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… our meta4.0 student Guta Asrat Duressa:

What are your impressions of Chemnitz and your studies here?

I am currently pursuing my fourth semester within the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme meta4.0 Manufacturing 4.0 by intelligent and susTAinable technologies at TU Chemnitz and start to write my Master’s thesis. Although the workload is quite demanding, I find the Master programme to be excellent as it offers valuable learning experience and deep insights into advanced manufacturing. At the beginning, I had a very intensive German language course with some welcome events and excursions – including a memorable trip to the city of Dresden. These activities were a great way to get to know the city, meet new people, and settle in. I would strongly recommend this to anyone.

What is the topic of your Master's thesis?

I am going to work on the development of a hybrid cryogenic coolant concept for a turning tool with internal cooling via liquid nitrogen at the Professorship Production Systems and Processes at TU Chemnitz. I am planning to design a prototype tool with a test assembly that incorporates the mandatory interfaces for coolant supply, as well as appropriate insulation. The result should be an initial tool concept that can be additively manufactured in order to enable a real implementation of cryogenic cooling in machining tests in the future.

What are your future plans?

I would like to continue my professional career in Germany. I am looking for both professional opportunities in industry and PhD positions that align with my academic background and passion for technological advancement.

… Md Ibthisum Alam who currently studies in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme “meta4.0 - Manufacturing 4.0 by intelligent and susTAinable technologies” at TU Chemnitz:

What are your impressions of Chemnitz and your studies here?

When I arrived here last summer, I thought the city would be very crowded. However, in fact, it is not. Chemnitz is a nice place to live because everything is nearby and very convenient. I met many other international students and joined clubs to socialise. My professors are very welcoming. I am currently learning German in a language course. I already completed level A2.

What is the topic of your Master's thesis?

I am currently contributing as a research assistant at the Professorship of Production Systems and Processes, with a focus on the thermal and hydraulic analysis of cutting processes. Therefore, I am going to work on the influence of the workpiece geometry on the coolant flow field distribution during a milling process with internal coolant supply during my Master’s thesis.

What are your future plans?

I am interested to pursue my career in a research and development department – either in an industrial company or as scientist at a university or a research institute.

On 6 February 2025, the Professorship Production Systems and Processes invited all German and Polish partners of its new ‘GRIP’ project to a joint workshop.

Together with their industrial partners, the researchers want to develop a modular, highly integrated gripping and monitoring system that can be used to automate and improve processes in mechanical production. ‘In short, we want to develop a gripper for robots that can simultaneously measure during gripping - regardless of whether it's the geometry, weight, temperature or optical properties of the gripped object,’ explains Dr Matthias Rehm, Chief Executive Engineer at the Professorship Production Systems and Processes. ‘If we succeed in integrating these measuring functions into the gripper, we can obtain additional information during handling, eliminate additional measuring stations and thus shorten our process chain, that means reduce costs.’

The German-Polish cooperation project is funded by the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) in Germany and by the InnoGlobo programme in Poland. ‘GRIP’ was one of just a few projects selected in the first binational call for proposals of this kind and categorised as eligible for funding.

In addition to Chemnitz University of Technology, Wolfram Designer und Ingenieure and GBZ Mannheim GmbH & Co. KG are involved. In Poland, the automation company LUMEL S.A., the mechanical engineering company SECO/WARWICK S.A. and the University of Zielona Góra are working on the project.

At the workshop on 6 February, the focus was on intensifying personal relationships. In particular, technical issues relating to the scope of functions of the gripper in the various use cases were discussed and decisions were made on the basic version with the interfaces to the individual systems.