Technology Offers
- Plant engineering
- Energy technology
- Energy and water supply
- Measurement technology
- Process and production engineering
High-temperature heat storage for process heat
KIT's liquid metal-based heat storage system can store heat efficiently and sustainably at more than 500 degrees Celsius. The thermal energy can be reused as required.
- Analytics
- Drive technology
- Automotive industry
- Automation / IT
- Printing industry
- Plant engineering
- Communication and data transmission
- Mechanical engineering
- Measurement technology
- Microtechnology / precision mechanics
Integrating sensors into machine components
Machine components with integrated sensors enable optimized monitoring of production systems. The KIT technology thus increases the informative value of the measurement data.
- Plant engineering
- Automation / IT
- Filter technology
- Polymer industry
- Food industry
- Optical Industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Raw material and textile industry
- Process and production engineering
- Electrical engineering
Sensor-based sorting without compressed air
With a new optical sorter based on an area-scan camera and an array of mechanical actuators, bulk material can be separated without compressed air with high throughput and precision.
- Environmental technology
- Process and production engineering
- Energy and water supply
- Energy technology
- Plant engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Coating technology
Production of pipes with topographical internal structures
Process for manufacturing heat exchanger tubes with arbitrarily complex topographical internal structures for higher heat transfer by increasing turbulence.
- Plant engineering
- Automation / IT
- Automotive industry
- Printing industry
- Communication and data transmission
- Mechanical engineering
- Simulation and data processing
- Software and IT
- Process and production engineering
Automate material flow simulations
The KIT's open source Python package "prodsys" automates material flow simulations to optimize discrete production systems.
- Plant engineering
- Automation / IT
- Process and production engineering
- Energy technology
- Electrical engineering
Format-flexible and continuous cell stack assembly
A new plant concept from KIT enables the flexible and continuous production of cell stacks in individual formats. A format change is possible without changing tools.
- Plant engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Process and production engineering
- Measurement technology
Dry battery electrodes efficiently and modularly
Inline measurement technology and customizable air routing ensure data-based control of drying systems and thus reduce rejects and set-up times.
Combined heat and power system for stationary electrical storage
New thermal coupling system for stationary electrical energy storage combines electricity storage with heat supply for buildings.
Direct wind-to-heat conversion via eddy current
KIT has developed a device for the direct conversion of intermittent wind energy into a stable heat source for power generation and industrial applications.
- Simulation and data processing
- Automation / IT
- Plant engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Communication and data transmission
- Software and IT
- Services
- Process and production engineering
With authoring system to virtual twin
Virtual engineering software PolyVR of KIT simplifies and accelerates virtualization of machines, plants, and technical processes.