Second Progress Report

"ERMA" - Energy and resource efficient mobile working machines.

In January 2011 the foundation “Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation” approved the proposal of the research group for Product Development at the Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology of the Technical University Kaiserslautern for realisation of the proposal "ERMA - Energy and resource efficient mobile working machines". The joint project of the four research institutes starts at the 1st of February 2011 and has running time of three years.

2012 was a successful year for ERMA. Filled with optimistic expectations we are looking forward to the unfolding of what was initiated and brought on the go.

The objective of the Joint Project ERMA is the development of energy efficient concepts and technologies for mobile working machines. Focus is set to the areas of power-train, energy management, friction and Life Cycle Management. If one considers the whole product life cycle, one comes to the estimate that up to 80% of the environmental impact of a product is defined during the design and engendering phase. Analogically to the ecological aspect the product's economical success is also defined in this life cycle phase, where up to 80% of the future costs are being set. A partial aspect is involved with the derivation and development of process oriented methods for life-cycle-wide assessment and evaluation of energy and resource demands. The results of the project address multiple action fields of the the sustainability strategy of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Internal Workspace

Teamplace ERMA
in the Research Network of RPTU. [Link]


Teamplace ERMA
in Cooperation with the Associated Project Partner Volvo. [Link]

Contact

University of Kaiserslautern
Joint Project"ERMA"
c/o  Chair of Design Engineering (KIMA)

P.O. Box 3049
D-67653 Kaiserslautern

Gottlieb-Daimler Straße
67663 Kaiserslautern

Email: erma[at]mv.uni-kl.de
www: http://www.uni-kl.de/erma