The hosts introduce themselves
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Boos
Holder of the Chair of Production Management at the WZL and Head of FIR an der RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher
Holder of the Chair of Machine Tools at the WZL and Head of the Production Machinery department at the Fraunhofer IPT
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Riesener
Holder of the Chair of Production Engineering at the WZL and Head of Technology Management department at the Fraunhofer IPT
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt
Holder of the Chair of Intelligence in Quality Sensing at the WZL and Head of the Production Quality and Metrology department at the Fraunhofer IPT
The Fraunhofer IPT combines knowledge and experience from all areas of production technology. Located in Aachen, we offer customers and partners applied research and development for networked, adaptive production. We do not only understand production in its individual steps, but also consider the entirety of the processes and the interconnections among various elements of the process chain. Our range of services is oriented towards the current challenges of specific industries, technologies and product areas such as tool and mold making, the optical industry, turbomachinery manufacturing, life sciences engineering and lightweight production technology.
The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University enhances the innovative strength and competitiveness of the industry with trend-setting basic research, applied re-search and the associated consulting and implementation projects in the field of production technology. In the research fields of machine tools, production engineering, gear technology as well as production metrol-ogy and quality management, practical solutions for rationalizing production are developed with industrial partners from a broad range of branches.