstrated. Both the metrological findings and the planning of the repair using build-up welding and subsequent machining will be shown. In addition, the SME Digital Centre will present digitalisation solutions for smaller process chains.
You can register for the LabTour at the following link.
For further information, please contact Henning Buhl, Institute for Production Engineering and Machine Tools at Leibniz University Hannover, by telephone on +49 511 762 2390 or by email at Buhl@ifw.uni-hannover.de.
