Prototype Engineering Lab - Plug & Play Solutions

With the Prototype Engineering Lab, we ensure that excellent research results are transfered even faster into market-oriented products, processes and services. We thereby offer companies easier access to cutting-edge research results: in the form of real-world functional models and prototypes.

Consequently, we take the important step beyond the research module to operational devices. These easy-to-handle systems enable our partners to test FBH's R&D results in their applications in a straightforward way.

Atmospheric plasma source for surface treatment at the tip of which a plasma beam can be seen
Atmospheric plasma source for surface treatment
Turnkey light source for SERDS measurements
Turnkey light source for SERDS measurements
Raman measurement system which emits red laser light irradiating a sample
SERDS measurement system based on the dual-wavelength diode laser
Portable Raman measurement system in an open rugged case with an integrated display, fiber-optic cables, and a handheld probe held by a gloved hand above a small vial of liquid.
Spectrometer-less Raman measurement system for examining liquids with integrated dual-wavelength diode laser
Black direct diode laser system with a rectangular housing, bolted metal enclosure, and tapered laser output head for aluminum material processing.
SAMBA direct diode laser system with kilowatt-class output power for aluminum material processing
UV irradiation system for skin disinfection with a silver housing, a large red, padded ring-shaped opening on the front, and an array of UV LEDs mounted on a metal stand with a side-mounted adjustment lever for swiveling the system.
UV LED irradiation system for skin disinfection

Examples of demonstrators from the Prototype Engineering Lab

Services for cooperation partners & companies

  • development of demonstrators for specific application fields:
    • integration of research modules and components in portable stand-alone devices
    • miniaturization of laboratory set-up into easy-to-use models
    • practical prototypes integrating power supply, sensors, control unit, and laboratory electronics
  • support during product development, in particular small- and medium-sized companies

Offers provided by the Prototype Engineering Lab 

  • mechanical design, electronic engineering, software
  • initial operation and optimization in electronic laboratory
  • extensive functional testing in in-house laboratories and workshops

Systematic device engineering complements FBH's scientific activities. With the Prototype Engineering Lab, we are expanding our expertise with regard to user-friendly prototypes suitable for industrial use. In this way, we accelerate development processes and strengthen corporate relationships in the long term. In particular, we support cooperation with small and medium-sized enterprises.

The setup of the Prototype Engineering Lab was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the projects "Veriplan", "InnoMatch" and "InnoLeit".

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