Research & Platforms and DPG Develop Compensating Kinematic System
The ADMAS (ADvanced Machining And Sealing) joint and research project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, and supported organizationally by the German Aerospace Center, deals with optimizing the accuracy of machining and sealing in the manufacturing of aircraft wing shells.
As part of the project, PI is developing and assembling a low-cost, highly dynamic compensating kinematic system to be used in industry.
This system will be tested by PI together with project partners from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) in Stade.
For the project, PI's work packages include the following:
- Negotiating the mechanical and electronic interfaces to the project partners
- Developing the compensating kinematic system for online path correction
- Developing a driver box protected from dust and water
- Developing a communication interface between the controller and driver box using glass fibers
- Implementing an EtherCat interface between the primary customer control and the PI controller
At PI, the following divisions are responsible for processing the work packages:
- DPG: Value Streams Hexapods (Value Stream mainly responsible) and Electronic Devices;
- Global Research & Platforms: The divisions Technology Development Parallel Kinematics, Electronics Platform Development and Corporate Advanced Research.
The project will run for three years, ending in September 2023.
In such a high-tech project, there are many different interfaces between the individual divisions and disciplines, both internal and external, and it is essential that they cooperate extremely well. In the ADMAS research project, the PI project team successfully connected the divisions Global Research & Platforms and DPG divisions in an exemplary manner, and effortlessly incorporated the resulting synergies into product development.
Contact persons:
- Mathias Dörr, Project Management & Project Manager of the ADMAS project
- Dr. Christian Rudolf, Director Technology Center - Parallel Kinematics and Magnetic Drives & Systems - Global
- Ralf Fütterer, Head of Value Stream Hexapods - DPG