Dec 02, 2021
IHM starts cooperation project with IMM and IFKM as part of the SPP2305
Digitalization offers enormous potential for socially significant innovations if it is made accessible nationwide. Often, however, the data required for this is not available in sufficient quantity and quality. In almost every machine, standardized machine elements such as screws, bearings and gears are located in the immediate vicinity of the process. It makes sense to integrate sensor systems for data acquisition and preparation for different process-relevant measuring tasks right there, i.e. "in-situ".
Together with the Institute of Machine Elements and Machine Design (IMM) and the Institute of Solid State Mechanics (IFKM), the MEiTNER junior research group at IHM has successfully completed the project “Elastic Couplingswith Elastic couplings with integrated flexible dielectric elastomer sensors” (SIKU). In this project, three doctoral students will develop novel, intelligent couplings within the framework of the DFG-funded priority program SPP2305 that are able to measure mechanical variables, such as torques in-situ, with the help of flexible elastomer sensors. The project is led by Dr. E.-F. Markus Henke, who also heads the MEiTNER junior research group at IHM, in cooperation with Prof. Berthold Schlecht and Prof. Thomas Wallmersperger.