The BioStruct project which the Abele Ingenieure are part of, aims to achieve several outcomes, such as increased productivity, ensuring consistently high quality in high-precision manufacturing, promoting strategic independence for the EU manufacturing industry, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. By concentrating on boat building and wind energy, the project directly targets 25 % of the market, and potential applications in sports equipment and automotive are anticipated to boost the share to 45%. With the projected growth of the bio-composites market, the consortium envisions a market potential of around € 100 million by 2030, leading to a significant reduction in greenhouse gases, estimated at 2.5 to 4.3 million tons of CO₂ per year.

The BioStruct project brings together 10 European partners. To tackle the existing challenges linked to the utilization of biocomposites in structural components and expand the range of applications for bio-composites, the project has established precise objectives:

• Developing an accurate draping process to control fiber orientation
• Creating material models to capture natural variability
• Integrating nano-structured bio-based sensors for load monitoring

BioStruct has a global budget of over 8 million euros. The consortium’s partners are based in seven countries (Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain).

More details on the project website: www.biostruct-project.eu

Co-funded by the European Union (Grant Agreement No 101136335)

Abele Ingenieure GmbH is celebrating its 50th anniversary and has come up with something very special for its employees. We have invited the entire staff on a trip.

First we are off to Europa-Park in Rust and from there on to Strasbourg. With wild rides, culture and culinary delights, we will refuel lots of energy for our customers and all new projects!

From 10-12 May 2023, our office will therefore not be occupied.

We are partner of DrapeBot - A European Project developing collaborative draping of carbon fiber parts.

Draping is a process used for about 30% of all carbon fibre composite parts to place layers of carbon fiber fabric in a mould. During this process the flat fabric distorts to fit to the shape of the mould. Ensuring the accuracy of draping in terms of position and fiber orientation while avoiding wrinkles is a challenging task. The DrapeBot project aims at human-robot collaborative draping. The robot is supposed to assist during the transport of the large material patches and to drape in areas of low curvature. The role of the human is to drape regions of high curvature. To enable an efficient collaboration, DrapeBot develops a gripper system with integrated instrumentation, low-level control structures, and AI-driven human perception and task planning models. All of these developments aim at a smooth and efficient interaction between the human and the robot. Specific emphasis is put on trust and usability, due to the complexity of the task and the sizes of involved robots. The DrapeBot project runs over a period of four years from January 2021 to December 2024.

For further information follow the link: www.drapebot.eu

This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 101006732).

For over 45 years, Abele Ingenieure has been active in the field of mechanical and plant engineering. Our main focus is on project planning, mechanical design and complete implementation of highly complex plant and mechanical engineering projects. 

"In Scape Technologies we found a partner with whom we can strategically expand our product and service portfolio in a meaningful way", says David Abele, Managing Director of Abele Ingenieure GmbH. Only with a reliable partner we can meet the increasing demands of the rapidly growing process automation market. 

Scape Technologies A/S, known as Scape - The Bin-Picking Company - is a Danish developer of automation solutions and software developer, as well as the most experienced manufacturer in the challenging field of bin-picking. Picking bulk material and randomly lying parts out of a box with a robot is Scape's core competence, which makes it the global leader in this area.

 "We are looking forward to a successful cooperation that will enable us to further expand our market position", emphasizes David Abele.