Research
As an internationally successful company, we consider it our duty to proactively prepare ourselves for the challenges of the future. Our aim today is to anticipate and meet the demands of tomorrow. This is why research and development take top priority at KHS. We not only aspire to manufacture innovative and sustainable products but also to significantly strengthen Germany as a research venue with our expertise. This entails, among other things, continuously expanding our knowledge base and strategically building up our research network in the long term.
We apply our expertise in a number of relevant fields; we are deeply committed to the further development of additive production technologies, for example, and the implementation thereof in future-oriented business models. We also work on the development of new materials and design customized operating assistance systems. Our primary aim is to help our customers permanently increase their resource efficiency in production. We provide innovative maintenance models and advanced system control concepts for this purpose.
A further aspect central to our work is our close cooperation with experts and scientists. We cooperate with universities, customers and suppliers of renown to develop new measurement technology, components and software solutions, for example. Thanks to our broad network of external partners, we can knowledgeably and sustainably drive technological innovation. Numerous scientific institutions and industrial companies are among our research partners. This makes us technologically fit for the future; moreover, it enables us to develop new specialist areas and help small and medium-sized businesses to fully realize their potential in their filling and packaging processes.
Examples of these include our projects funded by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) through Leitmarktagentur.NRW.
- IT'S DIGITIVE
The It's Digitive research project explores how 3D printing-based services can be designed, controlled and protected against manipulation. A project consortium representing the entire future value chain creates the prerequisites for cooperative processing of 3D printing-based services. The focus here is on the protection of intellectual property and the development of secure and trustworthy order fulfillment processes. Identified threats and risks are reduced by appropriate security measures that are implemented as demonstrators on a service platform for 3D printing-based services. Find out more about IT’S DIGITIVE.
- ResTraSe (Resistant Transparent Sensors)
The aim of this project is to develop transparent materials with outstanding wear resistance to abrasive and chemical media for optical applications. In the production process, KHS inspection systems are exposed to high levels of caustic, acid and lubricants and to considerable mechanical and thermal stress. This results in an increased effort for maintenance and repair, especially on protective screens and windows in optical systems. The use of innovative and particularly resistant materials can reduce the maintenance effort in the long term and considerably improve the long-term stability of inspection results.
