wbk - Institute of Production Science

As one of the German universities of excellence, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is one of the most innovative technical research institutions in Europe. With its approximately 140 employees, the wbk Institute of Production Science places particular emphasis on basic and application-oriented research, teaching, and innovation. With the aim of rapid technology transfer to industrial applications, the wbk researches innovative production technologies, methods and processes in its three areas "Manufacturing and Materials Technology", " Machines, Equipment and Process Automation" and "Production Systems" together with industrial partners.

In the context of volatile markets, increasing individualization and the growing importance of a circular economy, the focus is on the following competencies:

• Agile production systems: variants: and unit-quantity-flexible production of goods at high-wage sites
• Kinematic production: replacement of special machines by the use of universal kinematics to map entire value streams
• Reversible production: production systems for bidirectional production
• Automation of immature processes: Method for rapid maturation of still immature manufacturing processes by combining artificial intelligence and domain knowledge
• Intelligent machines and components: Development of intelligent machine (components) on the way to autonomous machine tools.