Virtual Development, Engineering and Training VIDET, Magdeburg

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Virtual Development, Engineering and Training VIDET, Magdeburg

Virtual Development, Engineering and Training VIDET, Magdeburg

Virtual reality speeds up and simplifies the process of developing newproducts. The innovation cluster Virtual Development, Engineering and Training intends to make this technology more widely available tocompanies in the mechanical engineering and plant construction sectorin Saxony-Anhalt.

More and more new products first take shape on a computer. They are designed, constructed, tested and optimized in digital form. Computer models enable engineers to test a new machine without having to build expensive prototypes. Interactive 3-D models can be used to experiment with different production sequences, detect possible errors and weak points, and even train machine operators. All this is made possible by new methods and technologies such as virtual engineering and virtual reality.

Fields of research

  • Virtual engineering (VE)
  • Virtual reality (VR)
  • Basic and vocational training for local companies specializing in the manufacture of industrial plant and machines
  • Product development: virtual engineering, virtual prototypes, virtual commissioning
  • Digital factory and process configuration
  • Training and qualification: qualification solutions based on virtual, augmented and mixed reality, qualification and worker assistance on demand

The innovation cluster Virtual Development, Engineering and Training hopes to leverage the existing business potential of the region’s mechanical engineering and plant construction sector as a means of promoting the industry’s growth, generating ideas for new products and securing jobs. The project is being coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF.

Research partners

Industrial partners

AEM – Anhaltische Elektromotorenwerk Dessau GmbH
AMB Anlagen Maschinen Bau GmbH
Cimbria Sket GmbH
DEBA Systemtechnik GmbH
engelke engineering art GmbH
FAM Magdeburger Förderanlagen und Baumaschinen GmbH
IGS Development GmbH
IVW Ingenieurbüro für Verkehrs- und Wasserwirtschaftsplanung GmbH
Kranbau Köthen GmbH
precis Maschinen Anlagen Service GmbH
pro-beam AG & Co. KGaA
Red Parcel Post AG
SCHIESS GmbH
SYMACON Fertigungsautomatisierung GmbH
and many others

Contact

  • Prof. Dr. Klaus-Ulrich Schmucker

    Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

    Sandtorstr. 22
    39106 Magdeburg, Germany

    • Phone +49 391 4090-201
    • Fax +49 391 4090-250