Technical laboratories of the FHV
Learn in laboratories with top-of-the-line equipment.
The technical laboratories at the FHV are equipped to the highest standards and are open to students and, in some cases, to engineers from industry.
All the computer programs you need as part of your studies are also available to you in the form of campus licenses or open source software for your private computers.
Automation Lab
The automation laboratory (aLab) is a learning and research laboratory at the FH Vorarlberg. It is used for the development of prototypes in the fields of robotics, image processing and control engineering.
Focal points
- Robotics
- Image processing
- Control and feedback control
Task areas
- Industrial robotics
- Industrial image processing
- Memory programmable controllers
- Control engineering
- Pneumatics
Equipment of the Automation Lab
- Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Universal Robots UR5
- 6-axis vertical articulated arm robot ABB IRB 4600
- 6-axis vertical articulated arm robot ABB IRB 120
- SCARA robot Epson G6
- Simulation software ABB RobotStudio
- Simulation software Matlab Robotics Toolbox
- Learning robot Trossen Robotics WidowX 200
- Autonomous Mobile Robot MiR 100
- Learning robot Turtlebot Waffle
Laser Tracker API Radian
- Smart Camera Omron MicroHAWK F430
- Area Camera Basler ac2440-g20
- Kaiser eVision reflected light transmitted light stand combination with high frequency illumination
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- Halogen cold light source, line light with fiber optic light guide
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- LED dark field illumination CCS LDR-206LA-1-BL
- Halcon (MVTec)
- Matlab Image Processing Toolbox (Mathworks)
- NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (National Instruments)
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Design Lab (CAD/CAE/CFD)
The Design Lab is available to all engineering degree programmes for learning and research purposes. In the Design Lab, you will be taught design methods. Sophisticated 3D CAD and CAE technologies help to significantly improve the development process.
Focus
- 3D CAD with NX
- CFD Computational Fluent Dynamics with Ansys Fluent
Task Areas
- 3D modeling
- 2D drawing derivation
- Assembly creation
- Sheet metal bending parts
- Motion simulation
- Mechatronics concept designer
- Flow simulations
- etc
Equipment of the Design Lab
A total of 30 CAD workstations are available.
- Siemens PLM NX (Unigraphics and I-DEAS)
- Numerical Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Ansys Flowizard
- Ansys Fluent
- Ansys Tgrid
- Ansys Gambit
- Altair Optistruct
- Altair Hyper Mesh
Electronic Lab
The modernly equipped Electronic Lab (eLab) is used for learning and research purposes for all degree programmes with technical components. Longer-term projects can also be worked on in the attached electronics workshop and prototypes can be built in the production line. Projects from the fields of electrical engineering, measurement technology, signal processing, control engineering and power electronics can be worked on.
Focus
- Electrical engineering fundamentals
- Electronics (analog and digital technology)
- Industrial electronics/power electronics
- Measurement technology
- Signal processing
- Control engineering
- Prototype design (design, simulation, construction, test) of modern electronics - circuits
Task areas
- Training in the entire field of electronics
- Conducting industrial and student project work
- Circuit design and simulation analog, digital, mixed - signal
- Design and fabrication of printed circuit boards (prototypes)
- Automatic assembly and test of circuits
- Microprocessors and microcontrollers
- Embedded Systems
- Measurement technology
- Sensor technology
- Power electronics
- Power Engineering
- Control engineering
- Control engineering
- Drive technology
Electronic Lab equipment
- 4-channel oscilloscope, 1GHz with the following options
- Digital analysis 16bit
- Serial bus analysis (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART)
- Power analysis
- I/Q signal analysis
- Logic analyzer, 200MHz
- Mobile spectrum analyzer 3GHz
- AC power supply 1kW
- DC power supply 1.5kW
- DC load 1kW
- Installation/protective measure tester
- High voltage tester
- Sound level meter (also for mech. vibrations)
- Luxmeter
- Gaussmeter
- Tachometer
- Stroboscope
- Multi-channel vibration measuring station (24bit)
- Universal measurement amplifier (HBM)
- Power meter 4 channel
- Heat imaging camera up to 1200°C
- HF signal amplifier for I/Q modulation up to 6GHz
- 2 channel vector signal analyzer up to 6GHz
- Spectrum analyzer up to 6GHz
- High impedance meter
- Femtoamperemeter
- Milli Ohmmeter
- National Instruments: Electronic Workbench (circuit design / simulation / layout)
- div. special compilers (PLC, microcontroller, ...)
- Matlab & Simulink (control engineering)
- Microchip MPLab Studio
- Diptrace circuit designer
- Camera-assisted circuit board plotter for the production of printed circuit boards and front panels
- Semi-automatic, camera-assisted placement aid for SMD - components
- Automatic placement machine for SMD components up to 0402
- Reflow continuous soldering oven with pin chain
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Mechanical Lab
The work in the Mechanical Lab (mLab) covers the areas of measurement and production technology as well as materials testing. One focus is the machining of complicated turned and milled parts. A serial and a parallel kinematic CNC milling center as well as a turning and milling center with driven tools are available for 5-axis machining. Programming the machines using CAM is just as much a part of the lab's work as reverse engineering using 3D digitizing.
Focal points
- Digitizing and reverse engineering
- 3D coordinate measurements
- Material inspection
- CAD/CAM and NC simulation
- Machine diagnostics
Task Areas
- 3- and 5-axis simultaneous machining milling
- Machining of complex turned parts
- Tool management and tool presetting
- Vibration studies on machine tools
- Measuring CNC axes on machine tools
- Measuring workpieces
- Determining form and position deviations
- Digitizing surfaces
- Material analysis
- Hardness testing
- Tensile, compression and flexure testing
Equipment of the Mecanical Lab
In teaching and for the execution or processing of projects, internal as well as external orders, we rely on the following infrastructure:
- Tensile Compression Testing Machines: Zwick/Roell Z250
- Microhardness testing machine: Qness Q10M
- CCD spectrometer for metal analysis: SPECTRO SPECTROMAXx
- Measuring microscope: OLYMPUS STM-UM
- Stereo microscope: WILD M3Z
- Photomacroscope: WILD M400
- Surface measuring instrument: Mahr MarSurf M 300 C + RD 18 C
- Surface measuring instrument: Mitutoyo SURFTEST SJ-410
- measuring 3D coordinate measuring machine: ZEISS CONTURA HTG 7/10/6 RDS
- optical 3D digitizer: GOM ATOS II Triple Scan
- Shape and position measuring machine: Mitutoyo Roundtest RA-2100DH
- Contour measuring device: Mitutoyo Contracer CV-3200H4
- 2D height measuring device: Mitutoyo Linear Height LH-600E
- Surface measuring device: Mahr MarSurf M 300 C + RD 18 C
- Surface roughness tester: Mitutoyo SJ-410 (reference plane probing system)
- Multisensor coordinate measuring machine: Werth ScopeCheck 300/S/Z/
- Profile projector: TESASCOPE 300V
- Measuring microscope: OLYMPUS STM-UM
- Laser interferometer Renishaw XL80
- Optical 3D digitizer: GOM ATOS II Triple Scan
- Geomagic Design X
- CIMCO Edit
- hyperMILL
- OKUMA Advanced One-Touch Turning
- hyperMILL
- 5-axis milling center: HERMLE C 40 U
- 2-axis flatbed laser: Speedy 300 by trotec
- 5-axis laser processing system: microSTRUCTvario from 3DMICROMAC
- Cycle lathe: KERN CD 402M
- Turning machining center: OKUMA MULTUS B200-W 750
- Tool presetter: ZOLLER smile 400
- Mobile oxyacetylene welding system
- MIG/MAG welder: Fronius TPS 500i PULSE
- TIG welder: Fronius MagicWace 3000 Comfort
- Mobile electric handheld power source: Fronius TransPocket 2500
- Plasma cutter: Hypertherm Powermax85
- Shear: HESSE MTS 1100x4
- Swivel bending machine: SCHRÖDER ASK II 1000
- Profile bending machine: GRESSEL HB 14
- Grinding stand: WASU BS 65
- Pillar drilling machine: STRANDS S28
- Table top drilling machine:ALZMETALL AX 2-T/S
- Table top drilling machine: MAXION ECOMAX 14
- Bandsaw: KASTOcutE 2
- Circular saw: METORA MKS 100 P
- Lathe: WEILER Praktikant VCPlus WTS
- Lathe: WEILER Condor VS 1
- Milling machine: FPS DECKEL FP4M
- Milling machine: DECKEL FP2
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Energy Lab
The Energy Lab is a learning laboratory used as part of courses and projects in the Energy Technology and Energy Economics master's degree programme. Among other things, it contains the following experiments:
- Fuel cell,
- calorimetry,
- refrigerating machine,
- Photovoltaics,
- Turbine test bench
An additional workshop room and computer lab provides study space and equipment for your energy projects.
