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As part of a bachelor’s thesis at the Vienna University of Technology, a “coffee machine 2.0” was constructed that prepares ready-to-drink coffee from green beans. The task and goal was to visualise as many technical processes as possible.
The roasting part of the two-part system contains a fluidised bed reactor for roasting the green coffee beans, a cyclone for separating the silver skins, and a heat exchanger…

Budding mechatronics engineers at the HTL Rennweg in Vienna have designed a new type of table fan with 360° thrust vector control, the Cyclovent. norelem supported the team of three in building the fan, which has a functional principle…

At the “Gewerbliche und Hauswirtschaftliche Schule” in Horb am Neckar, technicians have implemented a cleaning system for chips. The purpose of the system is to clean milled raw parts from chips and cooling lubricant in a controlled manner. norelem…

The Munich Technical School is currently developing a pick-and-place robot that can transport small steel balls quickly and precisely. The aim of developing, designing, programming and manufacturing this robot is to gain a deeper understanding in the field…

It looks like a lowered motorbike with three wheels: the trike. A special form of trike, the drift trike, has now been constructed as part of a project at the Munich Technical School. Originally, drift trikes were developed to drift downhill through bends on a…

Five mechanical engineering students from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University were faced with the task of designing and building a catapult with which an ordinary glass marble can be launched with pinpoint accuracy. The prototype…

Many budding engineers have already had the experience: norelem is committed to promoting young talent and has already supported several mechanical engineering projects with both know-how and components. But not only university…

norelem fixes, assembles and moves. The norelem ACADEMY also promotes, in particular, school and student projects such as the FiberFusion project, in which students at ETH Zurich are developing an…

Yesterday still science fiction, today already (almost) reality: Hyperloop, the “floating” high-speed transport system. The university group “mu-zero Hyperloop”, founded in 2020 at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is also working on this revolutionary…

The wellbeing of animals, saving of resources and environmental care are the main concerns of the agriculture industry. In order to support family agricultural businesses in the market, we are promoting the “Egg sorting machine” project…

norelem supports the HTL Rennweg in Austria with the implementation of a very exciting project for the safe manoeuvring of single-engine aircraft by individuals. Thanks to “Towy”, as the students call the developed aircraft shunting trolley, a single user…

Orthopaedics refers to a field of medicine that deals with the treatment of congenital malformations, the prevention and therapy of chronic diseases and injuries to the musculoskeletal system. Not only…

The student competition Robocop Rescue League tests various crisis situations using an autonomous or remote-controlled rescue robot. The aim of the Rescue League is to set new milestones in the field of disaster rescue and to ensure that projects from…

It all started with a steering wheel, a 4-speed gearstick, a brake and accelerator pedal, the action from a bird’s eye view and the colour mode in black and white – the key data of the first arcade racing game from 1974. In the course of time, a true trend…

As the interest of robotics (and also robot technology) continues to grow in industry, we continue to serve this exciting subject area through the use of our standard and operating parts. Robotics deals with the attempt to reduce the…

In co-operation with students from the Munich Technical School, we supported the implementation of an idea for the design and construction of a laser engraving machine for engraving wood and other organic materials with our standard and operating…

New innovations and future technologies, the fastest tunnel boring machine in the world: this is the goal that a team from the Technical University of Munich wants to get closer to, by using our versatile standard and operating parts. Technische…

This funding project does not take one’s breath away, but rather is intended to ensure that the air supply for firefighters in action is always guaranteed. Together with two students from the Munich Technical School, a construction was developed…

In addition to plant and mechanical engineering, we also serve exciting fields of work such as robotics, automation and industrial digitalisation with our standard components. For example, we support IWT Wirtschaft und Technik GmbH, a non-profit…

With the support of our standard components, the development of a milling device which makes it possible to mill a specified component with only one moving axis is the goal of a master project of a student of the Chamber of Crafts of Lower Bavaria…

The InVentus team at the University of Stuttgart is developing a vehicle that is powered solely by wind power and can thus drive directly and effectively against the wind. The innovation in InVentus is the newly developed hybrid drive concept. It consists…

At Eurobot, an international robotics competition, we supported Team TURAG e.V. of the TU Dresden with our standard parts and components. “Sail the World” is the motto of the Eurobot robotics competition, with the aim of developing an…

The norelem ACADEMY supports mechatronics students at the SEAS University of Applied Sciences in Madrid (Spain) in the planning and development of a new CNC router. A CNC router with numerical control is a very useful tool for cutting materials…

Health is a valuable commodity. That is why the norelem ACADEMY supports various colleges and projects in the field of sports. One such project was the “mobile football throwing device” in cooperation…

For the 8th time, we are looking for the most innovative project designs from tomorrow’s young engineers in the field of design and development. The design competition is organised by norelem ACADEMY together with CADENAS GmbH, the Bundesarbeitskreis Fachschule für Technik, MDESIGN Vertriebs GmbH, and the two new participating companies TENADO GmbH and ZUKEN E3 GmbH…

Last year, the norelem ACADEMY supported the sponsorship project “Cardan Shaft Test Setup” at the Munich Technical School with the aim to demonstrate how sensors can detect faults occurring in cardan shafts. The cardan shaft…

Last year, the norelem ACADEMY at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences supported the funded project “Design and development of a hexapod for force measurement using strain gauges in six…

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In the current year, the norelem ACADEMY has supported students of the Infinity Racing team from the University of Kempten. The aim was to develop a loading system for the transport of Formula Student vehicles. Every team in racing knows this problem…

norelem take part at the launch of the new racing car. In China norelem supports colleges and universities and their young engineers with know-how and quality products for the development and production of lightweight racing cars. From 2020, norelem has been…

The increasing consumption of goods is generating ever greater quantities of waste. Packaging waste generated by everyday consumer goods is especially a burden on the environment. Packaging materials such as cardboard boxes are mostly made from…

At the beginning of the year the norelem ACADEMY supported students at the HTL Rennweg (AT). The students of the educational institution HTL Rennweg worked here on an electronic wheelchair with eye-tracking software, which simplifies the handling…

Dear Formula Student Teams, Thank you very much for your registration for our VDI-Racing-Camp powered by norelem. In consideration and support of the decisions made around the globe regarding the Formula Student…

After a great WorldSkills Championship, the German national team was honoured with an invitation from the Chancellor. After having successfully participated in the WorldSkills Championship for 2019 in Kazan, this was a worthy finish for the team…

Of the numerous international entries, one really stood out this year: the project Ina’Lite. Four University Kware State Nigeria students – Okpamen Obasogie, Benedict Usifoh, Efenudu Hermans and Osasumwen Obasogie – developed an affordable…

Things are hotting up: the World Solar Challenge 2019 in Australia is just around the corner. Teams from all over the world compete to drive self-built solar-powered electric vehicles approximately 3,000 km from Darwin in northern Australia to Adelaide in…

For four days, from 22 to 27 August 2019, Germany’s best apprentices faced a strict international jury with demanding work tasks in their profession and fought against the best in the world. The German WorldSkills National Team returned from Russia with two gold and three bronze medals, as well as 19 medals of…

Two students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Max-Eyth-Schule vocational school in Stuttgart described the development and design of a winch in their engineering work. A winch? A device specially designed for wakeboarding to…

WorldSkills – a funding initiative for professional skills competitions. An opportunity for young trainees to compete in national and international competitions in their respective fields. The idea behind “learning in competition” is as ingenious as it is simple: it…

At the “4×4 in Schools” international technology competition, pupils develop, test and manufacture a remote-controlled miniature off-road vehicle. At the World Championship in Coventry (England), the vehicle must be successfully manoeuvred over an…

Team InVentus at the University of Stuttgart is developing a vehicle that can drive directly against the wind while being powered exclusively by wind energy. The highlight of the season took place at the end of August 2018: the Aeolus Race in Den…

The World Solar Challenge is considered the toughest race for solar vehicles in the world. The Solar Car team from the University of Bochum and the norelem ACADEMY have already enjoyed a long-standing partnership. norelem regularly supplies…

As part of his master thesis, student Tobias Hantke developed a test rig for a multi-mass oscillator that generates and maps frequencies that satisfy the system of differential equations. Within the scope of this task, the student developed and manufactured…

André Dülks and Franz Wieck develop innovative products for hoe technology. The start-up DULKS – Ecological agricultural technology was founded at the beginning of 2017 by André Dülks, agricultural scientist, and Franz Wieck, mechanical engineer…

Mr. Benker (2nd Executive Board) who or what is the Sailing Team Darmstadt? Our team at the Technical University of Darmstadt was established in 2009. The Sailing Team is an inter-disciplinary group consisting of roughly 40 students and alumni. The…