Reaching a meta-level with scientists: cooperation with research institutions

Reaching the meta-level of metalworking also means involving specialists. That is why Schuster cooperates closely with leading research companies and universities.

Together with our partners, we enter into research communities in which everyone contributes their strengths in order to generate new knowledge together - also in the form of funded projects.

We work particularly closely with the renowned Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, which is one of the leading organizations for application-oriented research and is divided into several institutes.

Schuster is involved in three exciting research projects:

1. Project on damping material

This is being carried out with the Fraunhofer IFAM (Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research) in Dresden and has been running since 2023. The project is investigating

• - reduction of vibrations acting on machines
• - protection of the tools
• - reduction of the energy requirement
• - significant increase in feed rates

 

2. Project on lightweight construction

We are working together with the Fraunhofer IPA (Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation) in Stuttgart. Research is being conducted into

• - moving less weight with the same stability
• - faster movements with the same energy

 

3. Project KausaLAssist to GRAPH-AI

The project KausaLAssist – Explanatory AI for cooperative error management – is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and has been running since September 2021 under the leadership of the Fraunhofer IWU(Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology) in Dresden. Besides XX five other Industry 4.0 partners and the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) are involved. The research objectives are:

• - AI recognizes developments and analyses trends
• - Transparent representation of cause-and-effect relationships
• - Machine not only indicates errors, but also guides the operator through the most likely path to a solution

We are also working in the project support committee of the CLOU research project, led by the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart. The most recent vibration analysis carried out by XX with the Institute for Machine Tools (IfW).