A technology co-developed by LCM allows steel doors to be opened with a simple touch. A door opens automatically as you pass by – who doesn’t know that? After passing it several times, the repeated opening of the door can get on your nerves. There are...
Nov 6, 2019 | development and new product development, General@en, Industry 4.0, research, smart factory
The Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH has developed a novel touch screen with haptic feedback. The core is a transparent plate, which is actively deformed by piezoelectric materials and thus provides the operator with haptic feedback. The invention was awarded the...
Apr 8, 2019 | Control Engineering Virtual Comissioning, development and new product development, General@en, research
It has been official since 13 June 2018. Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) has now also patented the haptic feedback technology (in short: haptics), more precisely the device and process for generating haptic feedback on a flat substrate, at the European Patent...
Apr 8, 2019 | assistance systems, Control Engineering Virtual Comissioning, development and new product development, General@en
Top engineering achievements are not suspected in an everyday article of daily use such as clothing. But in the mechanical production of fibres into fabrics there are countless calculations and simulations for machine components which can be solved more with special...
Apr 4, 2019 | assistance systems, development and new product development, Digitization, electrical drives, General@en, Industry 4.0, Optimization
At the ceremony for the EARTO Innovation Awards, the prestigious European research awards, Smartbow and Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) placed second among a total of 32 entries from all over Europe. The ear tag developed by Smartbow and LCM makes it easy to...
Oct 16, 2017 | development and new product development, General@en, Industry 4.0
Linz, May 2017 – In the words of Gerald Schatz: “If you only associate blockchains with bitcoins, you are only seeing the very tip of an ever expanding iceberg.” As CEO of the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM), he has founded a think tank to keep pace...
Jun 14, 2017 | development and new product development, Digitization, General@en, Industry 4.0, lcm in business | business models, research