Smart Factory & AI

Results (8)

• #smart-factory-ki

  12.05.2026

  Digital Forging Laboratory

  A new simulation model developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg predicts weak points in forged components caused by incomplete grain formation (recrystallisation). Integrated into an efficient digital workflow, this creates a virtual forging laboratory that enables material and energy savings in forging processes.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ki

  12.04.2026

  Hirschvogel is turning to AI in die forging

  AI-assisted inspection instead of visual inspection: Hirschvogel, a specialist in solid forming, is replacing the conventional manual inspection of die-forged parts with a fully automated final inspection.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ai

  05.04.2026

  Digital twin enables increased yield in synthesis processes

  Steel production generates large quantities of so-called furnace gases, which are rich in hydrogen and carbon oxides. Modelling the process of converting purified exhaust gases into methanol within a digital twin helps to optimise this process and significantly increase productivity.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ki

  23.02.2026

  Rizhao Steel optimises ESP systems

  The Chinese company Rizhao Steel has installed anti-bulging technology on all five of its Arvedi ESP high-speed casting lines. This upgrade from Primetals at the Rizhao plant – the world’s largest Arvedi ESP complex with an annual capacity of over 11 million tonnes – enables more precise control of bulging during slab casting.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ki

  15.12.2025

  Spartan UK is trialling AI technology to reduce emissions and energy consumption

  The British company Spartan UK has launched a pilot project with the industrial AI start-up Deep.Meta to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency at its heavy plate mill in Newcastle upon Tyne.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ai

  28.09.2025

  Additive Manufacturing for complex die casting tools

  The Fraunhofer ILT and MacLean-Fogg have jointly produced a complex die casting tool inlay using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M). The specially developed L-40 tool steel enables the additive manufacturing of heavily loaded, large-volume tools for the first time and thus the implementation of conformal cooling.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ki

  28.09.2025

  Additive manufacturing for complex die-casting moulds

  Using a newly developed tool steel for 3D printing and a machine with a scalable build volume developed at Fraunhofer ILT, it is now possible for the first time to manufacture large-volume tools using additive manufacturing – a benefit for the series production of large die-casting tools. The scalable process has already been successfully demonstrated.

  Learn more arrow_forward
  
• #smart-factory-ki

  31.07.2023

  Integration of sheet metal forming at Porsche

  In early February, more than 50 representatives from car manufacturers and automotive suppliers visited the Smart Press Shop run by Schuler and Porsche in Halle, Germany, to gain an insight into how digital assistant systems enhance the production of car body and structural parts.

  Learn more arrow_forward