CAX laboratory

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl. Inform. Joachim Friedhoff

Computer-aided mechanical engineering

Teaching and research in the area of the process chain from design to production using digital methods.

Project: Energy Monitoring
Project week: Machine driving licence, FEM experiments

Laboratory equipment

• Hermle C30u 5-axis milling machining centre
• CAD/CAM workstations
• FEM workstations
• FEM measuring equipment

Completed projects/research work, extract

• Energy monitoring: machine-related recording of energy consumption, display and analysis of consumption curves, determination of artefacts
• ProtoCUT: Use of CNC milling machines in teaching (Protocut - HRW project week 2019)
• Topology optimisation of components using FEM and additive manufacturing processes