Laboratories
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics has the following laboratories and facilities:
- Central Machine Shop
- Application Laboratory for Microtechnical Components and Systems
- Laboratory for Automation Technology and Robotics
- Laboratory for Railway Systems Engineering
- CAD Laboratory
- CAD/CAM Laboratory
- Data Processing Laboratory
- Laboratory for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Laboratory for Production-related Measurement Techniques
- Laboratory for Materials-handling Technology, Material Flow, and Logistics
- GoetheLab for Additive Manufacturing
- Hydraulics Laboratory
- Industrie 4.0 Model Factory
- Laboratory for Adhesive Technologies
- Laboratory for Machine Design
- Metallographic Lab
- Physics Laboratory
- Laboratory for Coating Analysis
- Laboratory for Rail Vehicle Technology
- Welding Laboratory
- Control and Simulation Technology for rail vehicles Laboratory
- Flow Laboratory
- Laboratory for Applied Mechanics / Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Laboratory for Thermodynamics and Energy Technology
- Tribology Lab
- Laboratory for Materials Engineering
- Laboratory for Nondestructive Testing of Materials
The Central Machine Shop provides support in the production of components and equipment for teaching, student research projects and bachelor's and master's theses. Every year, the machine shop offers apprenticeships in the field of industrial mechanics for precision equipment.