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Connecting aircraft structures

Laser technology for easier flying

The Fraunhofer IWS has made progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts. As part of the EU's Clean Sky 2 program, a team of researchers from Dresden demonstrated the chipless joining of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic component structures in the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD) project.

Machine elements

Threaded locking pin with axial bearing

Erwin Halder has developed threaded locking pins with axial bearings. They work in a very similar way to the tried and tested ball lock pins. The main difference is at the lower end of the bolt: instead of the balls, there are self-locking thread segments that are adapted to the respective thread sizes.

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Automatic disassembly

Robot recycles batteries

Used batteries from electric cars contain valuable raw materials that can still be used. To be able to recycle them, a research team from the Center for Digitized Battery Cell Production (ZDB) at Fraunhofer IPA is developing a robot cell with a wide variety of tools.

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