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City:  Aachen
Date:  Mar 10, 2025

Bachelor-/ Master Thesis: Optimization of CAM Planning for Efficient Milling with Barrel Tools

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany and is a leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros. 

The »High-Performance Cutting« department develops technologies and application-oriented solutions for cutting along the entire process chain - from process design and pre-process simulation to real-time data acquisition during production, consulting, and prototype manufacturing. As part of your thesis, you will investigate how forces during the milling of thin-walled workpieces with barrel tools can be reliably predicted and compensated to ensure efficient CAM planning. This will include machining trials, data acquisition and analysis.

 

What you will do

  • Conduct machining trials to determine relevant parameters for force modeling
  • Simulate machining forces using an existing modelling framework
  • Create an optimized CAM plan utilizing predicted forces

 

What you bring to the table

  • You are studying mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics or a comparable subject area
  • Basic knowledge of machining, force modeling, and technical mechanics is an advantage
  • Ideally initial experience with CAM planning software (e.g. Rhino 3D or NX)
  • Good language skills in German and/or English

 

What you can expect

  • Professional supervision and collaboration within a dedicated team
  • Becoming an integral part of the team from the very beginning, with the opportunity to contribute your ideas
  • Involvement in innovative research and development projects with renowned industrial partners
  • Access to state-of-the-art machinery equipped with extensive measurement technology

 

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. 

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future. 

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!

 

For any further information on this position please contact:
Aakash Singh M. Sc.
Research Assistant »High Performance Cutting«
Phone: +49 241 8904- 373

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT 

www.ipt.fraunhofer.de 

 

Requisition Number: 78789                Application Deadline:

 


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