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Plastic technologies and Power electronics and Cross-sectional topics in Thuringian Center of Innovation

lightweight design functional integration mobility research Equipment in Mobility at the

Technische Universität Ilmenau
▪ Efficient charging and control technologies for ▪ Smart mobility in rural regions
▪ Lightweight structural and drive components electrochemical storages
▪ Automated and connected driving for
▪ Packaging and assembly technologies ▪ Intelligent on-board power grids intelligent transportation systems of
▪ Functionalised plastics, moulds, and surfaces ▪ Smart mechatronic functional units for main and passengers and goods

▪ Application of renewable and recycled raw materials auxiliary drives and actuators ▪ Enabling communal operators and field
▪ Simulations of components and processes for the ▪ Energy efficient, digital power electronics (DC/DC, trials in living labs
design and optimisation of mouldings and DC/AC, AC/DC) ▪ Technology assessment, scientific communi-
manufacturing technologies ▪ Characterisation and application of power cation, and public acceptance studies
▪ Flexible and efficient manufacturing process chains semiconductor devices Transfer for transformation
suitable for mass production ▪ Power electronics for electrolyzers and fuel cells
We at ThIMo develop innovative solutions for
▪ Networking with industry, academia, and educa- current topics in mobility research using up-to-
tional providers in branch associations and clusters date digital methods, reaching from concepts
Plastics reduce the weight in mobility applications and, at the ▪ Scientific expertise, international reputation, think and simulations over laboratory measurements
same time, perform mechanical and functional tasks, thus Power electronics is a key enabling technology for all future tank, and forum of ideas up to real drive tests on roads and rails, in
mobile systems. The amount, performance, complexity, and
alleviating energy input and CO emissions. Jointly with the experimental and production processes.
2 degree of digitalisation of power electronic devices and
Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung e.V. ▪ Transfer of knowledge, technologies, and human
(TITK) Rudolstadt, the ThIMo core competence Plastic systems are continously increasing. Beside the implications of resources ThIMo – virtual tour
a bare mechatronic integration, functional integration
Technologies and Lightweight Design addresses especially the
becomes more and more important. Novel power electronic
following fields of technology:
devices based on high-power semiconductors like SiC or GaN
• Intelligent plastic components with functional integration enable increased energy efficiencies. We at ThIMo contribute to a successful change of mobility,
• Methods for the series production of climate, demography, and digitalisation. We provide scientific
fiber-reinforced plastics This truly interdisciplinary context forms the expertise bearing the potential for industrially viable and
basis for the research topics of this economically valuable solutions.
• Multi-component process technologies ThIMo core competence.
• Fabrication of hybrid components, Beside pioneering research in five core competences, we at
packaging and integration of multi- ThIMo, jointly with further actors from academia, industry,
functional modules and society, foster the transformation within Thuringian
value-adding networks.
Our competences and partners in mobility and logistics, with
a focus on sub-urban and rural regions, resting on our Discover the ThIMo labs with our VR
powerful research infrastructure and living labs provide
panorama tour, be it the unique Virtual road –
enterprises and local communities in
Thuringia and beyond with a broad spectrum simulation and test area, the four-wheel-
dynamometer, engine and HiL test beds,
of transfer activities as well as opportunities
dynamic drive simulator, plastic technologies
for cooperation and support.
pilot plant, or others.