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Automatic surface inspection of painted plastic parts
Through ever higher demands in quality management, manual inspection processes are being increasingly pushed to the limits. In the context of a research exercise, Rosenheim Polytechnical Institute developed an optical surface inspection process for evaluating the quality of painted parts in inline series production, documenting them and separating the bad parts if necessary.

Exchanging milling cutters
Due to increased production output, TRUMPF Maschinen Austria decided to use a horizontal machining center to manufacture the frame and the press beam of press brakes and replace the existing milling machine.

Evaluation of tibial hamstring graft fixation
The working group led by outside lecturer Dr. Wolf Petersen at the Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery of the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, conducted an experimental laboratory study for the biomechanical evaluation of endogenic knee ligament graft fixation techniques using a KUKA KR 125 robot and a universal force-moment sensor.

Robot park in body shop
In the body shop of the Ford plant in Cologne-Niehl, Germany, robots have to able to produce any of the possible variants of the Fiesta.

Durability testing of water fittings
To ensure a long useful life, the fixtures are subjected to durability testing at the North Rhine-Westphalia Materials Testing Office (MPA NRW). The tests for single-handle mixers last almost five weeks, and the MPA NRW was looking for an automated solution.