The Fraunhofer IPA is the largest research institute within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. IPA has more than 200 employees today. Central elements of research and development of the institute are application-orientated and concern organisational and technological problems, which occur in all production areas of both industrial enterprises and technically orientated service enterprises. The institute's projects cover development and application of methods, components and devices as well as prototypes of machines and production facilities.
Regarding the aims of this project, IPA has know-how and experience in the following areas of interest: Reverse engineering (software and hardware, selection and integration of sensors and software), CAD-Systems, methodologies for measurement based on computerised tomography, information technology and data management. The following equipment exists at IPA and could be used in the project:
- Several co-ordinate measuring machines
- Various CAD-Systems
- Rapid Prototyping Technologies
- Microfocus CT
