The compliant-mechanisms groups works on semi-active methods for vibration reduction. In these techniques, mass, damping or stiffness parameters of vibrating structures are influenced to reduce vibrations. Recent results of this research have been published in the prestigious Journal of Sound and Vibration. The publication presents a clear distinction between different energetic effects as a result…
We are pleased to welcome Mr Martin Möllerke as a new research assistant at our professorship. While studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Dresden, Mr Möllerke did research at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology on the modelling of the structural-dynamic behaviour of drive trains and the simulation of acoustic…
Congratulations to Brave Components for winning the Red Dot in the Red Dot Design Award [2021] for their wheelchair wheel ‚tauwerk delight‘. We are proud to have contributed a small part to the success. As part of the development of the wheel, experimental tests were done at IKAT regarding the strength of individual components. With…
We welcome Aviral Gupta as a new member to our professorship. He completed his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in India at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University. In 2016, Mr. Gupta started a Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau WHZ. After his successful graduation…
The institute’s test field is in a constant state of change. Due to the diversity and the frequent change of research topics, hardly any test bench remains as it is. Currently, the test benches of the research groups of the professorship are still located in one common area. This is to change, as space for…
One of the research fields at the Professorship MP is the development of new methods for the design of compliant mechanisms. The continuum-based approaches employed involve formal optimization techniques to synthesize mechanical systems whose function relies on the deformation of elastic areas. A new method for the topology optimization of selective compliant mechanisms was developed.…
Dr.-Ing. Sven Hauschild is leaving the TU Chemnitz after a total of 12 years of affiliation to face new challenges in the economy. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Hauschild studied in the Microtechnology/Mechatronics program at the TUC. During this time he was engaged as a research student at the Chair of Machine Elements and was…
The professorship of Machine Elements and Product Development wishes all students a good start to the lecture period. Despite the current restrictions and difficulties, do not lose sight of your goals in your studies. In particular, we would like to wish all first-year students a good start to their new phase of life. Stay curious…
We are pleased to congratulate our former colleague Mr. Reiß for successfully defending his doctoral thesis. In his dissertation on the subject of „Model test methods for determining real static friction values of joined machine elements“ he dealt with the transferability of static friction values determined in laboratory test methods with simple model samples to…
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Michael Gallus at the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development as a research associate. Mr. Gallus has been working as a student assistant at the professorship for many years. Now, as a research associate, he is joining the group of radial journal bearings. Within his research work, he is…
In the course „Technical Product Development“, students of mechanical engineering have set themselves the task of developing robust ventilators for emergency ventilation that can be manufactured with simple means and are easy to operate. These ventilators are therefore very simply constructed and can be manufactured with simple materials and production methods. The devices can therefore…
The VDI symposium ‚Shaft-Hub-Connections 2020‘ offers the opportunity to obtain comprehensive and practical information about progress in the design of shaft-hub-connections and in the understanding of damage mechanisms. The symposium will take place in Stuttgart from 11th to 12th November 2020. It is aimed in particular at manufacturers of shaft-hub connections, operating companies, testing institutes,…
The Professorship of Machine Elements and Product Development is pleased to announce that the teaching this semester is going on successfully despite the corona virus and the resulting closure of the university. In addition to the practice and lecture materials, as well as tests on the OPAL learning platform for the courses Construction Theory I…
New projects require new testing devices and more space in the testing area of the professorship. Besides the ongoing optimization of test procedures, several test benches are currently being developed. On the one hand, the dynamic wear tests are to be extended with the help of a wear test rig, which is based on the…
The Chair of Machine Elements and Product Development can look forward to a strengthened and positive future. We are therefore pleased that the long-standing student assistants Jonathan Schanner M.Sc., Stephan Busch M. Sc. and Loc Le Duc M. Sc. have been able to defend their master’s theses and thus successfully complete their studies despite adverse…
In recent days and weeks, the number of people infected with corona has risen sharply. In order to reduce the risk of spreading the infectious disease COVID-19, the entire professorship of Machine Elements and Product Development is working at home from 19th March 2020. The staff of the professorship can be contacted as usual by…
The application of unconventional lubricants is increasingly moving into the focus of industrial applications. The replacement of classical oil and grease-based lubrication has high potential from a tribological point of view as well as in terms of environmental friendliness. Media already present in the system, such as diesel fuel, but also water or air may…
February 20th marked the end of five exciting years of study for Jonathan Schanner. At the end of his studies, his master thesis dealt with the „Implementation of a non-proportionality factor for the spatial stress state in finite element routines“. He presented this work, which is particularly beneficial to the chair’s research in the field…
The former holder of the professorship “Konstruktionslehre”, Prof. Erhard Leidich, recently celebrated his 70th birthday. He took over the newly founded chair in 1993 and, under his leadership, pushed research in the field of strength of machine elements and in particular shaft-hub connections to an international level. Furthermore, he laid the foundations for the research…
The Professorship MP has set itself ambitious goals for the year 2020. New scientific findings are to be gained through the following, newly started research projects. Strength verification of friction fatigue – Based on the previous project, this research project aims to extend the calculation rules for friction fatigued contacts to cover cast iron and…
Mr. Björn Prase, head of the „Journal Bearings“ research group, was awarded the Hans Winter Prize for top research at the FVA Information Conference (Drive Technology Research Association) for his research work „Shape Deviations of Journal Bearings“. The experts from the FVA network evaluate the presentations of the research work with regard to benefit potential,…
The Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development (MP) wishes all students and employees a healthy and successful year 2020 and much success in the upcoming examinations.
We are pleased to congratulate Mr. Sven Hauschild to the successful completion of his viva voce. Within the scope of his doctoral thesis he dealt with fretting fatigue in steel contacts. In particular, he examined the design and evaluation using system-specific fretting corrosion factors.
Some days ago, Mr. Ebermann had the honor to present his research results at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), ASME’s largest research and development conference counting more than 2400 referees. In front of the professional audience, he succesfully presented his lecture with the topic „Influence of Geometric Shape Defects on Operating Parameters…
On 26 and 27 November 2019, the Dresdner Maschinenelemente Kolloquium (DMK) will be held at the Kempinski Hotel Taschenbergpalais in Dresden, now for the ninth time since 2003. The programme includes interesting scientific lectures on the latest research results and practical contributions from industrial applications in the fields of mechanical engineering, plant construction and vehicle…
The SAXSIM Saxon Simulation Meeting will take place on March 24, 2020. Besides interesting lectures, the 12th CAD/CAE student competition will take place. The best placed will receive a prize money of 500,- € for the 1st place, 300,- € for the 2nd as well as 200,- € for the 3rd place. The first 10…
The further development of the professorship in connection with sharpening the focus of research is progressing. Mr. Knabner joined the team of the professorship to strengthen the research group on fretting fatigue, also known as friction corrosion or friction fatigue. After successfully completing his studies, he was now looking for new challenges. Over the next…
After a three day trip to the Erzgebirge, the staff of Professur MP have cooperated to learn how publications can be written in a more appealing way. The highlight of the evening events is the visit of the „Markus-Röhling-Stolln“ where silver, cobalt and most recently uranium were mined. The evening ended with a visit to…
Since 30.06.2019 Mr. Friedemann Reiß is unfortunately no longer a research assistant and colleague at the Chair of Machine Elements and Product Development. He is an esteemed expert who has gained six years of knowledge and practical experience in the field of friction coefficient determination at the Institute of Design and Drive Technology (IKAT). In…
The research world continues to grow together internationally, with English being the common lingua franca. In order to further improve the quality of the English scientific publications at conferences and in journals, the professorship Machine Elements and Product Development is now supported by Dana Ebermann from Prof. English Language & Linguistics.
Dr. Flavio Campanile joined the team of the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development on July 1. Mr. Campanile has already worked in numerous stations of the scientific and research community – for example at the German Aerospace Center and at the ETH Zurich. With his expertise in the field of compliant mechanisms, Mr. Campanile…
The expansion of the experimental field is progressing. The testing possibilities of the research group shaft-hub-connection are extended with a rotating bending test bench. It is made possible to determine the material fatigue strength, which is necessary for the proof of strength. So far these quantities have often been determined by converting values from static…
After many years of active cooperation at the professorship Machine Elements and Product Development Mr. Schiemann leaves us. The successors trained by him follow in great footprints and take over the tasks in the areas of rolling bearing creeping and tribology. At the farewell party, many memorable moments of the past years were evaluated once…
With the relocation of the machine bed with three electric motors and two testing fixtures, the first step towards the expansion of the test site of the professorship was taken. With combined forces, the machine bed found its place at the new location. The testing devices use resonance excitation to transfer dynamic loads to shaft-hub…
Shortly after the Easter holidays, the members of the professorship took advantage of the continuing beautiful weather for the annual hiking day. The start was in Radebeul. From there we took the Lößnitzgrundbahn, an ancient steam train, to Moritzburg. After a short rest and visit of the castle we hiked back to Radebeul. In addition…
We are looking forward to the immediate participation of Mrs. Kirmse and Mr. Friedrich in the research and teaching tasks at the MP professorship. In a DFG research project, Ms. Kirmse is focusing on compliant systems, continuing the topic of her master’s thesis in basic research-oriented studies. Mr. Friedrich complements the expanding research group „Plain…
For the beginning of the 2019 summer semester, we wish all students a good start into the semester, curiosity for knowledge, fun at learning and endurance. Don’t lose the focus on why you are studying mechanical engineering. But also enjoy student life and the freedom of studying to the full. We wish you every success!
Since February 1th 2019 the team in the experimental field of the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development has been strengthened by the appointment of Anika Bahnert. This provides the additional capacity to cope with the expansion and redesign of the test site in the coming months. We are looking forward to a good cooperation…
The 11th SAXSIM will take place on 26.03.2019 in the main lecture hall of the Chemnitz University of Technology. The program includes more than 30 lectures, the awarding of the 11th student competition, the popular Mathcad-HandsOn-Workshop as well as for the first time an ANSYS product training and the possibility to visit selected test fields…
On the 20th of December 2018 Dr.-Ing. Mario Schierz successfully defended his dissertation. His topic „Increasing the elastic potential of press connections by plastic conditioning of the joining partners“ sets new standards in the field of designing highly stressed shaft-hub connections. The available calculation method allows for the first time a targeted plastic conditioning of…
The professorship Machine Elements and Product Development (MP) wishes all students and employees a successful year 2019 and a lot of success in the upcoming exams. Sincerely, Team-MP
Once again an eventful year is drawing to an end for the professorship of Machine Elements and Product Development. A lot of important scientific and industrial projects could be finished and new projects could be acquired in 2018. Furthermore the chair of the professorship was successfully transferred from Prof. Leidich to Prof. Hasse. New exciting…
On 14th and 15th November the project committee for shaft-hub-connections of the “Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e. V.” met in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in more and more wintry weather at the foot of the Harz mountains. The Chair of Machine Elements and Product Development was represented by all employees of the Competence Center „Shaft-Hub-Connections“ and presented the current research…
The newly acquired laser confocal microscope from Keyence enables high-resolution detection of surfaces down to the nanometer range (5nm) in a short time. The microscope offers two different acquisition modes. The surface can be acquired by conventional light microscopy using focus variation or laser confocal. The laser confocal mode provides even higher quality measurement data…
On 11.10.2018 Mr. Müller defended his thesis and was rewarded for his outstanding performance! The work on the topic „Statistical analysis of a standardised test method for determining static friction values“ was able to validate the usage of the standard normal distribution to the test method as expected on the basis of a large random…
With the aim to “forge” the future of our professorship MP, the research associates leaded by Prof. Hasse met for internal conference near Annaberg-Buchholz. The work was targeted at the promising science topics, which will be pursued in next research period. In connection to the mining tradition of the region of Ore Mountains, the team…
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Silvano Oehme to the professorship by 01.09.2018 as a scientific assistant. As a student, Mr. Oehme has done research at the professorship in the fields of mechanical design in CAD and simulation of rolling bearing migration. In the tribology research group, Mr. Oehme will now work out the development…
On August 20th, 2018 the student A. Herde successfully defended his master thesis. His topic „Design Methodology for Complex Machine Systems“ is based on the development methodology of VDI 2221 and attempts to further systematize the design step. In the lively discussion, he was able to convincingly demonstrate that he succeeded in achieving this goal in the…
From 17th to 20th of July Lukas Suchy and Sebastian Vetter from the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development took part in the „18th International Conference on New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture“ in Lisbon. Participants consisted of scientists and industry representatives from more than 20 nations. The conference offered the platform for controversial discussion…
On July 5th, 2018 the time had come again. Professor Hasse, the staff and the student assistants of the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development celebrated last year’s successes in traditional summer barbecues between Halls G and F. In addition to nitrogen-cooled beer, delicious BBQ burgers from the grill were provided for the physical well-being.…