Structure

The Steinbeis Innovation Centre for Conveying Technology / Intralogistics currently employs four people who work on projects in the field of high-performance fibre ropes, transport timing belts, energy-efficient conveying technology and conveying systems based on renewable materials. The Innovation Centre is also an industry-oriented development partner that contributes to university education by awarding and realising student projects. It prepares the publicly funded projects and, as a research institution, is a cooperation partner for small and medium-sized enterprises in project management.

In 2013, a Steinbeis Research Centre was founded, where mainly research and development orders from industrial partners are processed. Research results have already been successfully transferred into practice. For example, a skid conveyor system for transporting car bodies in the automotive industry was developed and built from wood-based materials. The much lighter and quieter conveyor system has been in successful use for more than three years.

Main topics

• Energy-efficient and lightweight materials handling technology for intralogistics
• Development and dimensioning of textile traction and load-bearing equipment, textile machine elements as well as timing belts, round belts and flat belts
• New basic elements of technical logistics, in particular including modified polymers
• Continuous conveyors for transport and storage technology in manufacturing and processing processes
• Fundamentals of friction and wear of sliding pairs in traction guide systems
• Application of vibration conveyor technology
• Conveying technology based on wood materials

Range of services

• Development and construction of conveyor technology and its basic elements
• Tribological and mechanical analyses
• Dimensioning of conveyor systems, in particular traction and load-bearing equipment
• Material selection for conveyor systems
• Construction and testing of functional samples
• Consulting and expert opinions