️ At first glance, perhaps not much.
At second glance: quite a lot.
On Tuesday, we attended NEXT LEVEL MEDIA at KRAFTVERKEHR – Event and Congress Culture Chemnitz. A special moment: As part of the event, an autonomous shuttle drove in public traffic in Chemnitz for the first time.
Behind this is the collaboration of several partners: staff-eye GmbH, FDTech GmbH, CADA – Chemnitz Automated Driving Alliance and PIX Moving combine vehicle platform, software, system integration and application scenarios for autonomous driving.
A strong sign of how much expertise in autonomous mobility already exists in Chemnitz and Saxony.
Because modern mobility is not only about software, sensors and new drive concepts. It also requires precisely manufactured components: batteries, electric motors, hydrogen systems, sensors, housings, contact connections and safety-relevant assemblies.
Many of these components involve demanding welding and cutting tasks:
reliable aluminium weld seams on battery housings
stators for electric drives
bipolar plates made from ultra-thin materials with long, fine and hydrogen-tight weld seams
mesh and expanded metal grids for electrolysers
sensitive sensors with fine technology that may only be exposed to minimal heat input during joining
components for braking and safety systems
Whether laser welding, laser cutting, laser hardening, laser cladding or the construction of customised laser systems: At LASERVORM GmbH, we have already worked on many applications that are important for modern mobility and hydrogen technology — or developed the right laser machines for them.
The mobility of tomorrow is therefore not only created on the road.
It is also created in manufacturing.