In the context of the energy transition, German industry is increasingly coming under pressure to redesign production processes. Social change is taking place and the sustainability and variability of production is becoming increasingly important, also in order to achieve the climate targets set by the European Union for the year 2050. At the same time, the reduction of industry-related greenhouse gas emissions has been stagnating for years, which is partly due to uncertainties in the implementation of new processes.

This is where the project “Renewable energies for the efficient operation

of a press hardening lines” (Re²Pli) comes in. A sustainable and efficient production line for the manufacture of press-hardened components is to be set up and validated on the basis of inductive heating. In addition to the production , energy and economic aspects of a production line based on regenerative energies will be considered. The aim is to eliminate uncertainties regarding the applicability of the process and to identify scenarios for implementation in a future energy and manufacturing concept. By embedding the project in the New Mobility OWL experimental space, there are numerous interfaces to other fields of research, which will enable the process developed to be implemented in a real system environment.