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Achievements and Results2006 Annual Report

IFF

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Achievements and Results2006 Annual Report

Introduction

Foreward 6

Off to New Shores: The Institute'sExpansion in the Port of Science 8

Greeting 11

The Institute

Mission 12

The Institute in Numbers 13

Advisory Board 14

Contents

Project Reports

Key Technology: Virtual andAugmented Reality 15

Fraunhofer Innovation ClusterVIDET: Virtual Development,Engineering and Training forRegional Machinery and PlantManufacturing 16

ViVERA 18

INCENTIVE: Innovation and Research Center for Distributed,Interoperable Virtual Reality andSimulation in Industry and Education 20

Short Commissioning Times byEngineering Control Systems ona Simulation Model 22

The VITECMA Project: VirtualReality (VR) Based TechnologyDevelopment and MachineryConfiguration 24

VIRTHUALIS: Virtual Reality andHuman Factors Applications forImproving Safety 26

Interactive Modules forImplementing the MachineryDirective in Machinery and PlantDevelopment and Utilization(IMMMA) 28

Westermann Verlag Is Bankingon eLearning 30

Case-specific Virtual OrganModels for Future EndoscopySimulators in Medicine 32

The"INTUITION" EuropeanNetwork of Excellence (NoE) 34

Logistics Intelligencefrom Magdeburg 35

LogMotionLab: Current Trendsin RFID and Telematics 36

Germans Call It Funk: Technologiesfor Secure Chains of Goods 38

RFID Based Container Managementin Production Logistics 40

RFID Aided Asset Management 42

RFID Based Construction SiteLogistics 44

Innovative Telematic Technologies andServices in Forests andMeadows 46

Innovation Coaching for Smalland Medium-sized Enterprises 48

Fraunhofer IFF Gets ThaiEnterprises Into Shape 50

Statelogger: Reliable and CostEffective Equipment Operationthrough Condition-based DecisionSupport in Maintenance Planning 52

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Efficiency through New Processes,Materials and Plant Engineering 71

Gas Conditioning for Fuel Cells 72

Experimental Circulating FluidizedBed Combustion Plant for Researchand Teaching 74

ALFA Growth Core: FiberComposites from Saxony-Anhalt 75

Highlights, Events and Trade FairPresentations in 2006 (Selection) 77

Appendix: Names, Data,Publications 97

Committee Work in 2006(Selection) 98

International Research andCooperation Partners in 2006(Selection) 101

Publications in 2006Monographs and Editorships(Selection) 104Book Chapters, Papers andArticles (Selection) 105Presentations (Selection) 110

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaftat a Glance 113

Fraunhofer IFF Contactsat a Glance 117

Editorial Notes 121

Fraunhofer IFF Annual Report 2006 5

Dependability and Quality fromRobotic Systems and Measurementand Testing Technology 55

SEK: Floating Inspection Unit forLarge, Partially Filled Sewer Lines 56

Cleaning System for the ExteriorSurfaces of the Roof of BerlinCentral Train Station 58

Wheelset Measuring Machine:Automatic Geometry Measurementof Train Wheelsets 60

In-line Geometry Inspection ofAutomobile Wheels: AutomaticGeometry Data Extraction 62

Model-based CompletenessCheck for Assembly Processes 64

PARNASS: Parallel Assembly ofNanoscale Objects 66

Combined Image and Inertial SensorBased Gait Analysis 68


Foreword

Dear Readers,

The Fraunhofer IFF's biggest outwardlyvisible success in 2006 was the ceremo-nial opening our Virtual Develop mentand Training Centre VDTC. We areproud of already being able to moveinto a second new building in our short,dynamic history. With our main buildingon Sandtorstrasse and the Virtual Devel -op ment and Training Centre VDTC onJoseph-von-Fraunhofer-Strasse, we nowhave two outstandingly equipped, state-of the-art institute facilities. At the sametime, it demonstrates that we haveadopt ed a successful and promisingdirection with the substantive orientationof our institute. Since our beginnings in1992, we have been pursuing the goal ofplanning and operating factories andproduction systems more efficiently. Todo this, we bundle research and develop-ment services from different disciplines inour institute.

The new VDTC building in Magdeburg'sPort of Science marks a milestone in thehistory of our research. It symbolizes ourefforts since the founding of our instituteto continually improve and refine simula-tion and visualization methods and tools.With its worldwide one-of-a-kind laserprojection in the Elbe Dom - combinedwith our research partnership with Jen -optik AG - the VDTC is a technologicalhighlight. The VDTC houses state-of-the-art labs for research in the field of virtualtechnologies we have been advancing foryears, especially the use of virtual envi-ronments for qualification and compe-tence development and for virtualengineering.

This enables us to research both furtheradvances in virtual technologies andfoundations and applications of virtualengineering and virtual-interactive trai-ning. We are working on having virtualmodels available throughout the entirelife cycle and efficiently employing themin every stage.

To achieve these goals, we have estab -lished the VDTC as an internationalnetwork node for virtual technologies.Our management of the ViVERA Networkof Competence for Virtual and Augment -ed Reality bundles the competencies oftwelve research institutes and universitieshere in Magdeburg. We pool previousresearch findings and experiences andexpedite the transfer of this future tech-nology to companies. What is more, wehave also been a member of the inter -national INTUITION Network of Excel -lence since 2006. On a European level,INTUITION is likewise pursuing the goalof systematizing the manifold and frag-mented VR technologies in order toobtain an overview of the current stateof development and practice, to promoteits integration of all VR activities and tothus create synergies.

With our research on so-called interop -erable distributed systems, we in Magde -burg are picking up a trend that willgrow in importance in the future. Asthe globalization of economic systemsincreases, simultaneous work on anddevelopment of new products or systemsgeographically distributed over the entireglobe are also heavily mounting. Thelong-term vision here is, for instance,that several members of a developmentteam distributed over several continentsmeet in virtual space.


Thus, they can jointly develop newproducts and simulate processes, everyinteraction being available to all the partners involved in real time. With itsapproval of the project to establish a"Center of Innovation Competence"(ZIK INCENTIVE) in this field, the BMBF issupporting research work on inter-operable distributed systems, which hasbeen being advanced in Magdeburg foryears with great success. In addition, theapproval of the run-up project VIDET, hasenabled us at the Fraunhofer IFF to establish the Fraunhofer InnovationCluster "Virtual Development andTraining" here in Magdeburg.

Power systems process simulation andplant engineering labs are also located inthe VDTC. In cooperation with the MaxPlanck Institute for Dynamics of ComplexTechnical Systems in Magdeburg and theFraunhofer IKTS in Dresden, we at theFraunhofer IFF are researching the utiliza-tion of biomass to run fuel cells. In theresearch project "ProBio" researchersfrom Magdeburg and Dresden areexplor ing how renewable raw materialscan be used to generate power effec-tively and environmentally compatibly

With our move into the VDTC on Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Strasse, we are creatingspace badly needed in our institute build -ing on Sandtorstrasse. We are predomi-nantly using the freed up floor space inour testing facility for projects in thefields of logistics, robotic systems andmeasurement and testing technology.With the LogMotionLab, our develop-ment, testing and certification lab forAuto-ID and telematic technologies, wealready have one of Europe's bestequipped RFID labs at the Fraunhofer IFF.We will use the capacities being freed upin our testing facility to expand this labfurther.

We develop groundbreaking logisticsconcepts and solutions by combiningintelligent carriers and the enhancedpotentials and services being generatedby the Galileo satellite navigation system.Challenges we will be facing in the logistics sector in the future are continuously increasing global flows ofgoods as customer demands mount withregard to in delivery time and punctu-al ity. At the Fraunhofer IFF, we researchsolutions that, on the one hand, makesuch global chains of goods more reliableand more secure by applying I&C tech -nologies in logistics and, on the otherhand, contribute to organizing logisticsto reduce traffic and thus conserveresources and the environment.

In the project LISA supported by theBMBF, our researchers are working ondeveloping, constructing and testing amobile assistant robot suitable for every -day routines, which will interact with thelab technicians in labs of life sciencecompanies. Along with their researchprojects funded by the BMBF and theBMWi, one of the Robotic SystemsBusiness Unit's major projects is theclean ing and inspection systems for theEmscher sewer system. With a totallength of 51 km and depths of up to40 m beneath the surface, the Emschersewer system represents the largest resi-dential water management project inEurope. With this development of auto-mated cleaning and inspection systems,the Fraunhofer IFF is developing an en -tirely new and revolutionary technologyfor the inspection of continuously operat -ing sewer systems. The Fraunhofer IFF isthe Emschergenossenschaft's generalcontractor and, with this contract, iscarrying out one of the largest industryprojects in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

In the field of measurement and testingtechnology, the Fraunhofer IFF receivedthe Deutsche Bahn's accreditation for an optical measurement system for trainwheelsets in 2006. The measuringmachine is the first contactless optical 3-D measuring system that meets theDeutsche Bahn's strict standards.Inquiries about cooperation have alreadybeen received from train maintenanceunits in several countries including China,Russia and South Africa.

I invite you to learn on the next pageshow we have jointly developed innova-tive products and services with enter -prises and I hope that you take awaystimulating ideas for yourself and yourprojects. We are glad to be there for youto further develop your ideas and turnthem into reality together with you.

In closing, I would like to express specialthanks to our partners and clients whoplace their trust in us and our staff whomake these services possible in the firstplace.

Prof. Michael Schenk

The Fraunhofer IFF Virtual Developmentand Training Centre VDTC in Magde -burg's Port of Science was ceremoniouslyopened in November of 2006. After overten years of successful applied researchin the field of virtual engineering, a visionhad become reality: Users, service provid -ers and researchers are collaborating ina building with state-of-the-art virtual-reality technologies and infrastructure todevelop innovative solutions for the realworld, to test them and transfer them touse.

Technological Infrastructure

The VDTC has a worldwide one-of-a-kind360 degree laser projection system (theElbe Dom) with six projectors that projectonto a cylindrical surface with a height of6.5 meters and an inner diameter of 16meters. Users have space to move on a70 centimeter high platform with an areaof 48 square meters. The rounded off

bottom of the projection wall increases apresentation's level of immersion. All thismakes it possible to present large objectssuch as airplanes, factories or logisticssystems on a scale of 1:1. At their maxi-mum resolution of 1.600 x 1.200 pixels(UXGA), the laser projectors fromJenoptik achieve a refresh rate of 60hertz. The color spectrum generated bythe lasers, which covers two thirds ofhuman color vision, sets new qualitystandards compared to conventionalprojectors that only cover one third ofhuman color vision. It additionally hasexcellent color contrast, which makesautostereoscopic effects possible in visua-lization, and a very high depth of focus,which generates sharp images regardlessof a projector’s distance from the projec-tion surface.

Virtual reality image data is computed bya cluster of six PC and transmitted to theprojection system. Users interact througha high-performance tracking system


Off to New Shores: The Institute’s Expansion

in the Port of Science

Figure 1: Laser projection of Rautenbach AG Wernigerode’s foundry in the Elbe Dom.

Prof. Michael SchenkDr. Gerhard MüllerDr. Eberhard Blümel

consisting of twelve high resolutioncameras that, at a frame rate of 484 hertz, achieve a resolution of 1.3 megapixels. Thus an object's locationand orientation in the motion space canbe determined with an accuracy of 1 millimeter. Up to 500 marking pointsare used to support whole body motioncapturing of several individuals.

The Elbe Dom commenced operation inOctober 2006 after a cooperation agree-ment between Jenoptik AG and theFraunhofer IFF had been signed.

Fields of Work

The Joint Engineering Lab provides aplatform for applied research on inte -grated product and process engineering.It features a range of training programsfor students, industry partners andemployees in virtual product develop-ment. The Joint Engineering Lab's ser -vices - from CAD data migration throughthe formulation of complete concepts forproduct life cycle management (PLM) -are geared toward the needs of SME.

In the Computational Mechanics LabCML, products and their components,including both their shapes reproducedby 3-D models and their performance orfunction, can be made available duringtheir development and utilized for amultitude of mechanical, mechatronicand fluid mechanical tasks. In the transi-tion to real prototypes, interconnectingalready really existing components andvirtual models (hardware-in-the-loop)enable virtually supporting developmentup through the finished product.

A mixed reality testing facility measuring210 square meters is on hand to do this.Real and mixed reality systems can beinstalled there as demonstrators or expe-rimental setups. Real machine tool con -trol systems and operator controls thathave been coupled with virtual proto -types make safe function tests possible.

A hexapod motion base for visual inter-active motion simulations are being usedto develop a simulator to support ergo-nomic tests or driver training. Test envi-ronments for the realistic use of aug -mented reality systems support the devel -opment and evaluation of vision systemsand tracking systems.

The development of thermal plant sys -tems is being researched in the labs ofthe Process and Plant engineering Busi -ness Unit PAT. Key emphases are therecovery of energy from biomass, bio -genic residues and high caloric wastefractions. Two new development labsbased on virtual engineering supplementexperimental operation of already exist -ing experimental plants for combustionand gasification processes. New processsystem components and control conceptsare being developed, engineering workcompleted and innovative product serviceofferings devised at the VDTC.

For thermal plant engineering, researchwork on the optimization of plantcomponents with CFD process simulationdirectly coupled with 3-D-CAD toolsconstitute the starting point for new,complex plant maintenance operations.Experimental lab tests are used in paral-lel, to collect the base of process engi -neering data for novel active principles of


instrument engineering. This thusly ob -tained foundation for modeling andinnovative measurement sensors are usedto apply model-guided control concepts.

The new infrastructure at the VDTC issupporting research in the fields of plantengineering, process engineering, electri-cal power systems and plant service.

Range of Services

Our range of VR based services is gearedtoward client processes and not onlycovers the development of virtual engi -neering solutions but also their imple-mentation and user support. The VDTCheld its first "Virtual Engineering" day formedium-sized enterprises on December6, 2006. The specializations of virtualproduct engineering, virtual productengineering/digital factory and qualifica-tion and training were presented to theseventy attendees. Measures for imple-menting and introducing VR technologiesin SME were discussed together with theattendees from the medium-sized enter-prises.

The VDTC works in an internationalnetwork of universities, research orga-nizations and commercial enterprises. InMagdeburg, the VDTC cooperates withOtto von Guericke University, the MaxPlanck Institute for Dynamics of ComplexTechnical Systems and the Leibniz Insti -tute for Neurobiology.


The VDTC is the ViVERA Network ofCompetence for Virtual and AugmentedReality’s development partner for net -working basic technologies and theirdemonstrators. By taking advantage ofthe VDTC’s infrastructure. the demon-strators support the dissemination ofViVERA's results to small and medium-sized enterprises. At the same time, newfields of application are being developedfor VR technologies.

The VDTC is a central point in the Euro -pean Network of Excellence INTUITION,which coordinates the activities of oversixty enterprises, universities and researchorganizations in the field of virtual reality.Thus, the VDTC is associated with theleading European VR centers.

Figure 2: The Fraunhofer IFF Virtual Development and Training Centre VDTC in Magdeburg’s Port

of Science on the day of its ceremonial opening, November 22, 2006.

The VDTC hosts ResearchTraining@VTDCas part of the Marie Curie trainingproject. Over a period of four years, thisproject will provide twelve foreign guestresearchers the opportunity to conductapplied research in the fields of virtualreality based training and virtual engi -neering.

The conditions on hand for its staf, itstechnological infrastructure and themanifold collaborative relationships havealready made the VDTC an importantnode in the network international centersof VR/AR competence.


Greeting

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

An exciting and momentous year liesbehind you and I am thrilled thatJenoptik had quite a hand in it. Yourspecialists and ours jointly designed alaser-based large projection system witha design that is unique worldwide andthat you inaugurated at the VirtualDevelopment and Training Center (VDTC)in Magdeburg in November of 2006 aftereight months of intensive work betweenus. After further intensive talks and con -tacts, we continued this collaboration lastyear when we signed a cooperation agre-ement between our two organizations.

The heart of the system in the VDTC isour laser projection system that will sup -port you in your applied research in thefield of virtual development for the engi -neering, testing and operation of techni-cal systems. You give our technol ogyroom for development and open brandnew fields of application for it apart fromits use in flight simulation and in plane -taria. For that and for the confident col -laboration in 2006, I would like to thankyou on behalf over every member of theJenoptik staff involved.

Simulation and the optimization of fac -tories and operations building upon it arebecoming ever more significant in therun-up to investing in large factory facili-ties. Costs for new production facilitiesare rising steadily. Investment volumes inthe billions are no longer a rarity. Astate-of-the-art chip factory illustratesthis well: Nearly three fourths of theroughly two billion euros that a new chipfactory roughly costs today are incurredfor equipment and its intelligent net -working for the production process.

Planning and thus realistic simulations ofthe highly complex production processmatter all the more. Such simulations inthe run-up to making an investment areplainly save your clients scarce time andvaluable money. The reception the VDTChas experienced since its opening dem -onstrates this strikingly.

This center for virtual reality demon -strates that laser projection is superior tothe representation of virtual scenarioswith conventional technology. RGB lasers(red-green-blue) are the basis for project -ing moving images in highest quality andon differently shaped projection surfaces.Brilliant colors with maximum saturationand projections with incomparably highdepth of focus create spatial effects.

I am exceptionally pleased however thatthis new center is located in Magdeburgand thus in the eastern German states.You, we together are not only demon-strating the efficiency of Eastern Germanhigh-tech innovations with this. Invest -ments in science and research and thusin high-tech are what strengthen andmakes our economy sustainable. TheFraunhofer IFF is a prime example of themeshing of research and business. This isprecisely where future opportunitiesgrow, whence Germany draws economicpower.

I wish you and our common challenge todevelop ever newer fields of applicationand make ever more realistic representa-tions possible much success in thecoming years .

Your,

Alexander von WitzlebenChairman of the Board JENOPTIK AG


Mission

The Fraunhofer Institute for FactoryOperation and Automation IFF is anautonomous research institution in theFraunhofer-Gesellschaft's network.

As a regional, national and internationalpartner, the Fraunhofer IFF’s mission isto make a contribution with its appliedresearch work to the direct benefit of theeconomy and in the interest of society.

The institute is technologically orientedtoward conceiving, engineering andproducing innovative and customizedsolutions in the fields of

– Logistics and Material HandlingEngineering and Systems,

– Robotic Systems and Measurementand Testing Technology,

– Process and Plant Engineering and– Virtual Engineering and Virtual

Training.

Work at the Fraunhofer IFF is marketdriven and global.

To meet the demand for holistic solu -tions, the Fraunhofer IFF is integrated inan international research network ofpartners from scientific and businesscommunities.

In order to take advantage our owncreativity and external impulses to guar -antee an ongoing exchange of knowl -edge and experience, a network of asso-ciated academics and representatives ofleading industries actively supports thework of the Fraunhofer IFF.

The Fraunhofer IFF actively representsinterests on national and internationalbodies in specialized fields and thusfundamentally shapes the processes ofinnovation in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

As a research service provider based inSaxony-Anhalt, one important concern isdeveloping future generations both forregional business and for challengingpositions in academia and research. Thus,the Fraunhofer IFF fulfills a valuable socialresponsibility.

Striking a balance between economy andecology as well as implementing the rulesof excellent scientific and technical prac-tice are the basis for all our researchers’work and an individual responsibility.

Our researchers’ combination of technicaland technological expertise and soft skillstypify the quality of our products andservices.

Our researchers work in interdisciplinaryteams and cooperate closely with ourclients. Such collaboration is characteri-zed by mutual trust, integration as part-ners, practical application and user orien-tation.


The Institute in Numbers

Operating Budget and Earnings Trend

In 2006, operating budget expendituresamounted to 13.5 million euros. Totalrevenues rose to 11.5 million euros.Business revenues totaled 5.2 millioneuros.

Investment Budget

Investments totaling 0.8 million euroswere made in 2006.

Personnel Development

At the end of 2006, the Fraunhofer IFFhad 125 employees. Our researchers arepredominately engineers and industrialengineers. Degree holding computerscientists, mathematicians, physicistsand business people ensure our work isinterdisciplinary.

Training and Qualification

270 student assistants and internssupport the institute's work.

In 2006, 22 Diplom theses were comple-ted and given advising at the FraunhoferIFF mostly in collaboration with Otto vonGuericke University Magdeburg.

We offer internships for institutions ofcontinuing education and high schools.

Facilities

In its main building on Sandtorstrasse,the Fraunhofer IFF in Magdeburg utilizes5.000 m2 for office space and high-techEDP labs and conference rooms. A test -ing facility of 1.300 m2 provides technol -ogies – alternative energy production,industrial image processing, rapid proto-typing, virtual reality, robotics – forresearch and development.

At the VDTC in the Port of Science, theFraunhofer IFF additionally has 2.755 m2

of floor space (including the testing facili-ties, labs and offices) for technologies ofvirtual and augmented reality as well asprocess and plant engineering.

Hardware and software at the FraunhoferIFF encompasses tools and environmentsfor the application of geographic infor-mation systems, for idea generation andevaluation, for information and commu-nications management, for interactivefactory and systems engineering, formultimedia communication and for soft-ware development.


Advisory Board

The individual Fraunhofer Institutes’ advi-sory boards support institute manage-ment and the Fraunhofer-Gesell schaft'sexecutive board in an advisory capacity.Members include prominent figures fromacademia, business and government.

Chairman of the Advisory BoardProf. Burghard Scheel

Vice-Chairman of the Advisory BoardProf. Uwe DombrowskiDirector, Institute for ProductionEngineering and Corporate Research(IFU), Technical University Braunschweig

Mr. Guido BrassartManaging Director, Georg Maschinen -technik GmbH & Co. KG

Dr. Frank BüchnerSiemens AG

Mr. Peter ClaussenBMW AG

Ms. Susanne ClobesDepartment of Production Systems andTechnologies, Federal Ministry ofEducation and Research

Dr. Udo HäfkeInnovations- und GründerzentrumMagdeburg GmbH

Dr. Klaus HieckmannSYMACON Engineering GmbH

Dr. Hans-Jürgen HühneT-Systems

Prof. Albert JugelDräger Safety AG & Co. KG a.A.

Mr. Volker OesauDHL Danzas Air & Ocean Germany GmbH

Prof. Klaus Erich PollmannOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Dr. Joachim WelzDepartment of Science, Higher Educationand Research, Saxony-Anhalt Ministry ofEducation and Culture

Prof. Peer WittenOtto GmbH & Co. KG

Mr. Thomas ZernechelVolkswagen AG


Project Reports:

Key Technology: Virtual and Augmented Reality

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft encouragesefficient cooperation in new productresearch, development and manufac -turing by establishing innovation clusters.The fundamental idea is to regionallynetwork research organizations, busines-ses and networks to advance the imageand awareness of a sector of particularimportance to the regional economy (i.e."strengthen strengths"). Five clustersnow exist. The establishment of anothercluster is being prepared.

In coordination with regional industry,the Ministry of Economics and Labor andassociations, the Fraunhofer IFF develo -ped the concept for the innovation clus -

ter "VIDET" to develop and utilize virtualengineering and virtual reality methodsand tools for the regional machinery andplant manufacturing industry. Researchon and the application of virtual tools todesign, develop and operate machinery,products and plants, the expansion ofalready existing networks of industry andacademic and nonacademic researchorganizations and work on concreteindustrial pilot projects are intended toproduce an effective platform with along range impact, which enables region -al enterprises to access VE and VR tech-nologies for their products and servicesand consequently contributes to boostingand sustaining their competiveness.


Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster VIDET:

Virtual Development, Engineering and Training for

Regional Machinery and Plant Manufacturing

Dr. Ulrich SchmuckerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Arnim WagnerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure: VIDET Innovation Cluster structure.This project is being supported by the BMBF.(Project reference number IC09).

Building upon the Fraunhofer IFF and itsresearch partners' know-how, the inno-vation cluster VIDET intends to set upthree technology platforms relevant tomachinery and plant manufacturing:

– Virtual Product Development,– Virtual Process Engineering and– VR Training and Education.

These platforms will support the develop-ment, testing and application of methodsand tools of virtual technologies for thedifferent phases of the product life cycle,namely:

– Product Development– Product manufacturing (manufactur -

ing processes and equipment) and– Operation (training, operator train ing).

These phases will not be treated dis -cretely and independently but ratherdeveloped with the tools and methodsof integrated virtual technologies beingengineered, in particular for the needs ofSME. The illustration presents the struc-ture of the innovation cluster VIDET.

Along with its research, development andapplication work on the technology plat-forms, the innovation cluster's work alsoinvolves organizing and managing anetwork of research organizations andindustrial users. The cluster is able todraw on existing networks (see above) inwhich the Fraunhofer IFF plays an activerole.

Another aspect is qualifying regionalindustry partners to apply virtual technol -ogies to their problems. To this end, itdevelops appropriate basic and advancedtraining programs. By finding the optimalpartner or consortium for specific cus -tomer requirements, the innovationcluster also acts as a contact for servicesin the areas mentioned, e.g. contractresearch, development, studies, etc..



ViVERA

ViVERA means "Live long!" in Portu -guese. The Network of Competence forVirtual and Augmented Reality really isfull of life as the wide variety of activitiescarried out by twelve cooperating Fraun -hofer Institutes and universities in thesecond project year attest. The Fraun -hofer IFF completed subprojects thatconcentrated on basic technologies,specific applied research and networking.

Basic technologies include self-containedvirtual reality functionalities that can beused as the foundation for developmentin different fields of application. Two ofthe total of seven basic technologiesdevel oped in the ViVERA consortium arebeing implemented at the Fraunhofer IFF.

The basic technology "Generation ofModels for VR Applications" employs anew method to create virtual models,which not only automatically capturesgeometry but also coloration (texture).This method is used especially in areas of applications where 3-D CAD modelsof the objects being treated do not exist,e.g. to capture tissue structures in medi-cine or a building's historical structure forits restoration in architecture. Thismethod was already presented in the2/2005 issue of IFFocus.

The second basic technology developedat the Fraunhofer IFF "Interfaces to Sys -tems for 3-D Model Generation" allowsimporting and automatically postproces-sing 3-D CAD models from commercialCAD systems such as ProEngineer, CATIAV5, Solid Works and UniGraphics NX.This makes it possible to import 3-Dobjects' geometry and their hierarchicstructure into a VR model. In addition,the tool supports different levels of detailused to optimize the representation.Thus, since it can use the 3-D dataalready available in enterprises, this basictechnology is essential if virtual modelsare to be generated economically.

Along with developing basic technolo-gies, ViVERA also focuses its work onspecific industries. The automotive,machinery and plant manufacturing,medical technology and shipbuildingindustries are prominent here. The teamof ViVERA researchers at the FraunhoferIFF concentrates on the machinery andplant manufacturing industry. One of thenetwork's stated goals is to enablemedium- sized enterprises in particular toaccess state-of-the-art VR technologies.The basic technologies produced inpreceding work packages are intended tobe utilized and developed further accord -ing to industries' concrete requirements.The end result will be the production of atotal of nine demonstrators in theViVERA network by the fall of 2007.Two of these are being developed at theFraunhofer IFF: a demonstrator formachinery manufacturing and a demon-strator for plant manufacturing. Each ofthe demonstrators presents a typicalindustry application of VR technologies,intended to convince other enterprises totake advantage of the potentials of thesenew technologies for themselves.,

Marco SchumannTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

The BMBF is supportingViVERA through 2007.(Project reference number 01IRD01).


Work on the "Virtual Control Unit"demonstrator has progressed so far thatone machinery manufacturing companyhas already implemented this solution.The idea is to couple a real CNC1 withthe virtual model of a heavy machinetool. As a result, control unit programscan be tested at a time when the realmachine has not yet been produced.What is more, combining the real controlunit with the virtual model allows train -ing machine operators in an extremelyrealistic environment. The demonstratorwas presented at one of the world'slargest trade fairs for CNC machine toolsin Shanghai in early 2006 and at theleading trade fair for innovations in thecomputer sector, the CeBIT in Hannover..

The second demonstrator "Virtual Plant"is presently still in development. To thisend, process parameters, i.e. dynamicproperties such as temperature and pres-sure, are being visualized. In additionoperations essential to the process arebeing represented in a VR model. Amoving bed reactor that reforms biogas -es is serving as an example. A system ofmathematical equations was devised todescribe its functional performance. Thissystem of equations can be built upon tosimulate the moving bed reactor's behav -ior. The visualization of the processesthat occur in the moving bed reactor isbeing optimized at this time. What ismore, work is being done on integratingthe simulation results from a flow simula-tion system (Fluent). A system to describe

the components and their related simula-tions is being devised to ensure thecomponents and their connected modelsare interchangeable. A fluidized bedcombustion reactor will serve as the vali-dation model. The outcome of the devel -opments will make it possible to overlaythe visualization of process parameterson the 3-D model of a plant. Such arepresentation is intended to facilitatecommunication between plant designersand operators so they are better able tocollectively coordinate and optimizeprocess parameters.

Another emphasis of ViVERA's work ispartner networking. The Fraunhofer IFFhas pursued two cooperations in particu-lar in recent years. The Fraunhofer IFF istaking advantage of the experiences ofits partner from Stuttgart to work on a"VR Aided Engineering Workstation",which integrates virtual reality in anengineer's work process. Computer andprojector concepts with particularly lownoise emissions are employed, eliminat -ing any distraction even in the quietest ofoffices. Another component is a low costoptical tracking system that detects theposition of new, lightweight interactiondevices. The VR software developed atthe Fraunhofer IFF to present visual-inter-active training contents is presently beingmodified for new hardware so it cansupport extended interaction systems.

The second cooperation covers the use ofthe OpenSG visualization library and theapplication Avalon based upon it. Thesoftware developed by the ViVERA part-ners in Darmstadt was tested at theFraunhofer IFF. Thus, in the future, it willbe possible to use the basic technology"Photorealistic Image Generation in RealTime" developed at the Fraunhofer IGDin Darmstadt in combination with thelaser projection system at the FraunhoferIFF. Introduced at the computer trade fairCeBIT in March 2006, the Darmstadtresearchers' technology can interactivelypresent photorealistic representation. Thisnot only makes the technology interest -ing for design reviews but also for therepresentation of interactive, functional3-D models.

A continuation of the work, especially onthe applications, is planned for the com -ing year. Another emphasis will be thedocumentation of accumulated experien-ces in a knowledge base so that otherenterprises can also put the ViVERAnetwork's output to use.

1 Computer numeric control.

Figure: Model application scenario for INCENTIVE technologies.


Strategic Objectives

INCENTIVE is one of the Fraunhofer IFF'sstrategic and pioneering projects andgoes beyond traditionally supported indi-vidual or collaborative projects. With itsinnovation initiative "EntrepreneurialRegions", the Federal Ministry of Educa -tion and Research (BMBF) has createdvarious strategic and sustainable supportinstruments for the eastern Germanstates with the objective of strategicallydeveloping regional competencies withpotential for innovation into regionalclusters on a high technological level andon the basis of business criteria. TheBMBF is making nearly 500 million eurosavailable for its program "EntrepreneurialRegions" for the period from 1999 to2007 alone.

The "Centers for Innovation Compe -tence" (CIC), in which INCENTIVE ispositioned, are one cornerstone of"Entrepreneurial Regions". CIC areestablished with the goal that theybecome sustainable, internationally highly competitive research centers.

Their international orientation, corporatestrategy and innovative approaches tosecuring young researchers are intendedto generate sustainable impulses in theeastern states. Typically, CIC are estab -lished at host organizations (INCENTIVEwas established at the Fraunhofer IFFVDTC) but should largely pursue theirresearch work autonomously..

A sustainable research concept andsubstantial preparatory work are neededto establish a CIC. This enables thecenters to be internationally competitiveand work on the same level as research -ers from all over the world. The BMBF issupporting the INCENTIVE CIC with up to250,000 euros during a one-year strategydevelopment phase to prepare such aresearch concept. Once a strategy hasbeen successfully developed, one or moregroups of young researchers (of up toseven individuals each) will be establishedin INCENTIVE, which the BMBF will fullyfund for five years.

INCENTIVE: Innovation and Research Center

for Distributed, Interoperable Virtual Reality and

Simulation in Industry and Education

Dr. Steffen Strassburger Tel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

INCENTIVE is being suppported by the BMBF.(Project reference number 03Z2IK1).


Research Orientation

The Innovation and Research Center forDistributed, Interoperable Virtual Realityand Simulation in Industry and Education(INCENTIVE) will concentrate its work onmethods and applications of distributedinteractive and interoperable simulationsand visualizations.

The increasing complexity of productsand processes in the industrial valueadded process and the internationaliza-tion of the companies involved makesuch methods and applications a neces-sity. These basic conditions demand newdistributed simulation and visualizationsystems that surpass the functionalities ofpresent expert tools. Interoperable andintegrable systems will have to be creat -ed in the future. Such tools will respondto the requirements of globally operatingcompanies and their suppliers by sup -porting such application scenarios as thefollowing:

1. Distributed Simulation of EntireProcess Chains with Different Levelsof Analysis and DetailA plug-und-play standard is needed tointerface different simulation tools. Amodel application could be the inte-grated simulation of an OEM with itsindividual stages of manufacturing invarious levels of detail.

2. Systematic Integration of SpecialSoftware (Expert Tools) This will improve access to specialsimulation software such as sequence,process or dynamic simulations andfoster interdisciplinary understanding.

3. Interactive Virtual Reality Environ -ments for Globally DistributedUsers Able to Interact with theScenario SimultaneouslyImportant model applications could bedesign reviews in companies withseveral locations, distributed factoryplanning, engineering of virtualcontrol centers or VR based trainingfor several users.

The Fraunhofer IFF already has initialstudies on distributed simulation, distri-buted virtual environments and the HighLevel Architecture for Modeling andSimulation standard.

Outlook

The the consulting firm Roland Berger iscoaching the one-year INCENTIVE stra-tegy development phase currently beingsupported by the BMBF. A series ofworkshops on various aspects of theINCENTIVE strategy will be held in 2007.These will include professional eventswith international guests and industryworkshops. Among others, topics willcover the recruitment of young research -ers and networking with local andnation al partners as well as the establish-ment of an overall concept for theINCENTIVE innovation and research cen -ter that will be remain sustainable longafter the end of the support phase.


Short Commissioning Times by Engineering

Control Systems on a Simulation Model

Motivation

Businesses intent on surviving on themarket have to be able to respond tothe constantly mounting demands forshorter innovation cycles, wider ranges ofvariants and greater product complexity.The time spent developing and manufac-turing new products is evolving into acrucial competitive factor

A product only fully functions onceseveral subtasks have been completed.Among others, these include mechanicaldesign, electrical design and program-ming of control systems. These subtasksare frequently completed sequentially indevelopment, especially in the machinerymanufacturing industry. Control systemsare programmed at the end of the devel -opment processes and tested for the firsttime on the finished machine. Identifiedflaws, e.g. in the engineering, incurfollow-up costs and delay delivery.

Potential tests, particularly of fatal acci-dent situations, on the real machine arealso limited. Not least, a developer isunder great pressure and a controlsystem is often developed and testeddirectly at a client's facilities. All in all,this approach makes it extremely difficultfor manufacturers to calculate the outlayof time and money and the quality of theresults.

The use of digital design as well asmodeling and simulation of systemperformance are intended to counterthese demands. Thus, engineering can beparallelized and the results verified bysimulation. Control system engineeringcan already be integrated in the designprocess. A control system is developedand tested before the machine has beenbuilt and not on the client's premisesfirst. The fundamental objective of devel -opments is to shorten commissioningtime and assure the quality of controlsystem engineering.

Torsten BöhmeTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure 2: Components for virtual commissioning.

Figure 1: Controller simulation for a cleaning

robot.


Design Development/Implementation

A concept that supports virtual commis-sioning was developed for the outlinedtasks (Figure 2). Real control systems aredeveloped and tested on a simulated(virtual) machine. Already carrying outthe development on the target platformensures that all the controls system'sfunctions can already be programmed.There is no need to further convert thecontrol code.

Using a real control system requires thesimulation be real-time compatible.Hence, the simulation must be config -ured to guarantee real time. The Fraun -hofer IFF has developed concepts, toolsand methods based on real-time commu-nication to develop such system models.The following questions related to com -plexity and attendant real-time compati-bility play a key role.

Model Application

The Fraunhofer IFF is developing solutionsto this problem in a research project. Afunctional model of the cleaning robotfor Berlin Central Train Station developedat the Fraunhofer IFF is serving as a dem -onstrator. An interface to a VR modelenables testing the cleaning system'sperformance in a virtual environmentand optimizing the control software(Figure 1).

A signal simulation of the robot's beha-vior was implemented and the controlsystem was expanded with real operatorelements. Thus, a complete environmentis available to develop and commissionthe real control system.

The project group’s work involves

– Analyzing the technical components,– Converting the components into a

realt-time simulation and modelingthem,

– Analyzing the depth of simulation,– Recreating operational and fault

characteristics and– Enabling specific tests in the system

model.

Apart from the applications outlined, the functional models being created can also be integrated for machineryoperation, realistic training and market -ing (Figure 3).Figure 3: Integrated utilization of functional models.

– What concrete machine features/functions have priority?

– What components have to be simulated?

– What level of detail must a systemmodel have?

The level of detail is critically importantto the work that goes into modeling.Therefore, different forms have beenimplemented in the simulation. On theone hand, system software (WinMod) formachine simulation is integrated on thesignal level (Figure 2), making a real-timeconnection available for different controlsystems. Extensive tests options canconvert the simulation of the I/O signals'time response in little time. A technicallychallenging task, e.g. a complex controlengineering problem, requires detailedmodeling and simulation. A physics simu-lation with different specialized simula-tion tools (Matlab, Dymola, etc.) is inte-grated for such a case.


The VITECMA Project: Virtual Reality (VR) Based

Technology Development and Machinery

Configuration

The VITECMA project is providing solu -tions to simplify and shorten concept andproduct development based on VR. Theproject partners are developing a tool tosupport the domains of machinery con -figuration and technology development.The target groups for the tool are mar -keting experts and technologist in ma -chinery manufacturing companies. Theproject will contribute to holistic productdevelopment.

VITECMA is based on methods of virtualengineering for the development of tech-nologies and the configuration of ma -chinery and plant systems. VITECMAcombines several aspects of productdevelopment such as configuration,simulation, scheduling and visualizationon one platform.

An extension of the Fraunhofer IFF's triedand tested Virtual Development andTraining Platform (VDT Platform), thisnew tool has been specially developedfor the machinery manufacturing indus -try.

The configurator is based on a modularprinciple, the configurable and extensiblemodule facilitating customization tomarket requirements. Various newlydesigned support functions integrated inthe platform (e.g. guided mode, snap -lines, distance measurement, screenshots)simplify and accelerate the configurationprocess and can significantly shorten abid phase by more quickly providingpotential buyers information on the feasi-bility and potential follow-up costs of anew purchase.

Figure 1: Concepual design of the configurator.

Dr. Tamara NestorovicTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Dr. Steffen Strassburger Tel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

The VITECMA is being suppported withfunds from the “Mittelstands-initiativeSaxony-Anhalt”.


The principle behind the configurator'sextensibility not only makes it possible topresent configured machinery or manu-facturing lines but also additional extern -ally generated information such as theresults of FEM calculation and simulationor machining operations. Thus, the visu -alization can provide additional informa-tion.

A visualization is supported by structureddocumentation of the requisite systemand tool components as well as support -ing data (times, costs, energy consump-tion, etc.). In addition, the system canautomatically issue a product data sheetcompiling all the system's most importantinformation, including every installedcomponent.

This approach to configuration has beensuccessfully tested on a single-columnmilling machine made by SCHIESSGmbH.

Figure 2: Virtual model of a heavy machine tool in an interactive 3-D environment.


VIRTHUALIS: Virtual Reality and Human Factors

Applications for Improving Safety

Initial Situation

In high risk industries such as the chemi-cal and petrochemical industry, humanerrors are one of the chief causes of risksand accidents that incur enormous losses.Implementing or enhancing safety pre -cautions with new standards and laws isnot enough to increase the safety ofprocesses in these industries. An inte -grated safety concept that incorporateshuman factors and behavior must bedeveloped for the entire production lifecycle.

Such a concept has to make it possible tovisualize different safety scenarios andanalyze potential causes of human errors.This would allow making necessarychang es or decisions.

Solution

Supported by the EU, the projectVIRTHUALIS is developing a VR basedtechnology that incorporates humanfactors to increase safety in manufac -turing companies. The solution concept isbased on two steps: Identifying industrialrequirements by making an on siteinspection and analyzing human factors.This uncovers operational weaknesses.Eliminating them enables increasingsafety and implementing requirements ina VR platform .

The VR platform is designed for futureextensibility. External technologicalcomponents such as process simulators,AR components, authoring tools, etc. willbe integrable.

Deliverables (Current and Planned)

The solution was initially implemented infour application scenarios based on pre -defined requirements from the industrialsetting. The first application scenariosserve as examples covering the followingdomains of safety:

– Risk assessment,– Accident investigation,– Safety management and– Safety training.

This implementation serves to visualizeand deal with safety-critical problems inthe field of application. Errors are inden-tified in advance, decision making issupported and productivity is increased.

Waleed SalemTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

VIRTHUALIS is being supported by the EUin its 6the Framework Programme.(Proposal no. 515831-2).

Project data:

– EU instrument: Integrated Project (IP)

– Runtime: 4 years (May 2005 – April 2009)

– Number of partners involved: 43

– Field of application: Chemical process industry


Figure: The VIRTHUALIS project: Humans – technology – process safety.


Interactive Modules for Implementing the Machinery

Directive in Machinery and Plant Development and

Utilization (IMMMA)

A study conducted by the Berufsforsch -ungs- und Beratungsinstituts für interdis-ziplinäre Technikgestaltung (BIT) identi-fied an abundance of deficits and trans-fer errors in this analysis, organizationand communication chain.

While procedural problems exist, suitablecommunications and simulation mediaare lacking, which allow integratingevery one involved in overall companyinnovation management in preventionand developing new transfer methodsand strategies.

Heike KissnerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Torsten SchulzTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Machinery and plant manufacturers onthe European market have to orientthemselves toward current EU MachineryDirectives and relevant standards forindustrial safety, ergonomics and healthhazards. The documentation of hazardanalyses and instructions for residual riskprevention are the requisite materials fora manufacturer's engineers' communica-tion with later user-operators.

While an industrial safety expert com -pletes the safety acceptance, users haveto compile operating instructions andminimize residual risks with appropriatemeasures.

Figure 1: IMMMA project objectives and deliverables in overview.

The BMBF is supporting IMMMAthrough 2009 (Project reference number 01FA0617).


Approach and Objective

Together with the participating industrypartners, company processes are ana -lyzed to apply model cases to implementmethods and technology on the basis ofidentified requirements.

The virtual-interactive knowledge andtraining modules being produced areprepared methodologically and didac-tically. They are intended for use inproduct development and manufactur -ing, commissioning, operator training,production and even maintenance andrepair. This facilitates effective preventionin the sense of the EU MachineryDirective during the entire operationalprocess and the machinery life cycle.The project will, for example, delivervirtual-interactive action aids to imple-ment risk assessment and evaluation.Furthermore, new development, utiliza-tion and training concepts incorporatingvirtual modules will foster an increase ofpersonal skills at the workplace. More -over, this will contribute to optimizingrelevant business processes and coopera-tion between manufacturers and usersfor the purpose of "customer innova-tion". A committee of experts drawnfrom the most important associations,organizations, institutions for statutoryaccident insurance and prevention andthe Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Health andSocial Welfare, will present, reflect onand secure the results in given intervals.Concepts will be developed for standar-dization and transfer and networks initi -ated to disseminate the results beyondthe end of the project.

Results and Utility

In the first stage of the project, tests andanalyses were performed at the facilitiesof the participating industry partners.For instance, new development of animprinting system was supported atStaedtler Mars GmbH & Co. KG. Parallelto engineering the system, an interactivemodule was created with which the realprototype's functions were simulatedbefore manufacturing. This revealedpotentials for optimizing interdivisionaland interdepartmental processes. Theeasy comprehensibility and clarity of thevisualization of the machinery's modes ofoperation made it possible to analyzedangers in the process by involvingvarious actors. Thus, for example, designengineers were able to reach advanceagreements with control systems engi -neers and make additions to the flow -charts. What is more, it was possible toperform a risk analysis with electriciansbefore the control system was com -pleted.

It will be essential to identify and appro-priately implement these potentials in thecourse of the project (ending in May2009). The objective is to employ interac-tive modules to establish an optimized,standardized and complete approach andto improve company processes. The timeneeded to meet the Machinery Directive'srequirements ought to be reduced, forinstance. The communication and partici-pation of every individual involved indevelopment and operation will makemachinery and plants substantially safer.

Figure 2: Visualization of information and criti-

cal points on a virtual model.


Westermann Verlag Is

Banking on e-Learning

Vocational school students are wellversed with computer games in virtualworlds. They navigate them with easeand confidence. The executive editors atWestermann Verlag want to take advan-tage of young people's enthusiasm forthis technology to teach them complexlessons.

In an e-Learning project for vocationalschool students, the Fraunhofer Institutefor Factory Operation and Automation IFFin Magdeburg and school book publisherWestermann in Braunschweig jointlydeveloped educational modules to sup -port first year vocational programs inmetals technology. An interactive CDsupplements the primary product line ofprint materials such as a textbook andworkbook. Taking real job orders as itsstarting point, the CD provides studentsand teachers 3-D animated machinery onwhich they can, for instance, visuallylearn what actions to take when they aremachining metals.

The concept of learning fields is pursuedrigorously. These are didactically groun-ded and prepared fields of activity thatcondense complex tasks worked on inaction-driven learning situations.

The completed metals technology educa-tional modules cover the followingtopics:

– Manual production of componentswith a mixing tank as example,

– Mechanical production of componentswith an adjustable stop as example,

– Production of assemblies with a dril-ling jig as example,

– Production of simple controls with agluing jig as example.

In the future, the CD-ROM will expandWestermann Verlag's range of materialsfor vocational training in the field ofmetals technology. Along with theconventional materials such as a textbookand a workbook, trainees in their firstyear of metals engineering are now ableto use the interactive job orders fromthese computerized educational scenariosto complete the exercises from theirwork materials and "grasp" the solutionsin a virtual environment. Trainees are notthe only users of the CD-ROM however.

The interactive educational material alsoprovides metals technology instructorsmany options to organize their lessonsmore understandably. They can workthrough model solutions for a job orderstep-by-step and reconstruct these on avirtual model. Best practice solutionssupport discussions of ideal approaches,the virtual model enabling exploration ofequipment and models as well as proces-ses.

Heike KissnerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


A complex disassembly order is executedon a model drilling rig. The lesson andthe assignment lay the theoreticalgroundwork, which can then be appliedto and tried out on the virtual model ofthe drilling rig.

In another exercise, the virtual model of agluing jig is coupled with the pneumaticdiagram of the jig. Students can thenunderstand every position of the pneu-matic switches as well as their transitionsin a clear visualization. Simple machiningprocedures such as the drilling of holesare consistently reproduced comprehensi-bly in every step of work, including work-piece marking, clamping and machining.

The project was implemented with theFraunhofer IFF's virtual reality platform.The challenge was to prepare the tasks inthe virtual scenarios in such a way thatfirst year trainees are not overwhelmedand sustainably retain the educationalcontents by interacting with the modeland the processes. The educationalscenarios now available for vocationaleducation were the outgrowth of manydiscussions with the experts from perti-nent departments of Westermann Verlag.

Figure 1: Examples from the interactive scenarios –

Left: Constructing assemblies with a drilling jig as an example. Right: Constructing simple controls with a gluing jig as an example

Figure 2: The interactive CD-ROM.

The CD-ROM is available at

http://www.westermann.de/suche/

artikelansicht.xtp?id=978-3-14-364203-0

or in bookstores.


Case-specific Virtual Organ Models for

Future Endoscopy Simulators in Medicine

Initial Situation

A new field of research at the FraunhoferIFF is the development of realistic virtualorgan models implementable in medicalsimulators. Such simulators are intendedto support physicians when learningcertain surgical procedures.

Surgical techniques in operative medicinehave been significantly improved andrefined in recent years. One milestonewas the introduction of minimally inva-sive surgery. A great advantage of thissurgical method is the lower level ofstress on patients, i.e. they experienceless pain, recover mobility rapidly andhave short hospital stays.

Successful minimally invasive surgery notonly requires the appropriate medicaltechnology but also sound professionalskills on the part of the operating physi -cians. Operations are performed, forinstance, by inserting various endoscopicdevices through several small incisions.An endoscopic camera supplies physi -cians a live picture of a patient’s insideson a monitor. This two-dimensionalmonitor picture is the basis for navigatingthree-dimensionally, making a diagnosisand taking treatment steps during anoperation.

While the training of such procedures onsimulators does not replace an experien-ced surgeon’s guidance, it is however ameaningful addition to surgeons' trainingto optimally prepare them for operations.Apart from enabling young physicians totrain their manual and diagnostic skills,another potential use is the planning ofsurgery in particularly difficult cases.

Acceptance of such simulators dependson numerous technical constraints. Veryhigh demands are made not only onrealistic haptics that supply users tactilefeedback on tissue properties and organcontact but also realistic visualization ofvirtual endoscopic images.

Approach

In a joint interdisciplinary project, theFraunhofer IFF together with severalregional partners is developing technolo-gies that meet these stringent require-ments. It is cooperating with Otto vonGuericke University Magdeburg’s MedicalSchool and departments of its schools ofengineering .

The Fraunhofer IFF is working on thegeneration and interactive visualization ofhigh optical-quality organ models andthe realistic representation of varioussymptoms and attributes of diseases inthe simulation.

Dr. Rüdiger MeckeTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

The project VR ModLap is beingsupported by the State of Saxony-Anhalt.


3-D segmenting extracts the initially staticgeometries of the organ models to besimulated from medical imaging (compu-ter tomography) datasets by means .Photographs of the real organs taken atthe Surgical Clinic deliver additional case-specific 2-D image data that can be utili-zed for the visualization.

Advanced shader technologies areapplied to produce the visualization.Used with state-of-the-art graphics hard-ware, these make it possible to replaceareas of the standard rendering pipelinewith one's own program code to thustake advantage of more flexible optionsfor realistic real-time visualizations.

First, photographs with relevant case-specific features of the organs' surfacetextures are collected and processed.Global features (pertaining to large por -tions of organ surfaces) and local fea -tures (distinctive surface features, tumorcharacteristics) can be differentiat ed.Shader technologies can be applied tofuse the characteristics of these differentfeatures and export them into thepreviously segmented 3-D model. Thebasic texture is comprised of photos ofthe case-specific global features. Localfeatures (e.g. local textures) are alsoprojected onto the 3-D model for thespecific case. These features may be posi-tioned anywhere on the geometry andvaried in size.

Shaders also enable applying moreprecise illumination models such as thePhong illumination model, which simu-late illumination relatively well. As aresult, real surface reflections of endos-copic camera light on an organ can bereproduced realistically.

In the future, it will be possible to inter-act with these organs by using endo -scopic devices. Appropriate deformationmodels will be applied to obtain the mostvisually plausible behavior of organspossible. Interaction would make it possi-ble to make an incision anywhere on anorgan to remove malignant tumor tissuefor instance. Among other things, doingthis, will entail researching the organs'physical reactions and developing interac-tion with the endoscopic devices.

Figure 1: 3-D geometry and typical case-specific features of images fused by shader technologies.

Figure 2: 3-D models of a liver with various local ysmptoms of disease (varying location

and size of a tumors.


The “INTUITION” European Network of

Excellence (NoE)

Initial Situation

Its rapidly growing fields of applicationmake virtual reality (VR) technology avaried field of research. The ongoingprocess of research and developmenthas reached a point that demands struc-turing and integrating of the effortsencompassing VR European-wide. VRtechnologies are already being widelyused for differ ent industrial applications.This is being done in an unorganizedfashion - through case-by-case scenariosand without long-range visions.

There is a need to simplify the adaptationof virtual environments (VE) in industrialprocesses and assess the effects of VRuse in the workplace and daily life.Such an assessment ought to incorporateaspects of cost effectiveness, healthhazards and side effects of work environ-ments on individuals and com panies.

Conceptual Solution

The INTUITION European Network ofExcellence (NoE) is bundling Eurpoeancompetence in VR. Its main objective is tobring together experts and key actors inthe domains of VR and VE development,testing and application. Industry repre-sentatives, SME, research organizations,universities, international organizationsand associations are collaborating inINTUTUION to structure fragmentedEuropean VR know-how and betterestab lish VR and VE in product andprocess design.

Furthermore, INTUITION is integratingEuropean resources and VR equipment,structuring European VR research andpromoting Europe globally as a leadingregion in this field..

Results

Integrating and bundling the VR activitiesof the partners involved is envisioned andhas in part already been done in thefollowing fields of specialization andapplication:

– Aviation– Augmented reality (AR)– Automotive and transport– Building and architecture– Energy– Design and engineering– Entertainment and culture– Evaluation and testing– Education and training– Haptic interaction– Medicine and neuroscience– VR and VE technology in general

Dr. Eberhard BlümelTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Waleed SalemTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Project data:

– EU instrument: Network of Excellence (NoE)

– Runtime: 4 years (September 2004 – August2008)

– Number of partners involved:58

Figure: The Fraunhofer IFF presented the

coupling of a real CNC unit with the virtual

model of a heavy machine tool at the

3rd international INTUITION workshop in

Fellbach on November 30 - December 1,

2006.


Project Reports:

Logistics Intelligence from Magdeburg


LogMotionLab: Current Trends in RFID

and Telematics

LogMotionLab is a lab for the testing anddevelopment of RFID, Auto-ID and tele-matic technologies. The radio frequencyidentification (RFID) specialists at theFraunhofer IFF test the suitability of RFIDtechnologies for use in specific businessprocesses and evaluates them neutrally.

Customized solutions for secure andreliable supply chains are developed herefor companies and then implementedwhere they need them. In addition to theextensive equipment at the Magdeburgfacility, the lab's mobile componentsallow conducting function tests directlyat clients' facilities under real operationalconditions.

RFID and telematic technology develop-ment is advancing rapidly at present andLogMotionLab is therefore constantlybeing expanded. The developments andre search at the Fraunhofer IFF can besubsumed under two major headings:Secure chains of goods and RFID techno-logy integration in technically difficultenvironments.

In addition to the various types of activeand passive RFID technology, researchand development of secure chains ofgoods also involves satellite-supportedtelematic solutions. Researchers at theLogMotionLab supplement these withsolutions for indoor localization based onvarious radio technologies, options forwirelessly coupling indoor and outdoorlocalization and integrated sensor tech-nology for monitoring and inspection.

The second specialization at theLogMotionLab is the integration of RFIDtechnology in technically difficult environ-ments. In particular, metallic environ-ments in industrial applications areexamined. Foundations already devel -oped a few years ago can be reverted toand these findings can be transferred tonew frequency ranges as well. One suchsolution is the "Alubox" developed in2006, which, with a frequency of 868megahertz, has a nearly 100 percentread rate in metallic environments.

LogMotionLab is expanding to differentlocations in Magdeburg because, on theone hand, more space is needed for indi-vidual fields of development and, on theone hand, LogMotionLab is integratingnew fields of work related to localizationtechnologies, thus making expansion to avariety of locations an absolute necessity.Attention will especially be directed to -ward the integration satellite, radio andoptical localization technologies.

Helmut RöbenTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Figure: The LogMotionLab is one of Europe’s leading labs for the development, testing and certification of

RFID and telematik technologies. (Photo: Siemens Press Foto)


Germans Call It Funk: Technologies

for Secure Chains of Goods

The market for emergency logistics andsame day logistics, i.e. transports thathave to be fast (a maximum of 72 hours),secure and transparent, is a growing.Late arrivals can cause tremendous harmwhen they delay the start of productionor bring production to a stop. Hence, theindustry is demanding new IC solutionsto safeguard business.

The management of information on theidentity, current position and condition ofgoods, loading equipment and means oftransport as well as the real-time availa -bility of this data in expediting systems isassuming a key role in the unaccompa-nied transport of goods.

The trend toward miniaturizing devices ascosts are falling at the same time isopening a new market for autonomouslogistics assets equipped with sensorsystems and communication modules tooptimize operational and logistics proces-ses. At present, the coupling of RFIDsystems for object identification withtelematic modules is producing newproducts subsumed by the "secure chainof goods".

The functions the Fraunhofer IFF com -bines in its Smart Box and Smart Palletconstitute a paradigm change fromobserving logistics assets at fixed measur -ing points to continuously monitoringlogistics assets in supply chains and evenmultimodal supply chains when neces-sary.

Dr. Klaus RichterTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure: The Smart Metal Box functions reliably even in metallic environments and with such

objects as metal cans filled with liquid.


Smart Boxes are reusable metal or plasticcontainers with RFID antenna structuresand self-contained power supplies.Goods outfitted with HF or UHF RFIDlabels are automatically logged as con -tainer contents for the purpose of run -ning inventory. A communication moduletransmits the container's continuouslyidentified GNSS position and everyloading and unloading to headquarters.Additional sensor elements determine thecondition of goods. After the plasticSmart Box and the Smart Pallet had beenpresented at the 2006 CeBIT, the firstprototype of a metal Smart Box wasintroduced at the BVL's German LogisticsCongress in 2006..

As a security concept for logistics, the ITinfrastructure of the IFF Smart Box issuitable for specifying new requirementsfor guaranteed value added services onthe basis of localization, communicationand identification technologies.


RFID Based Container Management

in Production Logistics

The availability of suitable containers isthe prerequisite to a functioning materialflow. The intensive planning, control andmonitoring of container cycles enablescutting inventories considerably andorganizing processes more reliably.

Intelligent container management aimsto:

– Connect material and informationflows,

– Track containers online,– Provide transparent information on

the location and status of materialand containers,

– Ensure the return flow of containersremains on schedule and

– Increase the accuracey of materialplanning.

A user scenario illustrates this subject’srelevance for manufacturing logistics.

Initial Situation

Gas turbine blades essential for generat -ing energy in power stations later lie ingray plastic boxes. Yet, what appears sounspectacular is less than ordinary:"A single blade can cost roughly asmuch as a compact car," explains GünterRademacher from Siemens Power Gener -ation (PG) in Berlin.

Siemens Power Generation uses bigplastic containers that were speciallydeveloped to transport turbine blades yetare nonetheless standardized, whichmeasure rough ly one cubic meter andare able to hold up to seventy-twocomponents.

The blades that are precision cast partsfrom found ries in Germany, England andthe USA are deposited into these con -tain ers and stored in a central logisticswarehouse.

Figure: Siemens AG gas sturbine plant on Motardstrasse in Berlin.



The containers are then transported fromthe warehouse to the manufacturingplant approximately five kilometers awaywhere the blades are finished for theirparticular ultimate purposes.

Managing the containers presented thisSiemens division with challenges. In thepast, the company had difficulty provid -ing information on the current inventory,storage site and status of its blade boxes.

Approach

Together with the Fraunhofer IFF inMagdeburg, Siemens PG has started theproject Transponder Integrated Processesfor Containers (TIP4Boxes). The objectiveof the project is to use RFID technologyto improve the situation of operationalorganization of internal and externalcontainer logistics at its Berlin location.To this end, the transparency of con -tainer location and condition is beingincreased and, in a second step, con -tainer content is being linked with thecontainer.

TIP4BOXES Part IIn part one of the Tip4Boxes project, apotential analysis of the actual conditionsof container logistics was performed atSiemens PG. Among other things, thisanalysis incorporated RFID technologyand its dependence on the environmentand product range. This resulted in afeasibility study and a preliminary con -cept with a draft approach to implement -ing the RFID technology for containermanagement at Siemens PG.Relevant technologies were tested inadvance at the Fraunhofer IFF's RFID lab,LogMotionLab.

The concept developed by the FraunhoferIFF so impressed Siemens PG that it wasconverted into a test installation. Thebasic goals of optimization were achie-ved. The results of the test establishedthat RFID transponders were a suitablefoundation for integrated containermanagement at Siemens PG beyond thepilot project. High transparency for thetransport containers tagged with 150Smart Labels was already achieved duringthe pilot project.

Although a link between the transportcontainer and its contents had not yetbeen established at this time, the Web-based information on transport containerlocation and status already createdtremendous transparency.

TIP4BOXES Part IIGiven the positive results of TIP4BoxesPart I, Siemens decided to continue theproject. TIP4Boxes Part II and Part III wasstarted. On the one hand, every trans-port container is being tagged withtransponders and, on the other hand, theIT infrastructure with more optimizedcontrol points, a monitoring system andmore mobile readers is being installed.This made the location, availability andstatus transport containers completelytransparent internationally.

TIP4Boxes Part IIIThe third part of the TIP4Boxes projectdealt with planning and piloting thelinkage of transport containers and theircontent as well as connecting SAP masterand order data. To do so, the data modelwas developed into a finite concept, theinterface between the RFID system andSAP was created and a comprehensivetest run was executed. This part of theproject prepared everything to betterallocate transport containers and theirparticular contents.

Doing so involved optimizing the originalpilot application on the one hand andtaking more substantial action in thelogistics on the premises of a large planton the other hand. Intensive consultati-ons with the local Siemens IT departmentwere essential if Web server, SQL data-base server, possibly WLAN conntectionwere and options for remote mainten-ance were to be implemented in shorttime. Since data security is an imperative,the wireless transmission of data wasespecially met with great skepticism.Resolving this problem was a significantstep toward to creating a new systemlandscape in the ongoing subprojects.


RFID Aided Asset Management

Initial Situation

Programmable mobile data storage units(RFID transponders) allow directly inte -grating information processes in physicalprocesses. Thus, they can be directlymounted on assets too. The linkage ofdistributed and centralized informationestablishes the conditions for an orga-nizational solution that transparentlymaps logistics processes and is able toevaluate and better monitor them. Thiscan be built upon to establish process-oriented control loops in supply chains.This optimal supply of information ensu-res logistics process are high quality andreliable. This and in particular theprogrammability of the data storage unitsand their ruggedness in harsh environ-ments sets it apart from conventionalstorage media.

Approach

RFID technology enables keeping track ofand monitoring the widest variety ofassets, making it possible to more trans-parently organize and simplify entireprocesses related to asset management.

Unique identification of assets enablesproviding fundamental information ontheir condition and - when the RFIDsystems have been adeptly implemented- their position. In principle, this enablestaking running inventory and continu -ously managing inventory. The distribut -ed information stored on assets serves asthe basis for this. It allows continu ouslytracking assets. The result is transparentmaterial flows. Information on conditioncan be retrieved directly on a compo-nent.

Helmut RöbenTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure: A handheld can be used to retreive and update information directly on an object.

(Photo: Siemens Press Foto)


Time-consuming inquiries and waits forinformation are eliminated because adirect connection to a central database isunnecessary.

Usually, mobile terminals similar to com -mercially available handhelds are used toexchange information between assetsand the central databases or control cen -ter. This enables reading out and modify-ing the data of a component tagged withRFID.

Systems that monitor tools, compon entsor complete systems (e.g. engines)throughout their entire lifetime havealready been devel oped together withvarious partners (e.g. VEM Motors). Tothis end, assets were outfitted with RFIDtags and relevant data, e.g. calibration orservicing data, was stored on the asset.The resultant availability of such datawith a tool dramatically improved themonitoring of individual assets. Distribut -ed data storage enabled eliminating indi-vidual process steps and better monitor -ing others. This yielded a shorter andthus faster and more transparent processchain. Data was acquired with mobileterminals to ensure tool or componentidentification was unique. Web-basedsoftware made it possible to monitorassets cross-company and throughoutthe world.

Results

Implementing the RFID technology inasset management makes it possible touniquely identify assets. Moreover, thewidest variety of information can bestored directly on an object. The tech -nology applied today allows storing upto 64,000 characters on a component.Furthermore, this is nudging alongprocesses to standardize the data struc-ture, which are not only necessary forRFID technology but can also be used toadvantage in other domains in compa-nies or among companies.

The availability of distributed informationmakes it possible to intensively exploitpotentials for success in cycle times, cost,quality and security or even recognizethem in the first place. Likewise, RFIDtechnology can help implement rapid andeffective control loops in supply chains toinitiate status-driven workflows andforced sequence. Thus, gaps can be localized and logistics processes activelycontrolled.


RFID Based Construction Site Logistics

This project developed innovative logisticsconcepts based on RFID technology formedium-sized plant manufacturers. Theconstruction, retrofitting and shutdownof complex plants are projects thatrequire lengthy preparation and must bewrapped up as quickly as possible. Insuch a project at a construction site,plant operators must organize humanand material resources as well as plantmanufacturers simultaneously and inparallel. If the budget or schedule are notkept, small and medium-sized enterprisesinvolved as equipment suppliers orservice providers particularly run the riskof losing market and competitive advan-tages through additional costs or con -tractual penalties. This situation holdspotentials to utilize RFID technologiesand thus improve the quality of informa-tion and logistics processes related toplant construction projects.


Cathrin PlateTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

This project was supported by the Stiftung Industrieforschung from May 1,2005 to November 30, 2006. (Project reference no. S697)

Figure 1: Structural steel elements at a construction site.

A cross-industry study analyzed andevaluated the status quo and addedvalue of drivers behind and obstacles tothe use of RFID solutions in small andmedium-sized plant manufacturing enter-prises. In addition, a cost-benefit analysisexamined the cost effectiveness of RFIDsystems developed as prototypes.

To this end, the Fraunhofer IFF assembleda project consortium of five companies inwhich three industrial plant manufactur -ers, one RFID technology provider andone systems integrator are members.

While each of the three plant manufac -turers analyzed the use of RFID in oneprocess relevant to them, the other twocompanies together with the FraunhoferIFF provided the plant manufacturerssupport when they were implementingthe RFID technology in these processesand modifying their range of services asa result.


Tasks relevant to RFID were identifiedand implemented with the partners inthe field as technical RFID demonstrators:

– Guaranteeing a secure transfer ofgoods with objects or loading equip-ment tagged with appropriate RFID,

– Managing asset information relevantto certification with RFID on assets,

– Localizing and managing inventory ofplant components at construction sites(open air storage) and

– Managing tools with RFID.

The demonstrators developed were test ed under real conditions. The partnersjointly analyzed the potentials for fur therimprovements and aspects of cost effectiveness. The demonstrators are partof the Fraunhofer IFF's own RFID lab,LogMotionLab.

Project Partners

– SIGMA Maschinenbau GmbH– Stahlbau Magdeburg GmbH– tkb Technologiekontor

Bremerhaven GmbH– Condat AG– Meshed Systems GmbH

Figure 2: RFID scan with a mobile terminal.


Innovative Telematic Technologies and Services

in Forests and Meadows

Motivation

Raw materials for the wood processingindustry or the generation of renewableenergies are distributed over large areasin forests and meadows. Their widelydiffering species and forms require differ -ent means of transportation. Thispresents logistics with a major challenge.Conventional methods of logisticscontrolling and measurement onlycapture these processes incompletely.Innovative developments in mobile infor-mation technology are opening tremen-dous potentials to improve logistics here.

In the interconnected processes of woodlogistics, the individual and unstandard -ized business processes of the multitudeof buyers and predominantly medium-sized service providers with differentcooperative and business relationshipscause frictional losses at the junctions ofprocesses and make logistics encompas-sing every actor difficult.

Innovative RF and telematic technologieswill help cut wood logistics costs in thefuture. Cost pressure and structuraladjustments are particularly an impetusfor forestry operations to intensify use oftelematic technologies. These are intend -ed to bring about savings by minimizingredundant data acquisition, time spentsearching for and being directed to sites,time and the labor required to inspectand the time to store stem wood andbiomass. Mobile services such as deckand order management, off-road naviga-tion and condition monitoring are thefocus.

RFID technology for marking timberassortments provides more potential forrationalization. Electronic marking andidentification makes the wood supplychain significantly more efficient up thothe factory. RF marking allows identifyingindividual trunks with certainty and addi-tionally allocating data important to thewood processing industry, e.g. quantity,quality and owner. Mobile terminalstransmit this data to central databasesand internal systems where it is immedi -ately available for others involved in theprocess.

Particularly in light of the heterogeneousstructure of the interacting partners, newtechnological solutions will only lead tobusiness success in wood and biomasslogistics when a maximum number ofpartners have access to them.

Figure 1: PDA with the Fraunhofer IFF’s solution.

Dr. Ina ErhardtTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Approach

Optimizing timber transports with suit -able routing and navigation options sim -plifies the planning and execution oftimber transport logistics operations andcan cut transport costs considerably. The forest especially holds developablepotential for optimization since the timeneeded for the distance from the road totimber storage is approximately quadru-ple that needed for the distance back tothe road.

Previous approaches to navigation offpublic roads met with little acceptanceamong target groups because of theirhigh costs for end users and the foresee-able follow-up costs to keep data up-to-date.

Taking identified deficits as the startingpoint, the Fraunhofer IFF in Magdeburgdeveloped an application that provides asolution that is just as simple and prag-matic as cost effective. This new off-roadnavigation system’s unique feature is thatdata on forest roads collected by stateforestry agencies has not been integratedin existing navigation systems but rathersupplements them.

The navigation solution is easy to operateand its route guidance is limited to essen-tial functions such as directions and dis -tances. At first, one or more target pointsare entered. The system then calculatesthe route and guides the user over jump -ing off points determined in a specialprocedure (junctions from the publicroads into the forest, see Figure 2) to thedestination. The route guidance systemuses commercial navigation systems onpublic roads and switches to the auxiliary

off-road components from the Fraun -hofer IFF in the forest. A user does nothave to input anything separately sincethe applications switch between thenetworks of public and private roads inthe background. Thus, is navigation notinterrupted and changing devices orapplications is unecessary. The use ofcommercially available devices (laptop,tablet PC or PDA) and commercial soft-ware only incurs minimal costs whilemaintaining the optimal functionality ofthe overall application and, because it isregularly updated, ensures data on publicroads is the latest. The option to inte-grate and individually use additional,specific forest information in the off-roadmap is especially lucrative for use inwood logistics.

Results

This solution has been field tested byselected users in Saxony-Anhalt. Theywere especially impressed by the scopeof user functions and the ease of opera-tion, the interplay of single applicationsand the option to utilize and processadditional, individual information inconjunction with minimal costs. InSaxony-Anhalt, the test results led to athorough evaluation of forest road data-sets. Its widespread use in the internaloperations of the state forestry companyand its service provider starting at theend of 2006 is being prepared.

Figure 2: Junction from public to forest roads at jumping off points.

(Graphic: Fraunhofer IFF using an aerial photograpph from GeoContent GmbH Magdeburg.)


Innovation Coaching for Small

and Medium-sized Enterprises

Initial Situation

Small and medium-sized enterprises(SME) typically find it difficult to profitfrom European funding for innovationand research. A lack of resources, lan -guage barriers, insufficient knowledgeabout funding opportunities and inter -national partners as well as the fear oflosing their creative edge often preventSME from participating in projectsintend ed to benefit them specifically. Foryears, the EU, the federal governmentand state governments have been tryingto counter this unfortunate situation withmeasures and initiatives - usually withless success than desired. Databases withcorporate profiles, search machines andonline project calls are not well knownand hence seldom taken advantage of.

"Matchmaking events" predominantlyhave a regional or national impact - andonly when systematically organized.

The general tenor is that many innovativecompanies would indeed be interestedin EU projects yet fail to find the propersupport to overcome the hurdles connec-ted with preparing a proposal:

They desire information but only whenspecifically tailored to them. They desirecooperation but only when based ontrust. They desire coaching as a means toself-help but do not want to pay for off-the-shelf "consulting".

Fifure: smE-MPOWER: Bridging the divide between SME and FP7.

Katrin ReschwammTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

smE-MPOWER is being supported by theEU in its 6th Framework Programme.(Proposal no. 023401).


Approach

Under these conditions, the FraunhoferIFF developed and is now coordinatingthe EU project smE-MPOWER with thestated goal to strengthen a "people-oriented" approach to regional innova-tion coaching - as frequently pursued byinnovation relay centers - and develop itfurther in international collaboration.

Ten project partners from Germany,Great Britain, France, Ireland, Israel,Lithuania, Romania, Cyprus, the SlovakRepublic and Switzerland - all of themSME support organizations - have beenworking to realize this goal sinceNovember 2005. Along with direct SMEservices, a European network of innova-tion coaches is being established, whichintends to continue collaborating toshare knowledge beyond the end of theproject.

Results

In the course of the first project year,twenty national workshops - some ofthem at the Fraunhofer IFF - have sensi -tized over four hundred companies tofunding opportunities. Some onehundred SME have expressed furtherinterest. Forty have already participatedin initial orientation talks and twentyhave joined forces in twelve projectproposals. Moreover, the smE-MPOWERpartners are moderating the develop-ment of seven international thematicgroups to specify projects as preparationto proposal writing. These thematicgroups can be viewed on the projectwebsite http://www.sme-mpower.net/and are open to interested experts andcompanies.

Outlook

Companies may take advantage ofsmE-MPOWER until October 31, 2007.


Fraunhofer IFF Gets

Thai Enterprises Into Shape

Background/Need

Thailand's economy recovered from theeffects of the Asian crisis (1997-1998)relatively quickly. Thailand has experien-ced annual economic growth of five tosix percent since 2002, its small andmedium-sized enterprises (SME) contrib -uting approximately one third of thegross domestic product.1 Furthermore,over ninety percent of the companiesregistered in Thailand by the Ministry ofLabor can be classified as SME.2

An analysis of these figures reveals thatthese SME decisively influence Thailand'seconomic power, employment rate andthus its standard of living too. Boostingthe competitiveness of SME by optimiz -ing costs and developing companies’potentials for efficiency would have aperceptibly positive effect on the socio-economic situation in Thailand becauseof scale effects. Yet, as the findings ofthe project on Information Technologyand Communication in the Field ofSustainable Environmental Protection forResource Intensive Enterprises (ASIA IT&CFORCE) carried out by the Fraunhofer IFFin cooperation with Karl Franzens Univer -sity in Austria and the Asian Society forEnvironmental Protection (ASEP) inThailand revealed, SME in particular stillhave deficits when it comes to the use ofinnovative business management tools.3,Consequently, potentials for cutting costsand boosting efficiency largely remainunused.

Objectives/Approach

The primary objectives of the twelve-month project on Technology Partnershipand Training Cooperation in EuropeanManagement Information Systems toEnhance the Competitiveness of ThaiSME (TEAMS SME) being supported bythe European Commission in its SmallProjects Facility (SPF) program areenhanc ing the competitiveness of Thaiindustry and advancing bilateral partner -ships and cooperation between Thai andEuropean companies and institutions.The Fraunhofer IFF is completing theproject in cooperation with the Federa -tion of Thai Industries (F.T.I) in Thailandand the Asian Society for EnvironmentalProtection (ASEP) in Thailand.

Training and pilot implementation proj -ects are serving to familiarize decisionmakers from different target groups(SME, consulting firms, governmentorgan izations and universities) with thepotential applications of selected meth -ods and tools of corporate controlling,focusing on management informationsystems based on company indicators.This enables them to identify potentialsfor optimization throughout the opera-tional value added chain (e.g. weak pointidentification and process optimizationbased on transparent process chains) andto transfer applications to their owncompanies.

Ralf OpierzynskiTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


To this end, user training programs onthe efficient use of innovative manage-ment information systems are being con -ducted in various centers of industrialconcentration in Thailand (e.g. Bangkok,Rayong, Chonburi or HatYai). Knowledgeand know-how transfer, network build -ing and prospective bilateral cooperationare also being emphasized. Thai andEuropean organizations are closely col -laborating on the organization andimplementation of these actions.

To ensure know-how is sustainably dis -seminated beyond the end of the project,train-the-trainer workshops are traininglocal experts from various Thai organiza -

tions (e.g. Thai-German Institute (TGI),Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand(IEAT), SME Promotion Office, Ministry ofIndustry's Department of Industrial Works(DIW), SoftwarePark Thailand) who willconduct industry training programs in thefuture.

The goal is to develop and consolidatenetworks of experts to provide fornationwide to transfer know-how ofselect corporate controlling methods andtools based on management informationsystems. Implementation projects beingcarried out in select medium-sized enter-prises are demonstrating the practicalrelevance.

Outlook

The objectives of the TEAMS SME projectinclude:

– Enhancing the competitiveness ofThai SME by qualifying and trainingdecision makers from different targetgroups in corporate managementinformation systems,

– Transferring European know-how andselect IT applications and adaptingthem to this specific country by pilot -ing them locally (generation of localreference models) and

– Initiating and establishing internationalexpert and cooperation networks.

The project is one of the numerousproject activities the Fraunhofer IFF hasbeen carrying out in Asia, specificallyChina, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia,Malaysia and the Philippines, since 1999.

Given the networks, partnerships andcontacts established through these proj -ect activities, Fraunhofer IFF sees itself asa contact or "matchmaker" for com -panies interested in being active in Asiain the future.

1 Economic Review in Bangkok Post, Thailand 2006.2 Small and Medium Enterprises in Thailand – Recent Trends”, World Bank Institute.3 Information Technology and Communication in the Field of Sustainable Environmental Protection

for Resource Intensive Enterprises ASIA IT&C FORCE, 2002-2004, www.asia-itc-force.de

Fugure: TEAMS SME project kick-off workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, April 2006.


Statelogger: Reliable and Cost Effective Equipment

Operation through Condition-based Decision

Support in Maintenance Planning

Motivation

Every technical system wears out fromuse. Dependable information on thecurrent and expected condition of equip-ment in use and any changes over thetime of its entire service life is essential tooperate technical assets reliably and costeffectively. Both technical and businessdisciplines related to plant managementbase important decisions on such infor-mation on condition. It is the basis forthe following tasks:

– Comprehensive value managementof technical assets incorporatingcondition-based equipment valueand reviewing the attainability ofthe service life planned for capitalequipment

– Formulating a condition-basedmaintenance strategy, i.e. optimiz -ing maintenance intervals largely byfully utilizing the service life of com -ponents while simultaneously improv -ing equipment availability and reduc -ing maintenance costs

– Establishing objective evaluationcriteria to assess maintenance strate-gies and the internal and externalmaintenance service providers’ work

To support equipment management,BMW AG and the Fraunhofer IFF initiateda joint project in 2003 to determine therate of wear of technical assets in theBMW Plant Leipzig and incrementallyimplemented it with the active collabora-tion of different operators, manufactur -ers and maintenance service providers.

Frank RyllTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure 1: Analyses of pneumatic systems’ reserve of wear.


Approach

The objective of this project is to developa method and a tool that quantifies ratesof wear in technical assets as characteris -tic values allowing for fluctuating loads.The method is based on rigorously apply-ing the empirical knowledge of manytechnical experts involved in the equip-ment development process. The experi-ences of plant operators and service andmaintenance providers are additionallystored and utilized.

Empirical knowledge of complex causeand effect correlations of parameters ofequipment operation and resultant stres-ses on individual components is repro -duced as a set of linguistic rules in fuzzycontrollers (Figure 2).

The advantage of this form of knowledgestorage system is the ease with whicheven complex correlations can be repro-duced. Many experts' a priori knowledgeis preserved and made available.

The methods ascertain fluctuating stres-ses through an asset's service life, con -verts this into consumption of compo-nents' rates of wear and visualizes it innear real time. The influences of mainte-nance actions are also factored in. Alongwith evaluating historical events of equip-ment operation and maintenance, fore-casts of operating and failure behaviorincorporating planned operating parame-ters can be generated and evaluated foreffects on the future condition of equip-ment.

Results

This method has been integrated in theStatelogger software system and testedjointly with equipment operators, manu-facturers and maintenance service provid -ers. Experiences with technical assets areavailable for pneumatic systems, auto -matic guided vehicle systems and windenergy converters.

The basic results of the project are:

– Identification of potentials for cuttingmaintenance costs by consistentlytaking advantage of the advantages ofa condition-based maintenance stra-tegy

– Near real-time information on equip-ment condition

– Simplification and acceleration of theplanning of dynamic maintenancebudgets

– Optimzation of spare parts stockingand labor scheduling

– Demand-driven request for externalservice providers, evaluation of theirranges of services and the work theyperform

– Forecast of life cycle costs– Sustained safeguarding of equipment

know-how in the form of individuals’empirical knowledge and the combi-nation of various experts’ differentlevels of experience

Figure 2: Method to empirically determine stresses.


Conclusion

Quantifying the rate of wear of technicalassets by means of the method describedsupports operative equipment manage-ment and supports near real-time deci-sion making. The evaluation system pre -serves individuals' know-how and sup -ports the analysis and collection of com -plex data. Particularly in times of rapiddecision making and increasing cost pres-sure, this system can enhance operativesynergies. It can be customized foroperative requirements and additionallystrengthen equipment manufacturers,operators and industrial service providers'competitive position by offering demand-driven maintenance services.

In joint projects, the Fraunhofer IFF teststhis methodology and the evaluationsystem for customized equipment directon site at an operator's facilities and inte-grates the results in company processes.

Collaboration

– BMW AG, Werk Leipzig, Gebäude undEnergie

– HSG Technischer Service GmbH,Niederlassung Leipzig

– Atlas Copco Kompressoren GmbH

Figure 3: Dynamic budgeting incorporating equipment utilization.

Outlook

The Statelogger software system is anexcellent basis for implementing newmaintenance strategies in companies,which guarantee technical systems runefficiently, cost effectively and, above all,reliably. This approach captures empiricalknowledge and provides it for reuse. Inthe future, the combination of this impli-cit knowledge with technical knowledge- for example, from technical documentsof product documentation - will repre-sent an expedientl extension. This exten-sion will generate a unified and integrat -ed knowledge storage system that sup -ports the operation of technical systemswith the knowledge on hand. This chal-lenge is being met by the Plant Mainte -nance and Operation Services (PMO Serv -ices) developed at the Virtual Develop -ment and Training Centre VDTC inMagdeburg. PMO Services encompassesthe requisite supporting products andservices to design, implement, provideand operate machinery and plants.


Project Reports:

Dependability and Quality from Robotic Systems

and Measurement and Testing Technology


SEK: Floating Inspection Unit

for Large, Partially Filled Sewer Lines

Motivation

The Emschergenossenschaft in Essen iscurrently planning the emscher:kanal,arguably the largest residential waterproject in Europe. Large parts of thesewer system will be constructed as aone line gravity sewer system that con -tinually drains sewage from the catch -ment area. This will make walk-throughand manual inspection of the sewersystem impossible.

In 2002, the Fraunhofer IFF was engagedas the general contractor to developautomatic sewer cleaning and inspectionsystems. It is essential to be able toinspect the sewer lines with diametersof 1,400 to 2,800 millimeters that arepartially filled at least 25 percent duringoperation. The sewer system has a totallength of approximately 51 kilometersand lies between 5 and 40 meters under-ground.

One objective of the project was to provethe feasibility of the damage detectionunit (SEK) that rapidly executes a primaryinspection of the sewer lines.

Figure 1: Sewer inspection with a prototype damage detection unit.

Jose SaenzTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Concept Development

The damage detection unit pre-inspectsthe entire sewer. Attention was princi-pally given to detecting major abnormali-ties such as material removal, deposits,obstructions and leaks in the gas space.

During the project, the following maincomponents of the SEK were designed,tested for feasibility and further devel -oped to meet requirements:

– Carrier system to position the SEK inthe sewer line

– Sensor and measuring systems toinspect pipe condition above andbelow the waterline and to detectdeposits

– Media supply system (power, datacommunication)

– Control system, navigation, operatorcontrol

The SEK floats autonomously and main-tains its centric position in the sewer lineduring inspection. A media supply cableconnects the SEK with the control sta -tion. The flow of sewage carries the SEKpassively along the longitudinal axis ofthe sewer line. The media supply cable isused to control it.

For test and demonstration purposes, theSEK was designed to be deployable inconventional sewer lines

Figure 2: SEK damage detection unit for preliminary inspection of large sewer lines.

Implementation

Two SEK prototypes were built and thentested under real conditions in differentsewer lines.

The SEK employs a multi-camera array.It visually inspects the gas space withgreater accuracy than conventionalcommercial steerable tractors. The multi-camera array is additionally extendedwith a light sectioning system to detectfeatures in the gas space such as jointwidth and pipe offset. An ultrasonicsensor detects deposits and mechanicalwear in the water space. Additional videocameras supply the operator more visualinformation on the sewer's condition.

A pilot series of the SEK will be built,tested in the real sewer system and opti-mized by the end of 2007.


Cleaning System for the Exterior Surfaces

of the Roof of Berlin Central Train Station

Initial Situation

In April of 2005, the Fraunhofer IFF wascontracted to develop a semiautomaticcleaning system for the glass roof ofBerlin's new Central Train Station. TheFraunhofer IFF had submitted a technicalconcept beforehand and, after bidderdiscussions and contract negotiations,was awarded the contract.

Deviating from the bidding specifications,the concept proposed utilizing one devicefor nearly all the roof surfaces to becleaned, including those supposed to becleaned manually. This was the reasonthe inspectors of vertical access andsafety equipment gave the submittedconcept an excellent rating.

The roof surfaces to be cleaned encom-pass the entire glass roof from the ridgeto the eaves. The length of the roof fromeast to west is 278 meters with a maxi-mum width of 66 meters. The slightlycurved tubular shape that tapers at theends gives every pane a different dimen-sion. The otherwise continuous glasssurface is interrupted around the maingirder by prestressed arches that emergefrom the point of zero tension in 13meter intervals.

The surface has a maximum gradient ofnearly 90 degrees. Diagonally runningsnow guards are mounted at threeheights. Approximately 17 centimetershigh, they constitute a particular obstaclefor the cleaning system. The north-southroof, not yet complete at the time thecontract was awarded but finished inApril 2006, runs perpendicular to andintersects the east-west roof at an angleof roughly 17 degrees, thus producing aparallelogram-shaped crossing in theoverlapping area and wedged shapesecondary surfaces (pie slice) on the east-west section. The north-south roof onlyinclines to a gradient of approximately 20degrees. Nearly 200 meters long and 42meters wide, it has significantly smallersurfaces. The roof has a total area ofapproximately 28,000 square meters.

Gantries and smoke and heat vent flapsare located in the area of the roof ridges.Other gantries for maintenance andsupply and fresh air flaps are located inthe area of the eaves of the east-westroof. The gantries facilitate the transportof individuals and material along theentire length of the roof without havingto step upon its surface. Travellinghoppers bridge the distance between thetwo roofs' gantries running transverselyto one another.

Figure 1: The glass roof of

Berlin Central Train Station.

Justus HortigTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Approach

The submitted concept for cleaning theroof areas described was refined andimplemented in the course of the project.The finished system was named Filius.

The key feature of this radio con trolledcleaning system is its big balloon tiresthat enable it to drive over the snowguards. All-wheel drives also enableFilius, with the help of ramps, to navigatethe gantry rails and expansion jointsbetween the roofs and clean in the roofridge. This made it possible to later elimi-nate tilting rails for the east-west roof,which were intended to set the unitdown.

A project team of design engineers, elec-trical engineers and control systems engi -neers rapidly implemented the proposedconcept. Two cable winches that lowerthe system to a right angle were inte -grated. Located in a particular area, thegantry secures and supplies Filius. A rollerbrush with extremely long bristles (similarto those in a carwash) cleans the buildinggently and effective with softened water.

Apart from internal coordination, projectmanagement included the compilation ofdocumentation for technical inspections,external coordination with the on siteconstruction firm and consultation withthe construction site supervisor, safetysupervisor and pertinent subcontractors,e.g. the gantry manufacturer.

Results

Tests of Filius' functionality on the roofof the train station and of partial clean -ing were conducted in spring of 2006.

After a lengthy approval phase, the func-tionality was demonstrated in the mostdifficult to reach, wedge-shaped sectionsof the east-west roof and accepted inOctober.

The Filius cleaning system will commenceregular operation in 2007. Thus, themanagement of Berlin's new CentralTrain Station will have a highly efficientcleaning tool operated by one to twostaff members of DB Services AG. Thiswill greatly reduce the costs incurred formanual cleaning, normally in the mid fivefigures.

The client already presented the systemat work in a television reportage.

Figure 3: Filius at the uppermost snow guard.Figure 2: Performance tests on the roof of Berlin Central Train Station. The client has already

presented the unit’s at work in a television reportage.


Wheelset Measuring Machine: Automatic Geometry

Measurement of Train Wheelsets

Motivation

The interaction between wheel and railstresses the wheels of rail vehiclestremendously. Wheel geometry, thewheels' radial and axial runout toleran-ces, the distance from the inner wheelfaces and the quality of bearing surfacesare critical quality parameters for safeand reliable rail vehicle operation andriding comfort. As train speeds continueto increase, using objective measure-ments to assure quality parameters isextremely important both when wheel-sets are manufactured and in operation.

Wear on wheelsets' running surfaceslimits their useful life. After several thou-sand kilometers, a worn wheel profilemust be measured and reprofiled on thebasis of the measured data.

Manual inspection, which cannot ensureevery quality parameter is reliably andfully measured and documented, is stillfrequently employed to measure wear onwheels and wheelsets.

On the other hand, automatic scanningof all of a wheelset's geometric qualityparameter enables objectively and fullycapturing and documenting data in just afew minutes. Once this data has beenanalyzed, the setpoint values for reprofil -ing a wheelset can be specified. In asecond measuring operation that follows,the newly machined wheelset profiles arecompared with the setpoint values calcu-lated beforehand. Thusly reconditionedtrain wheelsets are significantly safer andmore reliable to operate and have con -siderably longer service lives.

Dirk BerndtTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Erik TrostmannTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Silvio SperlingTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Michael Schiller Tel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure 1: Installed measuring machine.


Procedure and Measuring Principle

The automatic geometry scannerOptoInspect 3-D captures every relevantgeometric quality parameter of trainwheelsets. This measuring machine picksup a wheelset and sets it rotating andthen scans every geometric feature. Datais acquired by clusters of optical line andpoint sensors that operate withoutcontact and on the basis of the triangula-tion principle (Figure 1).

The measuring machine has a modulardesign and consists of a wheelset han -dling module and a wheelset measuringunit.

The wheelset handling module automati-cally places wheelsets in and removesthem from the elevating position, liftsthem into the clamping position andclamps them between two spindlesleeves located on two axially position -able tailstocks so the wheelset can becentered on the machine (or floated intoposition in the jargon). The spindles arepivoted so the wheelset turns on its ownaxis.

A friction drive turns the wheelset con -tinuously so every relevant geometricfeature can be scanned. The spindles areequipped with measuring systems toascertain the particular angle of rotation.A PLC controls the operation, monitorsall safety functions and communicateswith peripheral systems, e.g. the trans-port system and quality assurance sys -tem.

The components of the wheelset measur -ing unit are mounted on a stable graniteslab precisely aligned with the wheelset'saxis of rotation (spindle axis). Installed onlinear guides, each of a total of five sen -sor clusters can be adjusted radially tothe wheelset axis. These position the sen -sor clusters precisely regardless whatwheel diameter is being measured. Thecentrically mounted sensor cluster canadditionally be designed to be axiallyadjustable to also scan geometric fea -tures on brake discs if present. Opticalsensors capture data entirely withoutcontact. A PC controls the motion sys -tems, captures data through the sensorclusters and evaluates and logs the data.PC and PLC communicate through digitalinput and output and a serial interface.

The wheelset measuring unit performstwo jobs. One hand, it determines thewheelset and wheel profile coordinatesystems and, on the other hand, all thewheelset's relevant geometric parame-ters. The wheelset coordinate system is acylindrical coordinate system and thebasis for every dimension pertaining to awheelset.

Results

The Fraunhofer IFF additionally developedcontactless optical 3-D measuring sys -tems that operate faster and more pre -cisely than their mechanical predecessors.These allow online three-dimensionalgeometry inspection directly in the manu-facturing environment.

This wheelset measuring machine hasbeen commissioned at a German railwaytechnology company and certified by theDeutsche Bahn AG's measurement andcalibration division.

Figure 2: Optical sensor cluster that captures

profile characteristics.

Figure 3: Measurement dataset of a typical wheelset.


In-line Geometry Inspection of Automobile Wheels:

Automatic Geometry Data Extraction

An automobile wheel’s exact geometry iscritically important for driving comfortand safety. The metal parts must bemanufactured precisely so that therubber tires fit perfectly and run true.The high level of automation in industrialmanufacturing necessitates just as highlyautomated procedures in quality assur -ance. Until now, manufacturers haveusually checked wheel quality withmechanical calipers that glide over arotating wheel in a test bench. New opti-cal measuring technologies and methodsof analysis are now making one hundredpercent inspection possible here too.

A complex 3-D measuring machine forin-line automobile wheel geometryinspection was developed at the Fraun -hofer IFF together with industrial part-ners. The automatic geometry data

extraction system’s innovation as well asparticular challenge is the variety ofwheel designs and dimensions.

In principle, the measuring machineconsists of three units: An image-basedpart identification unit, a 3-D measure-ment and analysis unit and a mechanicalclassification unit that sorts wheels basedon the result of measurement. After ithas been fed in, the wheel is secured bythe measuring machine and a sensorcluster captures its geometry. The sensorcluster consists of four light-sectioningsensors that generate 3-D data on thebasis of the principle of optical triangula-tion. Line scanning sensors capture theareas on the bead seat and hub, pointscanning sensors the geometries on thebolt holes.

Nico SchmidtTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Christian TeutschTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Erik TrostmannTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Uwe AmreihnTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure 1: Measuring machine for in-line automobile wheel geometry inspection.


The sensor cluster is mounted on rotaryand lateral feed axes positioned accord-ing to the type of wheel automaticallyidentified beforehand. Thus, the systemautomatically inspects the geometry ofevery type of car, SUV and motorcyclewheel between 13 and 24.5 inches.Roller conveyers integrate the completesystem directly in the manufacturingprocess so that every single wheel can beinspected.

Once the 3-D data has been acquired,all the measurement data is exported toa PC where the measurement data fromall sensors is combined in an overall 3-Dimage typically consisting of more thanone million 3-D coordinates. The com -puter extracts and analyzes the features.Intelligent algorithms determine the

orientations and dimensions of partgeometries fully automatically, detectingeven the smallest deviations of shape andposition, which drivers would notice asunpleasant vibrations and noise. Apartfrom a wheel's bead seat, the hub boresand bolt holes used to align and secure awheel on the vehicle’s axle are particu-larly important.

These methods of data acquisition andevaluation can be employed flexibly andare suited for many applications andproducts, which require the precisemeasurement and inspection of three-dimensional geometries.

Figure 2: Automatic acquisition of wheel

geometry data in the 3-D measuring machine.

Figure 3: Digitized 3-D data of a wheel’s bead

seat and rim.


Model-based Completeness Check

for Assembly Processes

Quality assurance in industrial assemblyprocesses represents a great challengefor manufacturers. The methods in usepredominantly perform an inspectionafter assembly and identify defectiveparts, which are then sorted out asrejects or for reworking. However, widelyvarying small lots or production runsfrequently require more flexible inspec-tion that already intervenes during incor-rect assembly. That is why the FraunhoferIFF developed a novel system that pro -vides workers support during assembly toprevent errors caused by selecting com -ponents or assembling items incorrectly.

The system consists of a mobile aug mented reality or AR system (seeFigure 1) connected with an imageprocessing system. Augmented realitysupplements visual perception withvirtual information. The mobile ARsystem inserts information on theongoing assembly process directly in aworker's field of vision by means of ahead mounted display (HMD). This information may consist of both textualinformation (part numbers and the like)and 3-D elements overlaid in the correctposition.

Suitable see-through calibration wasdeveloped and implemented in order toalways display 3-D elements in theircorrect positions in the HMD. Since theposition of every component installed isknown from stored CAD data, thedisplay is generated to match the situa-tion (e.g. a square is in the correctassembly position). As a result, thecorrect assembly position and sequence isspecified at the outset.

CAD data and a continually refreshedcamera picture of the real assemblyprovide the image processing systeminformation on the target state of theassembly being assembled. The CAD datacorresponds to the design data and canbe imported directly from designprograms. A virtual view representing theassembly from the view of the realcamera (Figure 2) is generated from theCAD data. Components marked forinspection in the CAD data are extractedfrom the virtual view and localized in thecamera pictures by a rapid and reliablesearch method. If an object cannot belocalized, e.g. because a worker selectedthe wrong part, the assembly is assessedto be incorrect.

Steffen SauerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


Johannes TümlerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Dr. Rüdiger MeckeTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]


The information on the correct or incor-rect installation of a component is for -warded together with the related objectposition to the AR system, which informsthe worker about the incorrect assemblythrough appropriate visual information(Figure 3). Since this information is inserted directly in the worker's field ofvision, the worker can react immediatelywhen an error occurs.

This type of completeness check providesmanufacturers the advantage of havingworkers already inspect quality duringthe assembly processes and eliminatingsubsequent downstream inspections.Moreover, the direct import of CAD datamakes the system extremely flexible andable to react to design changes promptly.

Figure 1: The worker supporting AR system.

Figure 2: CAD model of an assembly.

Figure 3: Result of inspection with correctly

mounted components (marked green by the

system) and an incorrectly mounted compo-

nent (marked red).


PARNASS: Parallel Assembly

of Nanoscale Objects

Dr. Ulrich SchmuckerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Dr. Mikhail ZubtsovTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Figure 1: View of the ion beam chamber with integrated nanomanipulators.

(Courtesy of Raith GmbH.)

This project is being supported by the EUin its 6the FRamework Programme.(Proposal no. 017071).

Initial Situation

Nanoscale structures are usually manu-factured by applying chemical processessuch as chemical vapor deposition (CVD)or focused ion beams (FIB) or by system -atically manipulating individual objectswith scanning probe microscopes.

The outcomes of chemical processesalways exhibit a stochastic distribution,which can be tolerated in many applica -tions or is even advantageous (e.g.nanoscale surface coatings). Morecomplex structures consisting of severalfunctionally configured elements cannotbe manufactured this way. To a certainextent, this can be done by manipulatingindividual objects. However, a serialapproach is highly ineffective and hardlysuited for a production process.

Approach

Self-organization concepts provide oneway to effectively manufacture complexnanostructures. Just as gravitation orspring force can be expediently used formacroscopic assembly tasks, forces can,in principle, be used on the scale of afew nanometers to support assemblyoperations.

On a scale of approximately one to onehundred nanometers, electromagneticfields and thermodynamic effects basic -ally cause different types of forces actbetween objects of the same order ofmagnitude. The range and effect ofthese forces differ fundamentally fromtheir known macroscopic effects andtheir nature and interaction have beenresearched little so far.


Before these forces can be used for self-organizing and highly parallel nanoscaleassembly, the aforementioned mecha-nisms have to be fundamentally andthoroughly understood.

This is the task the EU project PARNASS(parallel nanoassembly directed by short-range field forces) headed by the Fraun -hofer IFF is tackling. The interaction ofvarious nanoparticles and substrates isbeing tested theoretically and experi -mentally and special analysis and manu-facturing tools are being developed incollaboration with researchers at theSwedish universities of Halmstadt andLund, the Spanish University of Taragona,the University of Leipzig and the ionbeam equipment manufacturer RaithGmbH in Dortmund. Special emphasis isbeing given to the question of how skil-ful selection, chemical modification andmechanical structuring of nanoparticlesand a substrate can facilitate self-organiz -ing assembly processes. If this approachfunctions, it will be possible to use state-of-the-art and relatively well establishedtechnologies, for example, to manufac-ture highly selective chemical sensors

with extreme sensitivity up to a singlemolecule cost effectively and in largequantities.

In the PARNASS project, the FraunhoferIFF is building upon experiences from anumber of projects in the field of microand nanomanipulation and their metrol -ogy to develop systems that handle indi-vidual carbon nanotubes (CNT) andcarbon nanowires (CNW) and measurethe forces interacting between particlesand a substrate.

These measurements will serve as thebasis for verifying theoretical models oftheir interactions. These forces actingboth normally and laterally to the surfacehave magnitudes in the range of a fewtens of piconewtons (10 - 11 … 10 - 10newtons). This makes extreme demandson the measuring and analysis systems.The measuring system will be integratedtogether with various handling systems inan ion beam system's vacuum chamberto structure the substrate and to conductthe experiments (see the experimentalsetup in Figure 1).

Figure 2: Schematic of a molecule-sensitive field effect transistor with functionalized CNT.

Results

The findings obtained about the forcesacting in the nanoscale range will make itpossible to develop technology for self-organizing assembly CNT and CNW. Theproof of concept will be provided at theend of the project by, among otherthings, lab prototypes of sensors manu-factured by the self-organizing assemblyof functionalized CNT and CNW on aspecially structured substrate, which aresuitable for the selective detection ofproteins such as antibodies. Such asensor has dimensions on a nanometerscale (see Figure 2). Only detectablemolecules (green in Figure 2) can bond tothe receptors of the functionalized CNT.This alters the current flow through theCNT. Other molecules (red) do not bondand, hence, do not affect measurement.

Figure 1: Camera cluster (blue) with inertial sensor system (red).


Combined Image and Inertial Sensor Based

Gait Analysis

Initial Situation

Objective motion analyses are extremelyinteresting in medicine both for diagno-stics and the evaluation of the success oftherapy. Potential uses of motion analy-ses exist in out-patient and in-patienttreatment, particularly rehabilitation, andmedical research.

Existing motion analysis systems are onlyused in medicine to a limited extent,primarily in research. Reasons for this arethe constraints the use of motion analysissystems entails.

The following aspects stand in the way oftheir practical use:

– Long, personnel-intensive evaluationtimes• Elaborate postprocessing of

recorded data• Poor evaluation of motion

sequences of interest– High equipment costs– Complex preparation and operation

• Application of markers to pointson joints

• Positioning of numerous camerasfrom various perspectives(to eliminate obscuring)

– Major influence of errors on recon-structed trajectory curves

Hence the project consortium set itselfthe goal of developing a motion analysissystem that supports the analysis ofmotion sequences with little cost forequipment and a concept for easy opera-tion.

Uwe AmreihnTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Martin WoitagTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]



Figure 2: Subject with inertial sensors

(recorded by one of the system’s cameras).

Figure 3: Body frame model. Figure 4: Body shape model.

Approach

The project partners designed a 3-Dmotion analysis system that applies anovel approach to meet the targetrequire ments. The heart of this motionanalysis system is a camera cluster thattracks the positions of joints based on abody model and without target markers.The system's cameras are focused on thescene of the motion sequence from onlytwo perspectives. A kinematic sensorsystem (inertial sensors) affixed to thesubject supports the camera cluster.

The motion analysis system was testedon a medical gait analysis test setup withcameras arrayed alongside and behindthe direction of motion and the inertialsensor system (see the schematic inFigure 1).

The system was outfitted with a synchro-nization and start unit that enables allthe sensor units to record data synchro-nously. The optical and kinematic sensorunits supplement one another when datais being recorded. The inertial sensor

system records rotation rates and accel -erations with approximately ten times thefrequency of the camera cluster. Informa -tion from the inertial sensor system com -pensates when something is obscuredfrom the camera cluster, thus making itpossible for the optical sensor system toemploy standard cameras instead ofexpensive high-speed cameras and toreduce the number of cameras needed.

Reference positions obtained from theoptical sensor system compensate for theinertial sensor system's weaknesses, e.g.signal drift during data acquisition overseveral seconds. A picture of a subjectequipped with inertial sensors is reprodu-ced in Figure 2.

Among other things, the inertial sensorsystem's precise determination of gaitphases enhances the system's practicabil -ity. The times of the gait phases (stance,preswing, midstance, contact) are detect -ed to the precise millisecond and enablethe optical sensor system to exactlyassign the image sequences to the gaitphases. This considerably simplifies the

analysis algorithms for image dataprocessing and serves as the basis forautomatic online analysis of imagesequences, thus simplifying operation forsystem users.

Another option to reduce the system'scomplexity is to apply the "analysisthrough synthesis principle" to themotion analysis. This principle relativelysimply compen sates for sensor datamissing from the recorded motionsequence. This method is based on aframe model from which joint angles aretaken and a body shape model withwhich recorded motion data is verified. Inmotion analysis, successive motions fromthe model are simulated in an interactiveprocess and verified with the real moti-ons recorded. This process no longerdepends on the actual motion sequencesbeing recorded absolutely correctly andcompletely .

The body frame model and body shapemodel are presented in Figures 3 and 4.


Results

The project consortium created a pilotgait analysis system in the course of theproject. The system’s practicability wasdemonstrated in principle. In addition,extensive tests were performed, e.g. at aclinic at Magdeburg University Hospital.

Further development of the motionanalysis system into a product for aconcrete analysis task is planned in otherstages of work.

Project Framework

The joint project on 3-D gait analysis inneuromedical technology was carried asan InnoMed project in the InnoRegioprogram line of the Federal Ministry ofEducation and Research's innovationinitiative "Entrepreneurial Regions".Otto von Guericke University Magde -burg's Department of Electrical Engineer -ing, Signal Processing and Communica -tion Technology (IESK) and the Fraun -hofer IFF were involved in the project asresearch partners and INB Vision AG andSYMACON Bildverarbeitung GmbH asindustry partners.


Project Reports:

Efficiency through New Processes, Materials

and Plant Engineering

72 Fraunhofer IFF Annual Report

Gas Conditioning for Fuel Cells

Initial situation

In light of the growing scarcity of fossilfuels, the signatory nations that pledgedto protect the climate in the Kyoto Proto -col reached an agreement to reduce CO2

emissions by 2012 by 5.2 percent com -pared to 1990. Given this background,renewable energies hold great potentialfor the future.

One potential use of renewable fuels isanaerobic conversion of biomass intobiogas with the aid of microorganisms.Its methane content of 50 - 70 percentmakes it usable as energy in fuel cells.Fuel cells' direct conversion of the chemi-cal energy from the fuel gases used intoelectrical power and their particularlyhigh electrical efficiencies, low noise,substantially reduced emissions and idealconditions for cogeneration will makethem extremely important for theproduction of electricity in the future.

Approach and Results

"High Temperature Fuel Cells for Use inCHP" is a collaborative internal Fraun -hofer-Gesellschaft project between theFraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Tech -nologies and Systems IKTS, the Fraun -hofer Institute for Environmental, Safetyand Energy Technology UMSICHT andthe Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Oper -ation and Automation IFF, which is devel -oping a gas conditioning system.

The system consists of a planar SOFCstack, a gas cleaning and reforming unitand an afterburner and humidifier togenerate two kilowatts of electricalpower as a scalable prototype for powersupply systems powered with biogas withoutput in the range of one to ten kilo-watts of electricity. A prototype to bebuilt by 2007 will then convert pre -cleaned biogas into electricity.

The Fraunhofer IFF is working on reform -ing biogas with the goal of generating afuel gas (CO, H2, CH4) usable in the fuelcells. A comprehensive simulation studyidentified the operating conditions thatallow stable autothermal operation of areformer without coking the catalyst anddownstream system components.

Building upon this, the researchers fromthe Fraunhofer IFF engineered the refor-mer and tested its steady-state operationand startup and shutdown operations ona lab test bench (Figure 1).

Dr. Lutz HoyerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Dr. Sascha ThomasTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Fraunhofer IFF Annual Report 73

Along with its work on biogas reforming,the Fraunhofer IFF is working in theproject on developing gas potentiometricoxygen probes (GOP) (Figure 2). Whenthey come in contact with a gas beinganalyzed, these sensors deliver a voltagesignal from which gas composition canbe determined. This type of sensor makes

it possible to analyze gas mixtures in situ,i.e. where they originate, at highertemperatures (> 800 °C) withoutsampling. The probes developed at theFraunhofer IFF are implemented tocontrol certain system components,particularly those of the reformer and theafterburner.

Figure 2: Gas potentiometric oxygen-solid

electrolytte probe for gas analysis.

Figure 1: Autothermal reformer lab test stand.

In addition, the Fraunhofer IFF is develop -ing the complete control system for theprototype with a computer unit to recordand archive the quantities of data thataccrue during test operation. The col -lected data can be utilized for a detailedanalysis of a test.

The hardware being employed for theprototype is split into two separatesubunits:

– A control cabinet with programmablelogic controller and

– 19 inch rack components for processvisualization and data archiving.

The control unit is designed for real useand for industry. The computer unit forvisualization and archiving has beendesigned to be redundant and failsafe forthe relevant test data. Once a preciseestimate of the scope of programmingand the connected peripherals has beenmade, the control unit will be optimizedfor product launch.


Experimental Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion

Plant for Research and Teaching

Hanoi University of Technology (HUT)contracted the Fraunhofer IFF to engineerand construct a circulating fluidized bedcombustion plant (CFBC). The plant isintended to support both academic train -ing of engineers and scientific research.

Dr. Lutz HoyerTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

Dr. Eyck SchotteTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

In particular, research will emphasize thetransfer of knowledge about CFBC tech-nology as well as the testing of burn-offand emissions characteristics of solidfuels in CFBC. Not only fossil fuels butalso biomass (rice husks, wood andreeds) are particularly interesting.

The parameters of the CFBC in Vietnamare:

– Thermal power: 50 kW– Bed dameter: 100 mm– Height of combustion chamber: 7 m – Primary volumentric flow:150 Nm3/h – Secondary volumentric flow: 80 Nm3/h

By varying the fuel metering system, thereactor can be charged with fuels withdifferent characteristics, e.g. size, lumpi -ness, shape and homogeneity, and at amass flow of a maximum of ten kilo-grams per hour. The reactor maintainsa nearly constant temperature of up to900 degrees Celsius. Thus, little NOx isproduced and ash is prevented fromfusing.

The circulating fluidized bed reactor isequipped with extensive metrology, e.g.volumetric flowmeter, thermocouplesand pressure sensors. A programmablelogic controller (PLC) displays and storesevery measured value. In addition, thePLC can be used to set diverse processparameters such as the quantity or thetemperature of the air fed in.

Figure: Erection of the circulating fluidized bed

combustion plant or CFBC in Vietnam.


The Growth Core Allianz Faserverbünde(ALFA) is an association of several manu-facturing companies, the FraunhoferInstitute for Factory Operation and Auto -mation IFF Magdeburg, the FraunhoferInstitute for Reliability and Microintegra -tion IZM Berlin, the Fraunhofer Institutefor Applied Polymer Research IAP Pots -dam and Otto von Guericke UniversityMagdeburg. The Growth Core's goal isto establish mass production of fibercomposite materials with a broad rangeof products in Saxony-Anhalt.

To this end, products and manufacturingmethods distinguished by superior func-tionality and cost effective manufacturingwill be developed in numerous projects.The project "Hollow Profiles" in whichthe Fraunhofer IFF is significantly involvedis intended to develop an automatedmethod to manufacture hollow profiles.Since they are constructed from fibercomposites, they are particularly strongand lightweight.

Users were already able to convincethemselves of the product's advantagesin the phase of prototype development.The hollow profiles' properties make theiruse in the range of products interesting.

Particular challenges in the project areautomating the processing of fiber com -posite materials into a flexibly adaptablehollow profile and developing connectingelements. Intensively optimizing the proc -ess and performing a wide-ranging prod -uct analysis will be the basis for a broadmarket launch of the hollow profiles.

Other partners in the project are Ottovon Guericke University Magdeburg'sDepartment of Mechanical Systems IFME,H & B Omega Europe GmbH in Oster -weddingen and the Innovations-ZentrumMineralguss BÄR in Haldensleben.

ALFA Growth Core:

Fiber Composites from Saxony-Anhalt

Figure 1: Reinforcing profile for window

construction.

Figure 2: Concept for hollow profile manufacturing technology.

Susan GronwaldTel. +49 391/40 [email protected]

This project is being supported by theBMBF for a period of three years startingin July 2006.(Project reference number 03WAX02A).


Highlights, Events and Trade Fair

Presentations in 2006

(Selection)

On the Long Night of Sciencein Magdeburg on May 20, 2006,

researchers presented the walkingrobot“Katharina” equipped with

state-of-the-art sensors.

Photo:

Andreas Lander/

City of Magdeburg


January 13, 2006, MagdeburgColloquium Honoring Institute FounderProf. Eberhard Gottschalk on hisSeventieth Birthday

January 15-19, 2006, San José (USA)Electronic Imaging 2006 (Conference)Exhibit: – Real-time Detection of Elliptical Shapes

for Automated Object Recognitionand Object Tracking

Contributor: Christian TeutschDirk Berndt

January, 16-18, 2006, Bilbao (Spain)SEVENPRO Project Kick-offContributors: Dr. Eberhard BlümelHeike KissnerMatthias StrauchmannDimitri Giwerzew

February 14, 2006, KaiserslauternCooperation in Applied Research(Workshop)Fraunhofer Vision Alliance with PartnerEnterprisesContributor:Dirk Berndt

February 14-16, 2006, KarlsruheLEARNTEC 2006 (InternationalConvention and Trade Fair forEducational Information)Exhibits: – Virtual Interactive Training– Virtual ManualsContributors: Heike KissnerMichaela SchumannWilhelm Termath

March 1, 2006, Magdeburg8th HLA ForumDirection: Dr. Steffen StrassburgerMarco Schumann

Leading production logistics researchers gathered at the Fraunhofer Institute forFactory Operation and Automation in Magdeburg on January 13, 2006 to hold acolloquium on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Prof. Eberhard Gottschalk,founder and former director of the Fraunhofer IFF. Former BVL chairman Dr. Hanspeter Stabenau congratulated the birthday boy and deliveredcongratulations and a present from the BVL board..

Former Chairman of the Board of the BVL Dr. Hanspeter Stabenau presented the birthday boy

the BVL board’s present, a sculpture by the Worpswede artist Waldemar Otto.


March 2-3, 2006, MagdeburgPlant Engineering of the Future(Conference) Key Topics: – Virtual Reality– Eastward Expansion of the EU– Trends in Plant EngineeringSupporting Program: Exhibition, Cooperation ExchangeExhibits: – ViVERA, Coupling Real Controls and

Virtual Models– smE-MPOWER ProjectDirection: Prof. Michael SchenkContributors: Dr. Martin Endig,Katrin Reschwamm Marco SchumannAndrea Urbansky

March 2-3, 2006, Bled (Slovenia)NEAC Conference: CompetenceAssessment SloveniaVirtual Engineering of Products andProcesses (Workshop)Contributors: Dr. Eberhard BlümelTina Haase

March 9-15, 2006, HannoverCeBit 2006Exhibits: – ViVERA– Off-road Navigation Solution and

Smart Pallet– Presentation of the project “ProWis:

Process-oriented and IntegratedKnowledge Management in SME”

Contributors:Marco SchumannHeike KissnerDr. Ina Ehrhardt Dr. Klaus RichterStefan Voigt

On March 2 and 3, 2006, experts from business and industry, the academic andresearch communities and government dealt in Magdeburg with the trends,opportunities and challenges in plant engineering. At the fourth conference on"Plant Engineering of the Future", industry experts discussed how to gaincompetitive edges in plant engineering.

The Fraunhofer IFF was represented at CeBit at the joint stand of the Ministry ofEducation and Research (BMBF), a special satellite navigation stand and a stand for theMinistry of Economics and Technology's (BMWi) initiative "Fit for the Competition forKnowledge" in the SME Forum. ViVERA exhibits at the BMBF's joint stand arousedgreat interest. After all, virtual reality (VR) makes it possible to run crash tests on acomputer or install a new machine tool in an existing production facility even beforethe first prototype has been built. The ViVERA Network of Competence intends tomake this technology accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises too.

At the accompanying exhibition, Torsten

Böhme from Fraunhofer IFF presented a

coupling of a real Siemens control system with

the virtual model of a heavy machine tool.

Marco Schumann from the Fraunhofer IFF (2nd from l.) shows Dr. Bernd Reuse (m.), then Head

of the Software Systems Department at the BMBF, the ViVERA exhibits at the BMBF’s joint stand.


March 22-23, 2006, Brussels (Belgium)EIRAC Project (Workshop)Contributor: Dr. Eberhard Blümel

March 30-31, 2006, Shenzhen (China)China-Europe Forum on eLogistics(International conference organized aspart of the project eLOGMAR-M)Direction: Dr. Eberhard BlümelDr. Steffen StrassburgerContributor: Kay Matzner

March 30-31, 2006, Berlin6th Service Day of the Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchExhibit: – Presentation of the project

“One-Stop Services for GlobalInndustrial Manufacturing”

Contributor: Jörg von Garrel

April 3-5, 2006, Bangkok (Thailand)Kick-off of the EU Small Project FacilityProgramme project “SPF TEMAS SME”Exhibit: – Technology Partnership and Training

Cooperation in European Manage-ment Information Systems to Enhancethe Competitiveness of Thai SMEs

Direction: Dr. Ina EhrhardtRalf Opierzynski

April 11 - June 13, 2006, Magdeburg9th Logistics Guest Lecture Series 2006“Logistics as a Field of Work of theFuture: Potentials, ImplementationStrategies and Visions”Direction: Prof. Michael SchenkProf. Karl InderfurthProf. Dietrich ZiemsPatron: Dr. Karl-Heinz Daehre, Saxony-AnhaltMinister of State Development andTransportation

The nine speakers at the 9th Logistics Guest Lecture Series 2006 "Logistics as a Fieldof Work of the Future: Potentials, Implementation Strategies and Visions" illuminatedvarious thematic fields of logistics. They highlighted how their organizations are tack-ling current market challenges (shorter delivery times, increasing product complexity,increasing diversity of variants, etc.) with the aid of logistics and using logistics as acompetitive edge. Altogether 1,200 attendees came to the Fraunhofer IFF to find outabout leading organizations’ logistics concepts. A highlight of this year's lecture serieswas the presentation by Jens Wollesen, member of executive management at Kühne +Nagel. Wollesen spoke on the concept "Supply the Sky: Integrated Logistics Conceptfor the Aviation Industry" for which Kühne + Nagel won the 2005 German LogisticsAward. The "Supply the Sky" logistics concept developed over the last ten years bytransferring proven methods from other areas of application makes the aircraft thefocus of activities in every phase of the life cycle. Thus, Kühne + Nagel provide logis -tics services of the highest quality standard worldwide, from development and manu-facturing to operation up through maintenance and in-flight services. Other highlightsincluded the presentation by Jürgen Hupe (AIRBUS) on aircraft life costing and thepresentation on "Logistics Surrounding the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany" byStefan Hans (FIFA WC Organization Committee) and Christian Schultze(SCHENKERglobalsportsevents).

The speakers from industry drew audiences and filled the conference rooms

at the Fraunhofer IFF.


May 4, 2006, MagdeburgBiomedical Technology (Workshop)Contributor :Dirk Berndt

May 6, 2006, MagdeburgOpening of Europe Week at theFraunhofer IFF

May 9-12, 2006, SinsheimCONTROL 2006 (Trade Fair)Presentation:– Wheel Measuring Machine as an

Example of Instpection Integratedin Manufacturing

Exhibit:– Wheel Measuring MachineDirection: Dirk Berndt

May 15-17, 2006, Lyon (France)International Conference on InformationSystems, Logistics and Supply Chains(Conference)Contributor: Mike Wäsche

May 16-17, 2006, Lahnstein27th VDI/VDEh Maintenance Forum Maintenance Performance in Focus(Congress)Exhibits:– Statelogger: Determination of

Rates of Wear of Technical Assetsto Formulate Condition-basedMaintenance Strategies

– Competence Finder: EstablishingService Partnerships

– RFID Applications in MaintenanceContributors: Cathrin PlateFrank RyllTobias KutzlerProgram Committee Member: Dr. Gerhard MüllerProductivity Enhancement Session Chair: Dr. Gerhard Müller

Europe Minister Rainer Robra opened Europe Week at the Fraunhofer IFF on May 6,2006. The minister emphasized the advantages of EU research funding. So far, fifty-nine projects from universities and colleges and non-academic research institutions inSaxony-Anhalt are involved in the current research program. "The opening of EuropeWeek is completely dominated by research and science," according to Robra. Thus, itfits well into the concept of city of Magdeburg, which is celebrating the "Year ofScience" in 2006..

The "International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chains"highlighted specific applications and research findings in the field of supply chainsand logistics management, focusing on information systems and their development.

The Fraunhofer IFF was strongly represented in the program of the convention"Maintenance Performance in Focus" and presented RFID solutions for maintenance inthe accompanying exhibition. Dr. Gerhard Müller chaired the session on "EnhancingProductivity". In his talk, Dr. Klaus Richter presented potentials for RFID technologyand best practice solutions in maintenance. Richter additionally moderated the work -shop on "Maintenance and RFID: Where Are They Headed?" The Fraunhofer IFF hasbeen working on research and development in this field for more than ten years. Italready had the know-how in 1999, - long before the current RFID boom - to imple-ment RFID based tool maintenance and management at AIRBUS.

Europe Minister Rainer Robra at the opening

of Europe Week at the Fraunhofer IFF.


May 16-19, 2006, HamburgWindEnergy (International WInd EnergyTrade Fair)Exhibits: – Wind Energy Converter Components

Diagnostics and Condition Evaluation– Maintenance and Service Conceptto

Boost Wind Park Project Availabilityand Cost Effectiveness

Joint Stand withWINDSTÄRKE BREMERHAVEN BREMENContributor: Frank Ryll

May 16-21, 2006, BerlinILA 2006 (International AerospaceExhibition)Exhibit: – RFID for Aerospace ComponentsContributors:Helmut RöbenDr. Ulrich SchmuckerDr. Stanislav Morozov

May 20, 2006, MagdeburgLong Night of Science

May 21-23, 2006, Bratislava (Slovak Republic)Collaborative German-Slovakian Eventwith the Key Industries of MachineryManufacturing and the AutomotiveIndustry (Conference)Host:Slovakian Republic Ministry of Economicsand LaborContributors:Helmut RöbenRoman Bystricky

June 1, 2006, BerlinAiF 13th SME Innovation Day(sponsored by the BMWi)Exhibit:– Catalytic Afterburner SystemDirection: Dr. Sascha Thomas

Federal Minister of Economics Michael Glos, Brandenburg Minister PresidentMatthias Platzeck and the Director of the Russian Federation's Federal Agency onIndustry Boris Aljeshin opened the exhibition at the International AerospaceExhibition ILA 2006. More than 1,000 exhibitors from over 40 countries presentedtheir products, systems and processes from every branch of this high-tech sector.The organizers registered a total of more than 250 000 visitors.The Fraunhofer IFF and its Russian partner, the Russian Institute of AviationSystemsGosNIIAS, jointly presented new information technologies that guaranteethe quality and reliability of manufacturing and logistics processes in the aviationindustry. The system "RFID for Aviation Components" for clear and tamper-prooflabeling of components was presented. Numerous representatives from Russianindustrial companies and airlines displayed great interest in this identificationtechnology.

Over forty cultural, academic and scientific organizations opened their doors in the"Long Night of Science" and extended an invitation to go on interesting, nocturnalvoyages of discovery. This major event enabled residents of Magdeburg and theirguests to experience more than 150 experiments, activities and presentations andfind out what science and research in Magdeburg really look like.In its testing facility, the Fraunhofer IFF presented highlights from four fields ofresearch: Automation, Virtual Development and Training, Logistics and Process andPlant Management. Highly complex research findings were presented simply andvividly.In the LogMotionLab, even the youngest came away with an idea of the variety ofpotential uses of RFID technology. An entertaining race with cars tagged with RFIDpresented transponder-supported logistics of tomorrow. The walking robot"Katharina" outfitted with advancedsensors showed visitors how automationcan simplify life. A cleaning robot that cleans the glass facade of theFraunhofer-Gesellschaft's headquarters to a shine every day demonstrated thattechnology never wearies.


June 8, 2006, GöttingenAutomatic Inspection of Painted Surfaces(Workshop)Contributors: Dirk BerndtErik TrostmannSilvio SperlingChristian Teutsch

June 8, 2006, MagdeburgEuropean Innovation Supporn: NewOpportunities for SME (Workshop) Direction: Katrin ReschwammAndreas Wolf

June 8-9, 2006, St. Augustin2. Fraunhofer Knowledge ManagementForumPresentation:– Presentation of the Fraunhofer IFF’s

industry knowledge managementproject in a lecture on “Instruments ofIntegrated Knowledge Managementat Basler AG” by Elke Dullweber,Knowledge Manager and Head ofDocumentation, Basler AG

Exhibit: – Organization and Methods of

Knowledge ManagementContributor: Stefan Voigt

June 11-16, 2006, Athens (Greece)ISPIM 2006 Conference Networks for InnovationExhibit: – A Novel Approach to Empowering

SME for Long-term Research Interestsand Increased Participation in EU RTDActivities.

Direction: Katrin ReschwammAndreas Wolf

In May 2006, not only Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science and Research,made clear that knowledge and innovation have top priority for growth. Accordingto leaders from all over the world, the capacity to innovate is the most importantprerequisite to prosperity. Reducing costs and developing new markets is no longerenough in today's competition. Companies ought to focus attention on continuouslyimproving products, services and processes.The figures are sobering however: Over two-thirds of the projects planned by Germandevelopment units fail to reach market maturity. Of those that do overcome theobstacles, many end as failures. Innovation means a healthy dose of creativity andcuriosity as well as a willingness to take risks. Failure should be understood as anormal part of the development process. Janez Potocnik looks positively into thefuture though. The EU is on its way to establishing the best conditions for innovativeSME. With its workshop "European Innovation Support: New Opportunities for SME",the Fraunhofer IFF provided SME support in their innovation processes by highlightingfunding opportunities and eliminating potential obstacles through reports onexperiences.


June 16, 2006, MagdeburgImaging Measurement and TestingTechnology in Railroad Engineering(Workshop)Direction: Dirk Berndt

June 21-22, 2006, Magdeburg9th IFF Science Days Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality forEngineering, Testing and OperatingTechnical Systems

Direction:Prof. Michael Schenk

Program

June 21, 2006

– Opening Remarks and ImpulseLectures

– Sequence 1

Virtual Engineering in Vehicle andAircraft DevelopmentChairs: Prof. Martin EignerProf. Ulrich Gabbert

Applications in Factory and PlantPlanningChair: Dr. Ulrich Schmucker

– Sequence 2

Methods for the Virtual FactoryChair: Prof. Bernhard Karpuschewski

Applications in Medical Technologyand BiotechnologyChairs: Prof. Bernhard PreimMatthias Pross, M.D.

With more than 400 attendees from industry, academia and research, attendance washigher than ever before. The large number of attendees from commercial enterprisesdemonstrated that the IFF Science Days are tailored to companies' needs.The Fraunhofer thus IFF creates a functioning interface between research andbusiness. The themes of this year's conference focused on virtual reality (VR) andaugmented reality (AR). VR denotes a computer generated three-dimensional andinteractive environment in which users can immerse. Augmented reality entailsinserting information into a user's field of view. To do so, special goggles are, forinstance, equipped with a projection system.

Together with State Secretary Valentin

Gramlich, Prof. Michael Schenk welcomes the

attendees to the 9th IFF Science Days.

More than 400 attendees from the business,

academic and research communities came to

Magdeburg for the 9th IFF Science Days.

High spirited discussions among experts:

Prof. Thomas Schulze, Dr. Gerhard Müller and

Prof. Peter Lorenz.


June 22, 2006

– Sequence 1

Safer Production with Integrated VR:Human Factor Solutions (VIRTHUALIS)«Chair: Dr. Simone Colombo

Technology-based Qualification inIndustrial ApplicationChairs: Ass. Prof. Michael DickProf. Klaus Jenewein

– Sequence 2

Foundations of Virtual EngineeringChair: Prof. Roland Kasper

Virtual Engineering ApplicationsChair: Prof. Karl-Heinrich Grote

Humans and TechnologyChair: Prof. Winfried Marotzki

Interaction Techniques in VR/AREnvironmentsChair: Dr. Eberhard Blümel

Supplementary Workshops/Events

June 21, 2006

– WorkshopInnovations from Central Germany.Telematics and RFIDChair: Steffen Fröhlich

– Industry Working Group Cooperation in Plant EngineeringChair: Andrea Urbansky

June 22, 2006

– WorkshopWood LogisticsChair: Dr. Hubert Röder

– WorkshopProduct Service for Mechanical andPlant EngineeringChair: Dr. Martin Endig

The conference on "Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality for Engineering, Testingand Operating Technical Systems" opened with two presentations of research anda real example from the automotive industry. The ViVERA Network of Competenceand the INTUITION European Network of Excellence reported on the current state ofresearch in the field of virtual reality. The carmaker AUDI presented the challengesconfronting an international company with global production networks and the virtuallogistics and production planning solutions that have already been implemented.The aerospace and automotive industries in particular but also other sectors such asmachinery and plant manufacturing, shipbuilding and medical technology are alreadyemploying virtual technologies. Now as before, there is great need for research.Companies such as AIRBUS, AUDI, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Lürssen Werft, MTU Fried -richshafen, Opel, Siemens and Volkswagen sent executives, development managersand IT specialists to find out about trends and discuss the need for further develop-ment with researchers.

Animated discussions with an international flair.


June 28-29, 2006, Moscow (Russia)InterlogisticaMarketing Research in the field ofImaging Measurement and TestingTechnology (Workshop)Direction: Dirk Berndt

June 28-29, 2006, WeimarGeoForum 2006 (21st Intergraph Users Conference)Contributor: Frank Mewes

July 4-5, 2006, Salzburg (Austria)1st Asset Business Summit“New Forms of Industrial Plant Manage -ment” (Convention)Presentation:– Service Partnerships: Dividing Expertise

and Work to Mutual AdvantageProf. Michael SchenkExhibits: – Statelogger: Determination of



– RFID Applications in MaintenanceContributor: Frank Ryll

July 12-16, 2006, MunichInterforst (10th International Trade Fairfor Forestry and Forest Technologywith Scientific Conferences andSpecial Shows)Contributor: Dr. Ina Ehrhardt

July 24-26, 2006, Chengdu (China)Optical Scanning of Train Wheelsets(Workshop)Direction: Dirk Berndt

Interforst 10th International Trade Fair for Forestry and Forest Technology addressedthe issues of forest regeneration and care, forest conservation, timber harvesting andlogging, log storage, forest road construction and maintenance, timber transportvehicles, conversion at roundwood yards, woodworking and wood heating, protectiveand recreational forests, tree care, landscape conservation and agricultural engineer -ing, EDP, surveying, forest management and telecommunication, occupational healthand safety, first aid, information, consulting, services and timber harvesting services.

The classic division of roles among plantmanufacturers and plant operators ischanging dramatically. Now more thanever, industrial plants must be monitoredand optimized throughout their entirelife. This is generating new businessmodels and service offerings. The part-ners involved have to grow into newroles. Machinery and plant manufacturersare taking over more and more servicesas part of life cycle optimization.Against this background, discussion at the 1st Asset Business Summit inSalzburg focused on issues of valueorientation in plant management, plantoperators' own work, maintenanceservice providers and excellence in assetmanagement.


August 24-26, 2006, BernburgSaxony-Anhalt’s Renewable RawMaterials Rendezvous: Heating withWood & Co. – Modern, Cost Effective,Ecological (Workshop)Host:Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Forstenund Gartenbau (LLFG)Contributors: Dr. Ina Ehrhardt

September 5-7, 2006, Zvolen (Slovak Republic)Trends of Woodworking, Forest andEnvironmental Technology Developmentand Their Applications in ManufacturingProcesses (Conference)Host: Technical University of ZvolenContributor: Roman Bystricky

September 12-13, 2006, Zvolen (Slovak Republic)Prospects for Development in TimberHarvesting and Timber TransportProcesses for the Utilization of Biomass inForestry (Seminar)Contributors: Roman BystrickyJörg von Garrel

September 14-15, 2006, ChemnitzVPP 2006: Networked Planning andManufacturingPresentation:– Enhancing the Competitiveness of

National Networks in InternationalMarkets

Contributor: Jörg von Garrel

September 19-22, 2006, Shanghai(China)transport logistic (International Exhibition for LogisticsTelematics and Transportation)Contributors:Daniel RehKay Matzner

Intensified utilization of renewable raw materials for conversion into energy wasdiscussed with a variety of actors. A broad range of information, systems and contactswere on hand.

An international conference was held to mark the tenth anniversary of the establish-ment of the School of Environmental and Production Technology (Fakulta environ-mentálnej a vyrobnej techniky – FEVT). Results of current research and practicalexamples from the field of environmental and production technologies and theirapplications were presented.

Federal Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee visited the joint stand of the exhibitors fromSaxony-Anhalt, Magdeburger Hafen GmbH, Kranbau Köthen GmbH and the Fraun -hofer IFF when they presented at Asia's most important transport and logistics tradefair. The Fraunhofer IFF demonstrated its expertise as a developer of intelligent logis -tics solutions and presented itself as a practically oriented research partner to aninternational public from more than eighty countries.

Karl-Heinz Ehrhardt, Managing Director of Hafen Magdeburg GmbH, Wolfgang Tiefensee,

Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Daniel Reh, Research Manager at

the Fraunhofer IFF, and Klaus Müller, Managing Director of Kranbau Köthen (l. to .r.).

Young international researchers at the Fraunhofer IFF find out about career opportunities in

Germany.


September 20, 2006, MagdeburgEuropäische Innovationsförderung – neue Chancen für SME (Workshop)Direction: Katrin ReschwammAndreas Wolf

September 25-26, 2006, Göteborg(Sweden)EIRAC WorkshopContributor: Dr. Eberhard Blümel

October 12, 2006, Brussels (Belgium)and MagdeburgOPEN DAYS – European Week of Regionsand Cities Presentation:– The Role and Working Methods of

Regional Networks in the EuropeanUnion

Contributors: Prof. Michael SchenkDr. Eberhard BlümelRalf OpierzynskiKatrin ReschwammTina HaaseTobias ReggelinDr. Rüdiger MeckeBartlomiej Arendarski Antje Plock

At the event "OPEN DAYS - EuropeanWeek of Regions and Cities" at theFraunhofer IFF, the institute presented itsEuropean research networks, focusing oninternational careers in research and theopportunities for young researchers inEurope. The event brought togetherstudents, graduates, doctoral students,fellows and young researchers, offeredpresentation on European researchprojects and allowed researchers to saysome words. Project managers from theFraunhofer IFF and international projectpartners presented the research organiza-tion's currently ongoing projects such asVIRTHUALIS, HILAS, ResearchTraining@ -VDTC, CADPIPE and smE-MPOWER. Notonly researchers from the Fraunhofer IFFbut also Marie Curie fellows from otherorganizations recountted their biogra-phies as international researchers. At acentral ceremonial event in Brussels, theFraunhofer IFF reported on regionalnetwork activities.

Dr. Rainer Haseloff, Saxony-Anhalt Minister of

Economics and Labor.


October 17-19, 2006, MunichMaintain 2006 (International Trade Fairfor Industrial Maintenance)Direction: Dr. Gerhard MüllerContributors: Dr. Martin EndigCatrin PlateVeronika KauertFrank RyllExhibits: – Statelogger: Determination of



– Idasys: Maintenace Data AnalysisSystem

– RFID Applications in Maintenance

October 18-20, 2006, BerlinGerman Logistics CongressDirection: Prof. Michael SchenkContributors: Katja BarfusEyk FlechtnerTobias ReggelinDaniel RehHolger SeidelHerbert SiegertManuela Wahl

The Fraunhofer Institute IFF Magdeburg and IML Dortmund, the VDI Society forProduction Engineering (ADB) and the Forum Vision Instandhaltung FVI signed acooperation agreement at the maintenance trade fair Maintain 2006 in Munich.It aims to concentrate the partners' strengths and experiences in the field of RFID(radio frequency identification) related to maintenance and make them usable forindustry, especially medium-sized enterprises.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF presented anabsolute innovation at the 23rd German Logistics Congress in Berlin: An RFIDsystem with a fully functioning radio chip in completely metallic environments.The RFID box operates reliably, even with objects for which the use of RFID waspreviously considered an impossibility (e.g. beverage cans in metal containers).

At the signing of the agreement, Dr. Gerhard

Müller from the Fraunhofer IFF presented the

first generation digital nameplate in use at

Airbus throughout the world since 1999.

Congress attendees find out at the Fraunhofer IFF stand about the new RFID system that reliably

reads transponders even in metallic environments.


October 19, 2006, KönigswinterDigital Pharma Conference 2006 “Boosting Efficiency in PharmaceuticalManufacturing”Presentation:– Interconnected Goods Logistics in

Companies and Demand-basedMaintenance: Wirelessly Monitoringthe Transit of Goods and ProductionFacilities with Radio Chip Technology(RFID) and Sensor Networks

Exhibit: – UHF Metal BoxContributors: Dr. Klaus RichterTobias Kutzler

October 25-26, 2006, MunichSystems 2006, KnowTech 2006 “More Competitive with KnowledgeManagement” (Trade Fair)Presentation:– Process-oriented Knowledge

Management in SME: A Report onExperiences in the ProWis Project

Contributor: Stefan Voigt

October 25-27, 2006, Barcelona (Spain)SME support integration into FP7(Workshop)Exhibit: – Collaborating into the Future:

Empowering SMEs to Innovate – Long-term, Self-defined, and Collaboratively

Direction: Katrin ReschwammAndreas Wolf

Experts at the 2006 Digital Pharma Conference "Boosting Efficiency in PharmaceuticalManufacturing" demonstrated first hand how state-of-the-art information technologycan optimize manufacturing processes, showing how IT supported optimization ofmanufacturing operation can be implemented - from order preparation through fin ished products.

Dr. Klaus Richter presented RFID solutions for

the pharmaceutical industry to an interested

audience.

Top experts and speakers from the pharmaceutical industry provided a look at current projects

and references.

At a workshop in Barcelona on integrating

SME in the EU’s 7th Framework Research

Program researchers from the Fraunhofer IFF

provided information about funding opportu-

nities for SME.


October 25 - December 6, 2006,Magdeburg3rd Guest Lecture Series Virtual Reality“Human and Machine in InteractiveDialog”Direction:Prof. Michael SchenkProf. Ulrich GabbertProf. Roland KasperProf. Karl-Heinrich GroteProf. Bernhard PreimProf. Klaus JeneweinPatron:Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Saxony-AnhaltMinister of Economics and Labor

November 2-3, 2006, FreibergConverting Material into Gases in EnergyProcess Engineering (Innovation Forum)Exhibit:– Solid Electrolyte ProbesDirection: Dr. Eyck SchotteDr. Sascha ThomasBert Lemin

November 2-4, 2006, Stralsund2nd International Baltic-BioenergyConference IBBC 2006Contributor:Mike Wäsche

November 8-9, 2006, MagdeburgInnovation in Lignite Mining (Colloquium)Presentation:– The Material Internet as a Technically

Oriented Thought Model forMaintenance Logistics in LigniteMining

Contributor: Dr. Klaus Richter

Saxony-Anhalt Minister of Economics and Labor Reiner Haseloff assumed the patron -age of the Fraunhofer Guest Lecture Series "Virtual Reality: Human and Machine inInteractive Dialog" for the first time in 2006. The annual series of lectures at whichtop speakers from business and research report on the use of VR and AR technologiesin their companies and organizations was held for the third time. Dr. ChristophGümbel, Head of the Virtual Vehicle Division, spoke for example on "How VirtualReality Brings Digital Prototypes to Life". Dr. Dieter Langer, Project Manager in theMilitary Air Systems Division at EADS Deutschland GmbH, described how augmentedreality is used when servicing aircraft.All the Guest Lecture Series presentations are collected in a volume of proceedings. The publication (ISBN-10 3-8167-7256-0) is available from the Fraunhofer IFF.

Guest Lecture Series patron Minister of

Economics and Labor Reiner Haseloff.


November 9, 2006, Chemnitz6th Industry Working Group “Cooperation in Plant Engineering”Topic:– Technology Innovationen in Plant

EngineeringSupporting Program:– Cooperation ExchangeDirection: Andrea Urbansky

November 13-14, 2006, Marinha Grande(Portugal)Rapid Product Development 2006 Presentation:– Intelligent Prototypes: Innovative

Technology for Actively InfluencingComponent Features in ProductDevelopment

Contributors:Dr. Uwe KlaegerSusan GronwaldJurai Sulc

November 14, 2006, BerlinProcess-oriented and IntegratedKnowledge Management in SME (ProWis Conference)Host:Federal Ministry of Economics andTechnology Contributor: Stefan Voigt

November 14-15, 2006, MagdeburgDGON Information Day GNSS 2006 –Global Satellite Navigation Systems,Basics and Applications.Presentation:– GNSS Applications in Sameday and

Emergency LogisticsExhibit:– LogMotionLabContributor: Dr. Klaus Richter

The biannual RPD conference in Leiria, Portugal is an international meeting pointfor specialists in rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing. Researchers, developersand well-known vendors and service providers present global advances in and newapproaches to rapid product development and discuss them with potential usersand interested parties. Researchers from the Fraunhofer IFF presented an intelligentprototype developed by Susan Gronwald and her team. RFID technology is alreadyintegrated in this grinder.


November 14-15, 2006, Aachen6th Aachen Colloquium on Maintenance,Diagnostics and Plant Monitoring AKIDAExhibits:– Statelogger: Determination of



– RFID Applications in MaintenancePresentations: – Smart Maintenance Objects:

Experiences Piloting RFID inMaintenance Logistics for ComplexEquipment

– Statelogger:Method and Tool forPlanning Condition-basedMaintenance

Contributors: Cathrin Plate Frank RyllTobias Kutzler

November 15-16, 2006, Zwickau 1st Innovative and InterdisziplinaryProduction Engineering SymposiumPanel Discussion:– Opportunities and Possibilities to

Export Industrial Services for SMEDirection: Holger SeidelContributor:Jörg von Garrel

November 15-18, 2006, DüsseldorfMEDICA 2006 World Forum for MedicineExhibit:– Virtual Interactive 3-D Module for

Neuromedical Technology Know-howTransfer

Joint stand with FIT-Bildungs-GmbHContributor: Wolfram Schoor

Once they have completed their basic training, medical technical lab assistants (MTLA)must first familiarize themselves with their sphere of activity. Ultimately, every special -ized field of medicine has its own individual methods. Together with FIT-Bildungs-GmbH, the Fraunhofer IFF presented a new training model at MEDICA 2006. Virtualmodels from the Virtual Development and Training Centre VDTC familiarize MTLAwith their specific field.

Seventy-two first rate presentations at Eurogress Aachen informed experts fromindustry and research about the latest developments and new trends in the productionof raw materials, rolling mill engineering, vehicle diagnostics, maintenance, plantmonitoring, wind energy converters, RFID and life cycle costing. The Fraunhofer IFFwas represented at this year's AKIDA with two papers and presented its services andproducts at a stand in the exhibition accompanying the colloquium.

Medical technical training module in the virtual lab: Left, applying a primary antibody to a tissue

section and, right, analyzing the detected structures under a microscope.


November 21-23, 2006, Helsinki (Finland)IST 2006: Strategies for LeadershipWorkshops:– IST and Manufacturing Networking

session– Think Small First! Supporting the

Innovation Potential of SMEs throughICT & Better Integration in FP7

Contributor: Katrin Reschwamm

November 21-23, 2006, Lahti (Finland)EU FTP ConferenceForest-Based Sector Technology Platform:Tailor Made Wood Supply (Workshop)Contributors: Dr. Ina EhrhardtRalf Opierzynski

November 22, 2006, MagdeburgCeremonial opening of the VirtualDevelopment and Training Centre

More than four hundred high ranking guest from politics, research, academia andbusiness celebrated the opening of the Virtual Development and Training Centre.Saxony-Anhalt's Minister President Wolfgang Böhmer and Fraunhofer-GesellschaftSenior Vice President Research Planning Ulrich Buller handed over a symbolic key toDirector Michael Schenk. FC Deutschland GmbH CEO Mike de Vries presented Schenkthe award as "Landmark in the Land of Ideas" for the institute. In addition, MayorLutz Trümper bestowed the Regional Award on the director for his achievementsmaking Magdeburg a center of research.

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The laser-based large projection system was presented to the public for the first time.Six Jenoptik laser projectors projected virtual models of complex machinery and plantson a 360 degree projection surface. Three-dimensional renderings have remarkablecolor brilliance, contrast and brightness. Specialists from Jenoptik and the MagdeburgFraunhofer Institute jointly designed the laser-based large projection system. Theexperts intend to collaborate on upgrading it and developing new fields of application.At its VDTC, the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF under-takes applied research in the field of virtual engineering to plan, test and operatetechnical systems. Contractual partners and clients include large internationalconcerns, regional small and medium-sized enterprises and the state. It sustains closecollaboration with nonacademic research organizations in Magdeburg, particularlyOtto von Guericke University, the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of ComplexTechnical Systems, the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology and the Leibniz Institute ofPlant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben. Interdisciplinarily collaboratingspecialists develop customized solutions based on virtual and augmented reality suchas virtual-interactive training for technical staff.

November 27, 2006, StuttgartDL 06 – Services Going International –Focus Group MeetingExhibit: – Project “One-stop services for

Worldwide Industrial Manufacturing”Contributor: Jörg von Garrel

November 29-30, 2006, GöttingenSystem Verkehr, Steuern, Regeln,Entwickeln (Conference) Host: German Institute of Navigation DGONPresentation:– Telematic Technologies and Services

for Integrated Logistics in Forests andMeadows: Off-road Navigation, LBS,RFID

Contributor:Dr. Ina Ehrhardt

November 30, 2006, Fellbach3rd Intuition WorkshopContributors:Dr. Eberhard BlümelMarco SchumannHeike Kissner

December 3-6, 2006, Monterey (USA)Winter Simulation ConferenceExhibits:– VDTC Products and Services– Presentations and chairing of the

session “Simulation Interoperability”Contributor: Dr. Steffen StrassburgerSteffen Masik

December 6, 2006SME Day “Virtual Engineering”Contributor:Dr. Ulrich SchmuckerArnim Wagner


Appendix:

Names, Data, Publications


Committee Work in

2006 (Selection)

ALFA Growth CoreSusan Gronwald – Growth Core AdvisoryBoard

Simulation Working GroupMarco Schumann – Member of theDistributed Modeling and SimulationExpert GroupDr. Steffen Strassburger – Member of theDistributed Modeling and SimulationExpert Group

Competence Management WorkingGroupStefan Voigt – Co-cordinator withWilhelm Termath

Asian Society for EnvironmentalProtection (ASEP) Ralf Opierzynski – Member

ATV-DVWK Research Group ES-8.12Repair of Sewer Lines and Systems withRobotic SystemsDr. Norbert Elkmann – Member

German Logistics Association (BVL)Prof. Michael Schenk – Member of theExecutive Board and the PräsidiumsHolger Seidel – Saxony-Anhalt RegionalChapter Spokesman

CEN TC 319 MaintenanceCathrin Plate – Member

German-Russian Forum Prof. Michael Schenk – Member

DGfZP, Magdeburg Working GroupDirk Berndt – Member

European Technology Platform ETPIS,Industrial SafetyDr. Eberhard Blümel – Member

EU Commission’s 6th FrameworkProgramDr. Eberhard Blümel – Expert

European Intermodal Research AvisoryCouncil (EIRAC)Dr. Eberhard Blümel – Member

Fachverband für Sensorik AMADr. Ulrich Schmucker – Member

Society for the Promotion of RenewableEnergies (FEE)Dr. Matthias Gohla – Member of theBiogas Fuel Cells Working GroupDr. Helmar Tepper – Member of theBiomass Gasification Working Group

Association for the Promotion ofMaterials Cycle ManagementDr. Lutz Hoyer – Member of the Board

Forum Vision MaintenanceCathrin Plate – Member, Fraunhofer IFFRepresentative in the Consortium

Fraunhofer Vision AllianceDirk Berndt – Fraunhofer IFF Spokesman

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG) Scientific-Technical Board (WTR)Prof. Michael Schenk – Member of theMain Commission Dr. Gerhard Müller – Fraunhofer IFFRepresentative

Fraunhofer Group for Energy ESTDr. Lutz Hoyer – Coordinator ofFraunhofer IFF Activities

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG)Fraunhofer Group for ProductionProf. Michael Schenk – Member


Fraunhofer Traffic and TransportationAlliance FVV Daniel Reh – Member

German Construction TechnologyPlatform, Cultural Heritage WorkingGroupDr. Rüdiger Mecke, Andreas Hoepfner –Contributors

Society for Computer Science (GI)Ralf Opierzynski – Member of theIndustrial Environmental InformationSystems FG

Society for Operations ResearchHolger Seidel – Member

Society for Project ManagementKatrin Reschwamm – Member of theMagdeburg Regional Chapter

Comprehensive Center for TransportationBraunschweig (GZVB)Eyk Flechtner – Member

Society for Knowledge Management e.V.Mark Staiger – Member

IGZ Innovations- und GründerzentrumMagdeburg GmbHProf. Michael Schenk – Member of theAdvisory Board

International Green ProductivityAssociation (IGPA)Ralf Opierzynski – Member

Jenoptik AG, Scientific Advisory BoardProf. Michael Schenk – Member

Karl Heinz Beckurts FoundationProf. Michael Schenk – Member

Kompetenznetzwerk MitteldeutscheEntsorgungswirtschaftDr. Eyck Schotte – Member of theRenewable Energies Working GroupDr. Lutz Hoyer – Member of theSubstitute Fuels Working Group

MLFU Coordination Office for RenewableRaw Materials KoNaRo (LSA ),Biogenic Fuels Working GroupDr. Lutz Hoyer – Member

LICON Logistics e.V.Dr. Klaus Richter – Member of the board

Leonardo Power Quality InitiativeVocational Education System LPQIVESCertification BoardPrzemyslaw Komarnicki – Member

Pipeline and Plant Engineering NetworkAndrea Urbansky – Member of theCoordinating Board

Open GIS Consortium (OGC)Frank Mewes

Practical Forum for CompetenceManagementMark Staiger – Coordinator

Federal Association for IndustrialEngineering, Business Organization andCorporate Development REFA,Saxony-Anhalt State ChapterHolger Seidel – Member of theExtended Board

German Business Rationalization andInnovation Center RKW´in Saxony-Anhalt Dr. Gerhard Müller – Member of theBoard

Saxony-Anhalt Satellite Navigation(SANASA)Dr. Klaus Richter – Member of the Board

Simulation Interoperability StandardsOrganizationDr. Steffen Strassburger – Vice Chair ofthe COTS Simulation Package Interoper -ability Product Development Group

Society for Modeling and SimulationInternationalDr. Steffen Strassburger – Member

Virtual Engineering Strategy GroupDr. Eberhard Blümel – Member

The International EmergencyManagement SocietyDr. Martin Endig – Member

Fraunhofer Energy AllianceDr. Lutz Hoyer – Coordinator of IFFActivities (on behalf of Management)

TKB Technologiekontor Bremerhaven F&EGesellschaft für die Nutzung regenerati-ver Energien m.b.H.Prof. Michael Schenk – Member of theBoard of Directors

Transfer Center for Automation inMechanical Engineering (TAM)Dr. Ulrich Schmucker – Member of theBoard

Association of German Foundry Experts(VDG)Prof. Michael Schenk – Member of theResearch Advisory BoardSonja Hintze – Member of theCommittee of Foundry Experts

Association of German Engineers (VDI) VDI Society of Metrology andAutomation (GMA)Dirk Berndt – Member of the TechnicalCommittee 3.32: Optical 3-D Metrology


Association of German Engineers (VDI) VDI Society for Industrial Engineering(ADB)Dr. Gerhard Müller – Member of theBoard and Head of the Plant Manage -ment Competence FieldVDI-ADB Factory Planning ExpertCommittee, Claudia Falke – Member of the DigitalFactory Working GroupDaniel RehRico Schady – Member of the ExtendedEconomic Feasibility Studies CommitteeThomas Dengler – Member of theVDIFactory Planning Guidelines WorkingGroupVDI-ADB Maintenance Expert CommitteeCathrin Plate – Member of the GuidelinesFormulation Working Group

Association of German Engineers (VDI) VDI Environmental Engineering Coordina -tion Office (VDI-KUT), Industrial Environ -mental Management Performance Indi -cators Working GroupRalf Opierzynski – Member

Association of German Engineers (VDI) VDI Saxony-Anhalt State ChapterProf.Michael Schenk – State Represent -ativeVDI Magdeburger District AssociationDr. Klaus Richter – Ombudsman for theDevelopment, Engineering and SalesWorking GroupDr. Mirko Peglow – Ombudsman for theStudents and Young Engineers’ WorkingGroup

Association for the Promotion of Powerand Environmental Engineering (VEU)Dr. Lutz Hoyer – Member

Magdeburg CCI TransportationCommitteeHolger Seidel – Member

Windenergie-Agentur Bremerhaven/Bremen e.V. (WAB)Dr. Klaus Richter, Frank Ryll – TechnicalCollaboration

Center for Neuroscientific Innovation andTechnology ZENIT GmbHProf. Michael Schenk – Member of theScientific Advisory Board

Saxony-Anhalt Center for RenewableEnergies (ZERE) Dr. Gerhard Müller – Member of theBoardDr. Lutz Hoyer – Fraunhofer IFF ContactPerson

Association for the Promotion ofMechanical and Plant Engineering inSaxony and Saxony-Anhalt (FASA)Prof. Michael Schenk – Chairman of theBoardAndrea Urbansky – Managing Director


International Research and

Cooperation Partners in

2006 (Selection)

Aeronautical Institute Kharkov, Kharkov,Ukraine

ALMA, Lyon, France

ARIES, Bucharest, Romania

Asia Pacific Roundtable for CleanerProduction (APRCP), Manila, Philippines

Asian Society for EnvironmentalProtection (ASEP), Bangkok, Thailand

Atos Origin, Madrid, Spain

Baltic Container Terminal Ltd., Riga,Latvia

Beacontech Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel

Beijing Hope Software Co., Beijing, China

Biomag, Ing. Cerny, Unícov, CzechRepublic

Brno University of Technology, Brno,Czech Republic

Budapest University of Technology andEconomics, Budapest, Hungary

Federal Institute for Materials Researchand Testing, Berlin

Centrale Recherche SA, Paris, France

Centre for Renewable Energy CRES,Pikermi Attiki, Greece

Centre for Research and TechnologyHellas CERTH, Ptolemais, Greece

Centre for Research and TechnologyHellas, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

CENTRIM University of Brighton,Brighton, Great Britain

Centrul De Afaceri Transilvania (CAT),Cluj-Napoca, Romania

CEPE – Centre for Energy Policy andEconomics, Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Chalmers University of Technology,Göteburg, Sweden

Chengdu Lead Science & TechnologyCo., Ltd. (SCLEAD), Chengdu, China

China Harvest Development Ltd., China

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,Thailand

CTO – Ship Design and Research Centre,Gdansk, Poland

Czech Technical University Prague,Prague, Czech Republic

DaimlerChrysler Research Center, Ulm

DaimlerChrysler, Gaggenau

Deere & Co. World Headquarters,Moline, Illinois, USA

Delft University of Technology, Delft,Netherlands

Digipro Computer Consultants Ltd.,Pafos, Cyprus

e.sigma Systems GmbH, Munich

EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ulm

Ecole Centrale Paris, Paris, France

Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire deMarseille, Marseille, France

Enigma Information Retrieval, Inc.,Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Escola Superior Agraria de Beja, Beja,Portugal


InterBalt Maritime Agency, Tallin, Estonia

Intro Solutions Ltd., Ankara, Turkey

Iowa State University, Virtual RealityApplications Center, Ames, Iowa, USA

Italian Ship Research Center (CETENASpA), Genua, Italy

ITI Aristotle University Thessaloniki,Thessaloniki, Greece

Jenoptik AG/Jenoptik Laser DisplayTechnology LDT GmbH, Jena

Joint Research Company, Ispra, Italy

Sonex Computers Joint Stock Company(SONEX Group), Klaipeda, Lithuania

Jordan University of Science andTechnology, Amman, Jordan

Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria

Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas,Latvia

Klaipeda State Seaport Authority,Klaipeda, Lithuania

Laboratory of Design, Production andManagement, University of Twente,Twente, Netherlands

State Forestry Enterprise of the SlovakRepublic, Banská Bystrica, SlovakRepublic

State Forestry Enterprise of the CzechRepublic, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Latvian Intelligent Systems, Riga, Latvia

Chair ofl Technical Computer Science,Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg

Lesy Ceské republiky, statní podnik,Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Liophant Simulation Club, University ofGenoa, Genoa, Italy

Lithuanian Innovation Centre (LIC),Vilnius, Lithuania

Liverpool John Moores University HigherEducation Corporation, Liverpool, GreatBritain

Logitrans Consult Ltd., Tallin, Estonia

Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Maritime & Supply Chain Solutions(Europe) Ltd., Ballycarry, Great Britain

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Melon Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria

Nemetschek, Sofia, Bulgaria

Netherlands Organization for AppliedScientific Research, Delft, Netherlands

Niki Information Technologies, Katsika,Greece

Oskar Von Miller – Conception, Researchand Design Institute for Thermal PowerEquipment (OVM – ICCPET), Bucharest,Romania

Philippine Pollution PreventionRoundtable (P3R), Manila, Philippines

PIAP – Industrial Research Institute forAutomation and Measurement, Warsaw,Poland

Plato, Dundalk, Ireland

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Port of Kokkola, Kokkola, Finland

Pymera, Valencia, Spain

European Process Safety Centre,Warwickshire, Great Britain

EURESEARCH, Bern, Switzerland

Federation of Thai Industries (FTI),Bangkok, Thailand

Forestry and Game ManagementResearch Institute, Jíloviste-Strnady,Czech Republic

Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi,Vietnam

Hellenic Institute of Transport,Thessaloniki, Greece

Higher Council for Science andTechnology, Amman, Jordan

IDC Information Technologies, Riga,Latvia

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,India

Indo German Chamber of Commerce,Bangalore, India

Indonesian Society of EnvironmentalProfessionals (ISEP), Jakarta, Indonesia

Industrial Technology Research Institute,Taipei, Taiwan

Inesc Porto, Porto, Portugal

Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierungan Denkmalen in Sachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., Halle

Institute of Cybernetics, Tallin, Estonia

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas eComputadores do Porto (INESC), Porto,Portugal

Instituto de Technología Cerámica-AICE(ITC), Castellón, Spain


Regionalne Poradenske A InfomacneCentrum Presov (RPIC), Presov, SlovakRepublic

Réseau CCSO, Fribourg, Switzerland

Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

Semantic Systems, Derio, Spain

SenterNovem, Den Haag, Netherlands

SFERA – Societa per la Formazione e leRisorse Aziendali per Azioni, Italy

Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield,Great Britain

Southwest Jiaotong University – Opto-Electronic Engineering Institute,Chengdu, China

SP Swedish Nat. Testing and ResearchInstitute, Boras, Sweden

Staatliches Forschungsinstitut für Flug-systeme (GosNIIAS), Moscow, Russia

Stanford University, Stanford, California,,USA

Swedish University of Agricultural ScienceSLU, Uppsala, Sweden

T-Systems, Frankfurt am Main

Technical University Crete, Crete, Greece

Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon,Portugal

Technical University of Sofia, Sofia,Bulgaria

Technische Universität, Forstwissenschaft-liche Fakultät Zvolen, Slovak Republic

TESEO Sprl, Brussels, Belgium

Testaluna S.r.l., Milan, Italy

Thai-German Institute (TGI), Chonburi,Thailand

Thailand Environment Institute, Bangkok,Thailand

The Open University, Milton Keynes,Great Britain

Thessaloniki Port Authority, Thessaloniki,Greece

Thule Institute, Oulu, Finland

TP Technoplus Industrial and Trading Ltd,Budapest, Hungary

Trans-European Consultants forTransport, Development and IT (TREDIT),Thessaloniki, Greece

TRIMOS-SYLVA S.A. (PTY) Ltd.,Waterkloof, South Africa

Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Tsinghua University, Peking, China

Universidad Politicnica de Valencia,Valencia, Spain

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore diMilano, Milan, Italy

Universita degli Studi di Genova, Genoa,Italy

University of Naples, Naples, Italy

University of Modena, Modena, Italy

Universiy of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels,Belgium

Université de Haute Alsace, Muhlhouse,France

Université de Valenciennes, France

University College of Borås, Borås,Sweden

University of Athens, Athens, Greece

University of Birmingham, Birmingham,Great Britain

University of Glasgow, Glasgow,Scottland

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Virtual Reality Laboratory, University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

University of Southern Queensland,Toowoomba, Australia

University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

University of Trondheim, Trondheim,Norway

University of Ulster, Ulster, NorthernIreland

University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic

VDH USA Inc., Millersville, Maryland, USA

Vietnam Productivity Centre (VPC),Hanoi, Vietnam

Vocational Education DevelopmentCenter (VEDC), Malang, Indonesia

VR Centre - University of Teesside,Middlesbrough, Great Britain

VTT Technical Research Centre ofFinland, Espoo, Finland

Warsaw University of Technology,Warsaw, Poland


Publications in 2006

Monographs and Editorships

(Selection)

Schenk, M. (Ed.):1./2. IFF-Kolloquium: Forschung vernet-zen – Innovationen beschleunigen.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer IFF, 2006ISBN 978-3-8167-73351

Schenk, M. (Ed.):9. Gastvortragsreihe: Logistik alsArbeitsfeld der Zukunft – Potenziale,Umsetzungsstrategien und Visionen.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer IFF, 2006, ISBN 3-8167-7075-4

Schenk, M. (Ed.):9. IFF-Wissenschaftstage 2006 – VirtualReality und Augmented Reality zumPlanen, Testen und Betreiben technischerSysteme.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer IFF, 2006, ISBN 10: 3-8167-7124-6 and ISBN 13: 978-3-8167-7124-1

Schenk, M. (Ed.):Anlagenbau der Zukunft – Wettbewerbs-vorteile im Anlagenbau realisieren.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer IFF, 2006, ISBN 3-8167-7026-6

Schenk, M. (Ed.):Branchenleistungsverzeichnis undKundenmanagement im Anlagenbau, 3. und 4. IndustriearbeitskreisKooperation im Anlagenbau.Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB VerlagStuttgart, 2006, ISBN 3-8167-7090-8

Schenk, M. (Ed.):Gastvortragsreihe Virtual Reality 2006 –Mensch und Maschine im interaktivenDialog.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer-IFF, 2006, ISBN 10: 3-8167-7256-0 and ISBN 13: 978-3-8167-7256-9

Schenk, M. (Ed.):IFFOCUS: Logistics Connects.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer-IFF, 1.2006, ISBN 3-8167-7117-3 and ISBN 978-3-8167-7117-3

Schenk, M. (Ed.):IFFOCUS: Interaktive Human-Machine.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer-IFF, 2.2006, ISBN 978-3-8167-7299-6

Schenk, M. (Ed.):Wandel in Produktion und Logistik.Magdeburg: Fraunhofer IFF, 2006, ISBN 3-8167-7002-9

Schenk, M. ; Inderfurth, K. ; Neumann,G. ; Wäscher, G. ; Ziems, D. (Eds.):12. Magdeburger Logistik Tagung –Sicherung von Prozessketten.Magdeburg: LOGiSCH GmbH, 2006,ISBN 10: 3-930385-65-7 and ISBN 13: 978-3-930385-62-1

Schenk, M. ; Ziems, D. (Eds.):50 Jahre Fördertechnikausbildung inMagdeburg.Magdeburg: LOGiSCH GmbH, 2006,ISBN 10-3-930385-61-9 and ISBN 13:978-3-930385-61-4


Book Chapters, Papers and Articles

(Selection)

Ehrhardt, I. ; Seidel, H. ; Wäsche, M.:Integrierte Holzlogistik mit Location-Based Services, Offroad-Navigation undRFID.In: Patrik Horster (Ed.):DACH Mobility 2006.(Ottobrunn, October 17-18, 2006) –Proceedings, ISBN 3-0001-9635-8

Endig, M.:Aus für Papierstapel.In: tema, Techniker-Magazin für Berufund Studium.(2006), 3, p. 20, ISSN 0722-2874

Endig, M.:Plant Maintenance and OperationServices – Ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz zurUnterstützung des Aftermarkets für denMaschinen- und Anlagenbau.In: Informationsseminar »Wertschöpfungim Produktlebenszyklus«.(Zurich, Switzerland, January 25, 2006) –Proceedings

Endig, M.:Virtual Reality verschafft besseren Durch-blick.In: CADplus Business + Engineering.(2006), 2, p. 8-9, ISSN 1436-3348

Endig, M.:Virtuelle Realität bringt besseren Durch-blick in der technischen Dokumentation.In: Digital Engineering Magazin, Zeit-schrift für Produktentwicklung, CAx-Technologien, Datenmanagement undIntegration.(2006), ISSN 1618-002X

Endig, M. ; Pejcoch, J.:A Step Forward in the Modern EuropeanCrisis Management Support.In: 13th TIEMS Annual Conference 2006.(Seoul, Korea, May 3-6, 2006) –Proceedings

Berndt, D.:Geometrieprüfung im Fertigungsprozess.In: Bauer, N. (Ed.): Praxis Profiline – BerührungsloseMesstechnik.Würzburg: Vogel Industrie Medien, 2006,p. 31-35

Berndt, D. ; Siegert, H.:Qualitätssicherung für Autoräder.In: Klock, E. (Ed.):OEM & Lieferant – Messeausgabe Auto-mechanika 2006.Stadecken-Elsheim: VEK-Verlag ElisabethKlock, 2006, p. 42-43

Blümel, E.:New Challenges for Collaborative Workin e-LOGISTICs.In: China-Europe Forum on e-Logistics(CEFE).(Shenzhen/P.R. China, March 30-31,2006) – Proceedings, p. 19-22

Ehrhardt, I.:Offroad-Navigation in der Forstwirtschaft.In: AFZ – Der Wald 2006.(2006), 24, p. 1350

Ehrhardt, I.:Telematiktechnologien und -dienste fürintegrierte Logistik in Wald und Flur –Offroad-Navigation, LBS und RFID.In: Symposium System Verkehr Steuern,Regeln, Entwickeln.(Göttingen, November 29-30, 2006) –Proceedings

Ehrhardt, I. ; Richter, K.:Holzlogistik mit Satellitennavigation.In: Innovationsforum “Potenzen undChancen der Anwendung der Euro-päischen Satellitennavigation GALILEO in Mitteldeutschland”.(Bernburg, October 27, 2006) –Proceedings

Endig, M ; Ryll, F:Optimierungspotenziale für denMaschinen- und Anlagenbau.In: ZWF, Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichenFabrikbetrieb 101. (2006), 3, p. 146-149, ISSN 0932-0482

Finke, I. ; Orth, R. ; Voigt, S. ; Staiger, M.:Prozessorientiertes Wissensmanagementin kleinen und mittelständischen Unter-nehmen – Erfahrungsberichte aus demProWis Projekt.In: Gronau, N. ; Pawlowsky, P. ; Schütt, P. ; Weber, M. (Ed.):KnowTech2006 – Mit Wissensmana-gement besser im Wettbewerb.(Munich, October 25-26, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 321-329, ISBN 3-7723-0074-X

Götze, J. ; Ryll, F. ; Kutzler, T.:Bestimmung der Kompetenztiefe in derInstandhaltung für die Gestaltung vonDienstleistungspartnerschaften.Clusterung von komplexen technischenObjekten zur Bestimmung.In: VDI Verlag GmbH (Ed.):27. VDI/VDEh Forum Instandhaltung.(Lahnstein, May 16-17, 2006) –Proceedings, ISBN 3-18-091927-2

Klaeger, U. ; Gronwald, S. ; Sulc, J.:Intelligent Prototypes: Innovative Tech-nology for Activly Influencing Compo-nent Features in Product Development.In: CENTIMFE (Ed.): Rapid ProductDevelopment Event – Building the Futureby Innovation Rapid Product Develop-ment(Marinha Grande, Portugal, November13-14, 2006) – Proceedings, ISBN 972-98872-3-3


Müller, G. ; Freund, C.:Anlagenmanagement.In: Landau, K. (Ed.): Lexikon Arbeitsgestaltung.Stuttgart: Gentner Verlag Stuttgart,2006, ISBN 3-87247-655-6

Müller, G. ; Richter, K. ; Plate, C.:RFID-Systeme – Grundlagen und Anwen-dung.In: Geibig, K.-F. ; Horn, G. (Eds.): Der Instandhaltungs-Berater.Cologne: TÜV Media GmbH, 2006, ISBN 10: 3-8249-1034-9 und ISBN 13: 978-3-8249-1034-2

Pejzl, J. ; Bystricky, B.:Analyse der energetischen Grundlagenunter dem Fokus der Holzbiomasse in derTschechischen Republik und in Deutsch-land.In: Mendel Universität für Land- undForstwirtschaft Brno, Forst- undHolzwirtschaftliche Fakultät, Institut derHolzgrundnutzung (Ed.): Biomasse –aktuelle und zukünftige energetischeGrundlagen.(Brno, Czech Republic, November 2,2006) – Proceedings, p. 65-72,ISBN 8-0071-5798-90

Plate, C.:Einsatzfelder der RFID-Technologie zurIdentifikation und Überwachung vonbetrieblichen Ressourcen.In: REFA Landesverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. (Ed.): 8. REFA-Ost-seeforum – Prozess- und Organisations-entwicklung in SME(Rostock, May 18, 2006) – Proceedings

Plate, C. ; Röben, H.:Smart Maintenance Objects – Einsatz vonRF-Technologien in der Instandhaltungs-logistik komplexer Anlagen.In: Institut für Berkwerks- und Hütten-maschinenkunde der RWTH Aachen (Ed.):Aachener Kolloquium für Instand-haltung, Diagnose und Anlagenüber-wachung.(Aachen, November 14-15, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 489-503ISBN 3-9810-3443-0

Plate, C. ; Röben, H. ; Hanisch, A.:Intelligente Instandhaltungsobjekte –Einsatz von RF-Technologien.In: Horster, P. (Ed.): DACH Mobility 2006.(Ottobrunn, October 17-18, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 201-213,ISBN 3-0001-9635-8

Richter, K. ; Plate, C.:Vom denkenden Werkzeug zum Motormit Gedächtnis – “Smart Objects” steigern die Produktivität in der Instand-haltung.In: RFID im Blick.(2006), 4, p. 38-39, ISSN 1860-5907

Richter, K. ; Plate, C. ; Gründler, U.:Prozessgestaltung auf industriellen Bau-stellen.In: REFA-Nachrichten – Zeitschrift fürIndustrial Engineering 2006.(2006), 1, p. 24-28, ISSN 0033-6874

Richer, K. ; Plate, C. ; Röben, H.:Instandhaltung und RFID – Grundlagenund Stand der RF-Technik, Piloterfahrun-gen in der Instandhaltung.In: VDI-Gesellschaft Produktionstechnik(Ed.): VDI-Gesellschaft Produktions-technik 27. VDI/VDE-Forum Instaltung2006(Lahnstein, May 17-18, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 65-74, ISBN 3-180919-27-2

Richer, K. ; Ryll, F. ; Gebert, B.:Bestimmung von Abnutzungsvorräten intechnischen Anlagen zur Entscheidungs-unterstützung bei der Gestaltung einerzustandsabhängigen Instandhaltungs-strategie.In: AKIDA (Ed.): 6. AKIDA – AachenerKolloquium für Instandhaltung, Diagnoseund Anlagenüberwachung(Aachen, November 14-15, 2006) –Proceedings, ISBN 3-9810344-3-0

Schenk, M.:Die deutsche Logistik-Forschung ist international Spitze.In: DHL Express News 2006.(2006)

Schenk, M.:Technologieplattform MIDAS – Mittel-deutsche Entwicklungs-, Test-, Transfer-und Marketingplattform (MIDAS) derLogistik unter besonderer Beachtung.In: Innovationsforum “Potenzen undChancen der Anwendung der Euro-päischen Satellitennavigation GALILEO inMitteldeutschland”.(Bernburg, October 27, 2006) –Proceedings


Schenk, M.:DienstleistungspartnerschaftenKompetenz- und Aufgabenverteilungzum gegenseitigen Vorteil.In: mic - management information centerGmbH (Ed.): Neue Formen des Indus-triemanagements 1. Asset-Business-Summit 2006.(Salzburg, Austria, July 4-5, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M.:Nutzung von VR-Technologien zurBeherrschung komplexer technischerSysteme.In: 19. HAB Forschungsseminar “Beiträge der Arbeits- und Betriebsorga-nisation zur Beschäftigungssicherung”.(Karlsruhe, October 13 -14, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M.:Trends in der Logistik und Perspektivenfür das ILM.In: Schenk M. ; Ziems D. (Ed.): Fest-veranstaltung 50 Jahre Fördertechnik-ausbildung in Magdeburg Bildung desInstituts für Logistik und Materialfluss-technik.(Magdeburg, October 2, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 79-85,ISBN 10-3-930385-61-9 und ISBN 13:978-3-930385-61-4

Schenk, M.:Virtual Engeneering für Produktent-wicklung, -testung und Betrieb.In: MAHREG e.V. (Ed.): 6. MAHREGInnovationsforum IT-Technologien undVirtual-Reality für Automobilzulieferer(Halle, November 2-3, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M.:Virtuelle Realität – Trends und Anwen-dungen für die Zukunft.In: Schenk, M. (Ed.): Anlagenbau derZukunft – Wettbewerbsvorteile imAnlagenbau realisieren.(Magdeburg, March 2-3, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 95-103,ISBN 3-8167-6849-0

Schenk, M.:Wandel in Produktion und Logistik.In: Schenk, M. (Ed.): Ehrenkolloquiumanlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Prof. Gottschalk.(Magdeburg, January 13, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 11-13, ISBN 3-8167-7002-9

Schenk, M. ; Blümel, E. ; Schumann, M.:ViVERA – Virtual Network of Compe-tence for Virtual and Augmented Reality.In: microCAD 2006 International Scien-tific Conference.(Miskolc, Hungary, March 16- 17, 2006)– Proceedings

Schenk, M. ; Reggelin, T. ; Barfus, K.:Innovative Lehrmethoden in der uni-versitären und ausseruniversitären logis-tischen Aus- und Weiterbildung.In: Engelhardt-Nowitzki, C. (Ed.):Ausbildung in der Logistik.Leoben, Austria: Deutscher Univer-sitäts-Verlag, 2006, p. 105-117,ISBN 10: 3-8350-0574-X und ISBN 13: 978-3-8350-0574-7

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K.:Die gesicherte Warenkette.In: Klock, E. (Ed.): OEM & Lieferant Jahrbuch 2006.Stadecken-Elsheim : VEK-Verlag ElisabethKlock, 2006, p. 132-133, ISBN 3-00-018118-0

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K.:Telematische Basisstrukturen – Voraus-setzung für eine erfolgreiche Logistik.In: Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bauund Stadtentwicklung (Ed.): Forschungskonferenz Güterverkehr undLogistik Politik und Wissenschaft imDialog.(Magdeburg, April 26-27, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 27-30

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K.:Verzahnte Güterlogistik im Betrieb undbedarfsorientierte Instandhaltung: MitFunkchip-Technik (RFID) und Sensornetz-werken drahtlos Warenverkehr und Pro-duktionsanlagen überwachen.In: Microsoft Deutschland GmbH (Ed.): Digital Pharma Konferenz 2006 »Effi-zienzsteigerung in der pharmazeutischenProduktion«(Königswinter, October 19, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K. ; Plate, C. ;Linke, D.:Logistische Prozesssicherheit auf indus-triellen Baustellen – Einsatz von RF-Tech-nologien und Telematik zur Produktions-verbesserung im Anlagenbau.In: Schenk, M. ; Inderfurth, K. ;Neumann, G. ; Wäscher, G. ; Ziems, D.(Eds.): 12. Magdeburger Logistik-TagungSicherung von Prozessketten.(Magdeburg, November 16-17, 2006) – Proceedings, p. 132-141, ISBN 10:3-930385-62-7 und ISBN 13:978-3-930385-62-1


Schenk, M. ; Richter, K. ; Plate, C. ; Ryll, F.:Das Material Internet als technisch orientiertes Gedankenmodell für dieInstandhaltungslogistik im Braunkohle-bergbau.In: Deutscher Braunkohlen-Industrie-Verein e.V. (Ed.): Kolloquium für Inno-vation im Braunkohlebergbau.(Magdeburg, November 8-9, 2006) – Proceedings, p. 34-35

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K. ; Röben, H.:Mobile Business in der Baustellenlogistikgrosstechnischer Anlagen.In: Horster, P. (Ed.): ArbeitskonferenzD*A*CH Mobility.(Ottobrunn, October 17-18, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 214-222,ISBN 3-00-019635-8

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K. ; Röben, H.:Radio Frequency (RF) Technologies forConstruction Site Logistics.In: Universität Miskolc (Ed.): microCAD2006 International Scientific Conference.(Miskolc, Hungary, March 16-17, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 151-156,ISBN 9-6366-1715-5

Schenk, M.; Röben, H.:Das Virtual Development and TrainingCentre VDTC des Fraunhofer IFF: Leistungen und Unterstützung für denMittelstand.In: DVS BV Magdeburg (Ed.): 16. Schweisstechnische Fachtagung 2006– Virtuelles Schweissen.(Magdeburg, May 11, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 3-8

Schenk, M. ; Röben, H.:Gesicherten Warenketten – Herausfor-derungen für die Zukunft.In: Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauereiin Berlin e.V. (Ed.): 9. VLB-Logistikfach-kongress Trends in der Getränkelogistik.(Soest, March 21-23, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M. ; Röben, H.:Innovative Logistiklösungen mit RFID –Der Faktor Mensch.In: Bundesvereinigung Logistik Austria(Ed.): 22. Logistik-Dialog in Vienna: DerStellenwert des Menschen in der Logistikvon Morgen.(Vienna, Austria, March 30-31, 2006) – Proceedings

Schenk, M. ; Röben, H.:Mit RFID und Telematik zu sicherenWarenketten in der Automobilbranche.In: Bundesvereinigung Logistik Austria(Ed.): 4. Branchenforum Automobil-Logistik “Fit for Global Success”.(Graz, Austria, May 3-4, 2006) –Proceedings

Schenk, M. ; Ryll, F. ; Schady, R.:Anforderungen an den Produktentwick-lungsprozess für hybride Produkte imAnlagenbau.In: Industrie Management.22 (2006) 1/2006, p. 55-58ISSN 1443-1980

Schenk, M. ; Schumann, M:ViVERA – Virtuelles Kompetenznetzwerkzur virtuellen und erweiterten Realität.In: Schenk, M. (Ed.): 9. IFF-Wissen-schaftstage 2006.(Magdeburg, June 21-22, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 11-18, ISBN 10: 3-8167-7124-6 und ISBN 13: 978-3-8167-7124-1

Schenk, M. ; Seidel, H. ; Richter, K.:Intelligenter Produzieren – NeueLogistikkonzepte und -lösungen.In: Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V.(Ed.): 23. Deutscher Logistik KongressMenschen Netze Technologien.(Berlin, October 18-20, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 194-204, ISBN 10: 3-87154-341-1 und ISBN 13: 978-3-87154-341-8

Schenk, M. ; Tolujew, J. ; Barfus, K.:Entwicklung eines modellgestützten strategischen Frühwarnsystems für daslogistische Netz einer verteilten Produk-tion.In: Wenzel, S. (Ed.): 12. FachtagungSimulation in Produktion und Logistik2006.(Kassel, September 26-27, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 173-182, ISBN 3-936150-48-6

Schenk, M. ; Tolujew, J. ; Barfus, K. ;Reggelin, T.:Modellierung und Analyse von räum-lichen Relationen zwischen physischenObjekten in logistischen Netzwerken.In: BVL e.V. (Ed.): 3. Wissenschafts-symposium Logistik, Wissenschaft undPraxis im Dialog, Steuerung von Logistik-systemen – auf dem Weg zur Selbst-steuerung(Dortmund, May 30-31, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 26-39ISBN 10:3-87154-340-3 und ISBN 13: 978387154-340-1


Schenk, M. ; Tolujew, J. ; Reggelin, T. ;Barfus, K.:Entwicklung und Anwendung ereig-nisprotokollbasierter Kennzahlen fürProzesse in logistischen Netzen.In: Biedermann, H. ; Engelhardt-Nowitzki,C. ; Bäck, S. (Eds.): Supply Chain Mana-gement und Informationswirtschaft.(Leoben, Austria, September 12, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 155-166,ISBN 3-929383-30-6

Schenk, M. ; Wahl, M. ; Rademacher, G.:Transponderunterstütztes Behälter-management in der Produktion vonGasturbinenschaufeln.In: Wolf-Kluthausen, H. (Ed.): Jahrbuch Logistik 2006.Korschenbroich: free beratung GmbH,2006, p. 260-262, ISBN 98-0941-2

Schenk, M. ; Wirth, S.:Fabrikplanung und Fabrikbetrieb wand-lungsfähiger und vernetzter Fabriken.In: Technische Universität Chemnitz (Ed.):Von der integrierten Fertigung zurvernetzten Produktion, Ehrenkollo-quium anlässlich des 70. Geburtstagesvon Prof. Wirth.(Chemnitz, July 13, 2006) – Proceedings,p. 51-59

Schnauffer, H.G. ; Staiger, M.:Verbindungen von Kopf zu Kopf – Ent-wicklung massgeschneiderter Wissens-management-Konzepte.In: Wissenschaftsmanagement – Zeit-schrift für Innovation.12 (2006), 3, p. 37-41, ISSN 0947-9546

Schoor, W.:VR Based Knowledge Transfer in MedicalTechnology and Techniques.In: International Workshop on VirtualReality in Scientific Applications andLearning 2006.(Glasgow, Scottland, May 8, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 268-277,ISBN 3-540-34070-X

Schoor, W. ; Mecke, R. ; Berndt, D. ;Hofmann, M.:Automatisierte Erfassung und Visualisie-rung texturierter 3D-Modelle mit skalier-barer Auflösung.In: Schulze, T. ; Horton, G. ; Preim, B. ;Schlechtweg, S. (Eds.): Simulation undVisualisierung 2006.(Magdeburg, March 2-3, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 339-346,ISBN 3-936150-46-x

Schumann, M ; Winge, A.:Einsatz von VR-Technologien in SME amBeispiel der Harzer SchmalspurbahnenGmbH.In: Schulze, T. ; Horton, G. ; Preim, B. ;Schlechtweg, S. (Eds.): Simulation undVisualisierung 2006.(Magdeburg, March 2-3, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 347-355,ISBN 3-936150-46-x

Siegberg, A. ; John, M. ; Voigt, S.:Wissen und Information – AktuelleMarktstudie der Fraunhofer-Wissens-management-Community zum Entwick-lungsstand in Unternehmen.In: Wissenschaftsmanagement – Zeit-schrift für Innovation.12 (2006), 4, p. 29-36, ISSN 0947-9546

Staiger, M. ; Kilian, S.:Nutzen statt Kosten – Wissensmanage-ment in SME.In: Wissensmanagement – Das Magazinfür Führungskräfte.8 (2006), 2, p. 34-36, ISSN 1438-4426

Staiger, M. ; Schellbach, J.:ProWis-Shop – WissensmanagementLösungen für SME – Ein Umsetzungs-modell für die Praxis.In: Journal Arbeit.06 (2006), 1, p. 26-27

Staiger, M. ; Voigt, S.:ProWis: Knowledge ManagementSolutions for SME.In: IFFocus – Logistics Connects.1 (2006), 1, p. 40-41, ISSN 1862-5320

Strassburger, S ; Seidel, H ; Schady, R ;Masik, S.:Digital Factory Planning Tools and Trends.In: IFFocus – Logistics Connects1 (2006), 1, p.42-44, ISSN 1862-5320

Teutsch, C. ; Berndt, D. ; Schmidt, N. ;Trostmann, E.:Automated geometry measurement ofwheel rims based on optical 3D metro-logy.In: Huang, P. S. (Ed.): Optics East 2006,Two- and Three-Dimensional Methods forInspection and Metrology IV.(Boston, USA, October 1-4, 2006) –Proceedings, S. 63820I

Teutsch, C. ; Berndt, D ; Sobotta, A. ;Sperling, S.:A flexible photogrammetric stereo visionsystem for capturing the 3D shape ofextruded profiles.In: Huang, P. S. (Ed.): Optics East 2006,Two- and Three-Dimensional Methods forInspection and Metrology IV.(Boston, USA, October 1-4, 2006) –Proceedings, p. 63820M


Teutsch, C. ; Berndt, D. ; Trostmann, E. ;Weber, M.:Real-time detection of elliptic shapes forautomated object recognition and objecttracking.In: Meriaudeau, F. ; Niel, K. S. (Eds.): Electronic Imaging 2006.(San Jose, USA, January 15-19, 2006) -Proceedings, p. 171-179 ISBN 0-8194-6110-5

Trostmann, E.:Lichtschnittverfahren zur optischenFormerfassung.In: Bauer, N. (Ed.): Praxis Profiline – BerührungsloseMesstechnik.Würzburg: Vogel Industrie Medien,Fraunhofer Allianz Vision, 2006, p. 6-8,ISBN 3-9259-1941-2

Wäsche, M. ; Ehrhardt, I.:Development and Implementation of aDemonstrator for an Integrated WoodLogistics from the Forest to the Factory“Saxony-Anhalt Wood Demonstrator”In: International Conference on Infor-mation Systems, Logistics and SupplyChain.(Lyon, France, May 14-17, 2006) –Proceedings

Zwart, H. ; Endig, M.:After Market – Servicelösungen für denMaschinen- und Anlagenbau.In: Anlagenbau der Zukunft –Wettbewerbsvorteile im Anlagenbaurealisieren: Zukunftsszenarien undErfahrungsberichte.(Magdeburg, March 2-3, 2006) –Proceedings, ISBN 3-8167-7026-6

Blümel, E.:Simulation und Bedienertraining:Presentation.In: Training for chemical workers/Dynamic Process Simulation forAdvanced Operator Training & PlantVerification(Hannover, April 27, 2006)

Blümel, E. ; Haase, T.:VDTC Best Practice Report: Presentation.In: Virtual Product and ProcessEngineering(Bled, Slovenia, March 2, 2006)

Ehrhardt, I.:Einsatz mobiler Endgeräte in derkompletten Holzlogistikkette fürIndustrieholz: Presentation.In: CEBIT(Hannover, March 15, 2006)

Ehrhardt, I.:Offroad Navigation und RoutingVoraussetzungen für integrierteLogistikketten: Presentation.In: CEBIT(Hannover, March 10, 2006)

Ehrhardt, I. ; Bystricky, R. ; Wäsche, M.:Logistische Herausforderungen für dieBiomassebereitstellung: Presentation.In: Trends of woodworking, forest andenvironmental technology developmentand their applications in manufacturingprocesses(Zvolen, Slovak Republic, September 6,2006)

Richter, K.:Permanent überwachungsfähige Behälterund Container in internationalenLogistikketten: Presentation.In: CEBIT(Hannover, March 11, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Das Virtual Development and TrainingCentre VDTC im Magdeburger Wissen-schaftshafen: Nukleus für innovativeStädteentwicklung: Presentation.In: Existenzgründungsoffensive ego-Wettbewerb 2005 »Landkreise/kreisfreieStädte und Einzelpersonen«(Magdeburg, March 15, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Forschen in der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft –Chancen für Nachwuchswissenschaftler:Presentation.In: 2006 OPEN DAYS – EuropäischeWoche der Regionen und Städte(Magdeburg, October 12, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Innovationen in der Logistik-Technik:Presentation.In: DVZ – Future Day(Berlin, February 7, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Innovative Lösungen in der Produktions-logistik mittels RFID: Presentation.In: REFA-Fachausschusssitzung(Magdeburg, May 19, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Logistik – Zukunftsperspektiven:Presentation.In: Landesfachtagung “Logistik – Job-motor in Sachsen?”(Dresden, November 2, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Markt und Trend – Herausforderungenim Einsatz von RFID: Presentation.In: Logistikzentrum Mannheim:Innovationstag (Mannheim, February 2, 2006)

Presentations

(Selection)


Schenk, M.:Mit RFID zu gesicherten Warenketten:Presentation.In: RFID Fachforum(Berlin, February 21, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Technologieplattform MIDAS:Presentation.In: Innovationsforum “Potenzen undChancen der Anwendung der Euro-päischen Satellitennavigation GALILEO inMitteldeutschland”(Bernburg, October 27, 2006)

Schenk, M.:Verkehrstechnologien der Zukunft – wiewird Mobilität gemanagt?: Presentation.In: Logistik in Saxony-Anhalt Gegenwartund Zukunft am Standort Sachsen-Anhalt(Magdeburg, February 14, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Morozov, I.:Joint Development of EU-Russian Manu-facturing Logistics Systems as a Key toBoosting Industial Cooperation in theAircraft Industry: Presentation.In: ELA European Logistics Association EU – Russia Workshop(Brussels, Belgium, April 28, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Richter, K. ; Plate, C. ; Ryll, F.:Das Material Internet als technisch orien-tiertes Gedankenmodell für die Instand-haltungslogistik im Braunkohlebergbau:Presentation.In: Kolloquium für Innovation im Braun-kohlebergbau – KIB(Magdeburg, November 8, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Roeben, H.:Gesicherte Warenketten -Herausforderung für die Zukunft:Presentation.In: RFID-Technologietag bei MOD(Einbeck, June 13, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Roeben, H.:Industrielle Anwendungen von RFID zurTransparenz, Sicherung und Steuerungvon Prozessen einsetzbar im BereichAutomotive: Presentation.In: Euro-Log Erfahrungs-Forum RFID(Leipzig, May 3, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Roeben, H.:Qualitätssicherung von logistischenProzessen in der Luftfahrtbranche:Presentation.In: Die Internationale Luft- undRaumfahrtausstellung(Berlin, May 18, 2006)

Schenk, M. ; Schumann, M.:Virtuelles Kompetenznetzwerk zur virtu-ellen und erweiterten Realität:Presentation.In: Kompetenznetze – Innovationsclusterin Deutschland(Hannover, April 25, 2006)

Schumann, M. ; Schenk, M.:ViVERA – Virtuelles Kompetenznetzwerkzur virtuellen und erweiterten Realität:Presentation.In: Hannover Messe(Hannover, April 25, 2006)

Schumann, M. ; Schenk, M. ; Blümel, E.:ViVERA – Network of Competence forVirtual and Augmented Reality:Presentation.In: mircoCAD 2006 – InternationalScientific Conference(Miskolc, Hungary, March 16, 2006)

Voigt, S. ; Finke, I. ; Orth, R.:Prozessorientiertes & -integriertesWissensmanagement – Ein Ansatz fürSME: Presentation.In: ProWis-Tagung Prozessorientiertesund -integriertes Wissensmanagementfür SME.(Berlin, November 14, 2006)


The Research

Organization


The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's primarytask is applied research. Founded in1949, the research organization performsapplied research for business and indus-try and to the benefit of society. Con-tractual partners and clients are industrialand service companies and the state.Research projects with relevance for thefuture, which contribute to innovations in the sector of public demand and theeconomy are carried out on behalf offederal and state ministries and agencies.

The impact of applied research reachesfar beyond its direct benefits for clients:Fraunhofer Institutes contribute to regional, German and European com-petitiveness with their research and development work. They foster innova-tions, encourage technological advances,improve acceptance of modern technol-ogy and also provide young researchersand engineers much needed informationand advanced training.

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft provides itsstaffs opportunities to develop profes-sionally and personally for challengingpositions at their institute, other fieldsof research, business and society. Thepractical training and experience atFraunhofer Institutes open outstandingopportunities for students to find jobsand develop at organizations and com-panies.

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currentlyoperates over eighty research facilities, ofwhich fifty-six are institutes, at forty loca-tions all over Germany. 12,500 employ-ees, predominantly with backgrounds inthe natural sciences or engineering, workwith an annual research budget of 1.2 billion euros. Of this, over 1 billioneuros is generated by contract research.The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft obtains twothirds from industry contracts and publi-cally funded research projects. Only onethird is contributed by federal and stategovernments as basic funding so that theinstitutes can work to solve problemsthat will only become relevant for busi-ness and society in ten or fifteen years.

Research centers and representative of-fices in Europe, the USA and Asia main-tain contact with the most importantpresent and future research and businessregions.

The namesake of the non-profitFraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the brilliantMunich native Joseph von Fraunhofer(1787-1826) who enjoyed equal successas a researcher, inventor and entre-preneur.


Fraunhofer IFF Contacts

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Contacts

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Office of the Director/

Office Manager

Office at the VDTC

Deputy Director

Office

Organization and Communication Team OKT

Organication and Communication

Media and Public Relations

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Business Units

Robotic Systems RS

Measurement and Testing

Technology MPT

Virtual Interactive Training VIT

Logistics and FActory Systems LFS

Process and Plant Engineering PAT

Expert Groups

Virtual Engineering VE

Material Handling Engineering-

and Systems MFT

Virtual Prototyping VP

Central Office

ViVERA

Administrative Services

Institute of Logistics and Material Handling Systems, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Managing Director

Logistics Process Analysis

Logistics Process Modeling

Fraunhofer IFF Joint Competence Centers with Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Visualization Techniques

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Virtual Engineering

Simulation Techniques

Machine Vision

Power Systems and

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Editorial Notes

Published by

Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation

and Auto mation IFF

Prof. Michael Schenk

Director of the Fraunhofer IFF

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www.iff.fraunhofer.de

Edited by

Herbert Siegert

Anna-Kristina Wassilew

Translated by

Krister G. E. Johnson

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