Also outside the scientific work the employees of the IKAT prove a long endurance. A group of 6 highly motivated colleagues laced up their running shoes on September 7th and participated in this year’s company run, which attracted over 6000 participants from 500 companies. The almost 5km long course started at the square in front
The phenomenon of fretting fatigue occurring in component connections represents a major challenge in the service life assessment of components from the current point of view. The reason for this is a tribological stress component in the contact surfaceof the components, which prevails in addition to the obligatory pure fatigue stress. Depending on the material
The committee on journal bearings (jb) of the research associations Verbrennungskraftmaschinen (FVV) and Antriebstechnik (FVA) was a guest in Chemnitz on June 28 and 29, 2022. The JB research group of IKAT under the leadership of Prof. Hasse and Mr. Prase organized the two-day meeting. The location of the meeting was the conference room in the
On may 23 and 24 the IKAT of Professor Hasse has presented results to the project board of „Welle-Nabe-Verbindungen“ (shaft-connections) in Frankfurt (Main). 9 employees – Professor Hasse included – have presented their results and ideas for current and upcoming projects. The presentations have been discussed by the representatives of the economy and other institutions.
Since the beginning of April, Mr. Tobias Hentschel strengthens the research group WNV/Strength. We welcome him cordially at our professorship. Mr. Hentschel completed his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences including an apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic. He then completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Chemnitz University of
The professorship says goodbye to its employee Martin Möllerke. Mr Möllerke was part of the tribology department and supervised projects on friction coefficient determination and friction coefficient development. In addition, Mr Möllerke took care of the cooperation with various partners in these topics. Besides these topics, Mr Möllerke was able to contribute to the optimisation
Since mid-February, we welcome Mr. Patrick Schlapp as a new employee at our professorship. In the newly created position of laboratory engineer, he adds an important link to our team and thus relieves both the technical and the scientific staff. Due to the experimental orientation of IKAT’s research activities, our professorship hosts a large number
In February, Mr. Suchy and colleagues from the Technical University of Prague published new research results in the journal „Metals“. In the publication „Benchmarking Newer Multiaxial Fatigue Strength Criteria on Data Sets of Various Sizes“, the authors investigated the validation process of new fatigue criteria for multiaxial fatigue stresses. Six newly introduced criteria and four
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Benjamin Muhammedi as a new research assistant at our professorship. He supports the shaft hub connections/strength research group already since the beginning of the year. Mr. Muhammedi studied mechanical engineering with the area of specialization in applied mechanics and thermodynamics at the TU Chemnitz and wrote and successfully defended
In the course of the expansion of the test field, the heart of the Chair of Machine Elements and Product Development, some of the test benches were extended in their scope of performance. The HPP100 hydraulic pulsator test rig was equipped with new drive and control technology. This enables flexible user-defined test sequences, the recording
The Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The livestream (https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/mp/weihnachten2021/) shows the real existing test setup with a Christmas tree of the Professorship Machine Elements and Product Development of Chemnitz University of Technology. The test can be actively influenced.
The Professorship of Machine Elements and Product Development introduces the new website for student tenders. Offers for student research papers, bachelor’s, master’s or diploma theses as well as job offers for research assistants can be found here. This new website is characterized by better clarity, as well as the possibility to filter by criteria and
To create the initial geometry of a product in the design process, many engineers use topology optimization. The standard way is an iterative one, but it requires a lot of computing power and time. Another one is by using of artificial intelligence. The problem with this approach is the availability of optimized training data. A
The professorship Machine Elements and Product Development wishes all students a good start into the lecture period. This semester will be a unique one for us as well since after many months, a step towards normality is finally possible. Lectures can be held at least partially in presence and we are looking forward, after the
Exciting findings in the field of environmentally friendly lubricants have been obtained as part of a current thesis. Lubricants are ubiquitous in mechanical engineering, but both production and disposal are unfortunately rarely environmentally friendly. In the above-mentioned thesis, the composition and suitability of biological lubricants based on screw slime were investigated. Under simplified assumptions, it
At the 9th International Conference on Fatigue Fracture and wear (FFW 2021), our professorship member Mr. Denny Knabner presented the results of the „Comparative Study of crack initiation criterion for flat-flat contacts subjected to fretting corrosion of drive train components”. For the excellent results Mr. Knabner has been applauded by the FFW members and organizing
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