The use of function-integrating lightweight systems in multi-material design in the area of conflict between economy, ecology and social aspects increasingly requires the integration of social sciences and humanities in addition to the linking of different engineering disciplines. Today, rapidly advancing digitalization and the increasing merging of the real and virtual worlds dominate research and development as well as the future world of work. Particular challenges herein include the mastery of innovative process chains with the processing of different materials and the production of highly integrative lightweight structures. However, the factory of the future will remain a socio-technical system with people at its center. Ultimately, only the combined socio-technical and ecological-economic evaluation of new technologies can lead to innovations.
On 15th of February 2021, the research and development project "Concepts for the resource-efficient and safe production of lightweight structures (KORESIL)" started at the Laboratory of material and joining technology (LWF) at the University of Paderborn, in which socio-technical solutions for process chains with closed material cycles are considered. In addition, this joint project is responsible for the coordination tasks for the national open platform FOREL and its further development until 2024.
The success factor of the FOREL platform is the experimental development of technologies and methods that go far beyond the state of the art. This principle will also be pursued in the new FOREL project KORESIL. In the course of the proactive technology development, modern production tools such as online Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Augmented Reality (AR) and Collaborating Robots (Cobotic) will be the focus of the work. Across the entire product life cycle, from development and production to use and material cycling through disassembly and recycling, the potential of current socio-technical methods will thus be demonstrated and their influence on a safe and attractive workplace design will be shown. Within the project the LWF focusses on the investigation of innovative design-to-reuse strategies in joining and disassembling processes, taking into account virtual analysis options for the joints.
Project partners:
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Technical University Dresden, Institute of lightweight engineering and polymer technology (ILK)
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University of Paderborn, Laboratory of material and joining technology (LWF)
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Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for processing machines and recycling systems technology (IART)
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Technical University of Munich, Institute for machine tools and industrial management (iwb)
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Technical University of Dortmund, Institute for forming technology and lightweight engineering (IUL)
The research and development project KORESIL is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the program "Innovations for the production, service and work of tomorrow" with a total funding amount of 3 million € (funding codes 02P20Z000 - 02P20Z004) and supervised by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA).
