Système d'assistance médicale (page en anglais)
Le manus® d'or 2015 a récompensé un système qui assiste les chirurgiens lors de l'implantation mini-invasive de la cochlée, destinée à traiter la surdité ainsi que les problèmes d'oreille interne.
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Participant of the manus® contest
467 entrants from 34 countriesThis year’s manus® is the third manus® award to be announced worldwide. 467 entrants from 34 countries participated in it with their applications. They have competed for the gold, the silver and the bronze manus®.
Machine à lisser (page en anglais)
Le manus d'argent 2015 a récompensé une machine qui facilite la pose d'enduit, mettant fin aux sollicitations physiques multiples (dos, genoux, peaux)
Imprimante 3D (page en anglais)
Le manus de bronze 2015 a été attribué à une imprimante 3D laser qui imprime des pièces métalliques en titane, aluminium, acier et même en or.
Test system
This test system is used in bottling plants and checks whether only bottles of the same size are on the conveyor belt.
Production machine
With this production machine, small plastic spray bottles must be guided from a rotary table through a small opening onto the conveyor belt.
Movable touchscreen
This movable touchscreen system has been developed for quality checks in the company’s factories.
Handrails
The height of these handrails can be adjusted according to individual requirements.
3D Printing machine
This idea could significantly reduce the purchasing price of 3D printers for private use.
Kiteboard
This kiteboard has to be able to cope with heavy impact as well as with humidity and soiling.
Wooden reel
This wooden reel for winding steel wire is particularly durable and increases safety in warehouses.
Bicycle frame
This bicycle frame was developed as a bachelor thesis at Aachen University.
Maintenance robot
This robot can be used for the maintenance and repair of medium- and high-voltage overhead lines.
Food processor
This device is a food processor, cooking pot and pressure cooker in one.
Front grille
This front grille is fitted underneath the radiator grille and can be moved during travel.
Handling and contacting module
This handling and contacting module is used for the automatic electrical measurement of individual boards in the temperature testing cabinet.
Lift system
This lift system can lift weights of up to 100 kilograms and needs to be able to adjusted gradually and accurately.
Banknote checking device
This device checks the authenticity of banknotes and is used in ticket machines for example.
Harvesting robot
This robot has been designed for the automatic picking and packing of tomatoes.
Measuring equipment
This measuring device is used in geotechnical laboratories and performs mechanical tests at rock samples.
Wire-cutting machine
This wire-cutting machine cuts pipes for the oil and gas industry.
3D Printing machine
This 3D printer was constructed with almost no ready-made components.
Wave and tidal power plant
These wave and tidal power plants produce energy from sea wave movements.
Ski touring binding
This ski touring binding provides optimum walking comfort and stability combined with maximum release safety.
3D Printing machine
With this 3D printer, the working area is moved using a lifting mechanism.
Undercarriage
This under-carriage is used in agricultural machinery as an alternative to air-filled tyres.
Machine d'impression 3D
Cet imprimante 3D est économique et très facile à installer
High heel cushioning
This invention allows women to walk much more relaxed in high heels.
Automatic packing station
This automatic packing station packs labels in boxes.
Packaging machines
This carton transport system within a packing machine can easily be adjusted to the required carton size.
Test robot
This robot is called “Porton Man” and tests protective clothing for the British military.
Cocktail mixing machine
This machine can be controlled by tablet, smartphone or PC and automatically mixes cocktails.
Mounting station
On this assembly station, the workpieces are continually rotated in a circle.
Newton‘s cradle
This Newton‘s cradle is set up in parks and has been designed to teach young people about the laws of physics.
Awning
This awning spans the whole inner courtyard of a hotel and offers protection from sun, rain and wind.
Muck-spreading cart
This muck-spreading cart is used in agricultural applications.
Industrial machine
This machine drills holes in plastic plates and deburrs the edges.
Maintenance frame
This frame is used for maintenance work on aircraft and can be pushed over the wings.
Training system
This training system supports people with neurological defects or spinal cord injuries during rehabilitation measures.
Cleaning robots
This robot cleans aquariums fully automatically and removes algae and soiling from the inside of the glass walls.
3D Printing machine
This 3D printer enables the fast creation of polymer prototypes.
Delta robot
This delta robot can carry out pick-and-place applications reliably and fast.
Cooling and outgassing paternoster
This cooling and outgassing paternoster is used in an extrusion line for hot water insulation hoses.
Filling system
This filling line is used to fill meatloaf mixture into baking dishes.
Training machine
This machine is used in football training for both field players and goalkeepers.
Toothed belt conveyor
This toothed belt conveyor is used by a window manufacturer.
Industrial machine
This industrial machine is used for manufacturing matches and is thus permanently exposed to humidity and chemicals.
Ball joint
This ball joint can be applied in the robotics for applications with low or moderate load.
Industrial machine
This machine automatically sorts eggs into four weight categories.
Mobile robot
This mobile robot is used during rescue operations following serious catastrophes such as earthquakes and bomb or gas explosions.
Magnetic table football
This table football game guarantees plenty of exciting matches with friends.
Stretching machine
This stretching machine allows 50 percent of raw material to be saved with film/foil products.
Office swivel chair
This office swivel chair encourages you to move while you are working.
Stacking system
This stacking system guides and stores trays of different sizes depending on requirements.
Cutting and folding machine
This machine cuts, folds web, and print etiquettes.
Filling system
Simple O-rings have been used until today in the filling valve of this filing system.
Production machine
This machine picks up industrially baked bread from the baking tins.
Production machine
This production machine is used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Sowing machine
This machine brings seeds for corn, soya or sunflowers to the field to be tilled.
Vehicle
The drive power of this Segway similar vehicle is directly transmitted to the wheels.
Screening device
This screening device is used for examination of the female breast.
Distribution switch
Until today, conventional metal bearings were used in the spring-operated mechanism of this distribution switch.
Water tank
In this water tank, plastic parts are cooled after its production in an injection moulding process.
Motor robot
This motor robot allows providing audio- and video information also under conditions that are hazardous to health and dangerous to life.
Packaging machines
This machine packs lettuce, cabbage and broccoli automatically into a foil.
Production machine
In this machine, cables are automatically included via linear conveyor into the production process.
Traffic cone positioner
This machine automatically positions traffic cones on the road and increases the safety of road workers with it.
Traffic cone ramp
Traffic cones can be dropped on the road with this ramp without the street workers having to lean out of the vehicle.
Precision cutting machine
This precision cutting machine is used for steel machining.
Fair booth
This fair booth brings the fascination of mechanical construction closer to children and young people.
Wellness module
This wellness module consists of a sliding seat, three water basins and is used in the fish therapy.
Electro vehicle
This single seated electro vehicle is designed for environmentally friendly mobility on short distances.
Rotary table
With the help of this rotating table, 360° videos of objects can be created.
Welding tool
This welding device disposes of several rotational positioned welding torches.
Water pump
This pump permanently pumps water into a storage container that is used to delete forest and wild fire.
Robots
This robot is used for inspecting aircraft and carries out thermographic crack tests on the body shell.
Scissor-type working platforms
These ten scissor-type working platforms are used in a sawmill.
Ski seat for the disabled
Disabled people can be taken down ski slopes on this seat.
Lifting chair
This chair can be used to sit older or weaker persons up again after a fall without a great deal of strength being necessary.
Packaging equipment
In this packing system, a robot places picks up dishwasher tabs from a tray and places them in the end packaging.
3D Printing machine
This 3D printer is only 10 centimetres high but can print objects with the highest quality.
Presentation system
This presentation system makes jewellery come alive and is a real eye-catcher.
Sunshade system
This sunshade system is made up of lots of slats and is used both on private and public buildings, which are equipped with an architecturally sophisticated double facade, which saves energy on top.
Test system
This test system is used in a bottling plant to check the bottles filled there.
Robots
This robot has a total of six independently controlled toothed belt axes, which are arranged in pairs at 120 degrees to one another.
Bottling machine
This machine is used for filling vegetable preserves such as sour cabbage or carrots.
Measuring system
This system can be used to determine the optimum position for a bike rider.
The system operates very silent now.
This equipment can be used to determine mutations in human genetic material before they lead to clinical symptoms.
Music instrument
This music instrument is a combination of didgeridoo and trombone.
Injection moulding machine
This machine produces plastic parts using the injection moulding method.
Production machine
PCBs for computers are automatically soldered in this machine.
Visualisation system
This visualisation system is just perfect for museum exhibitions.
Individual bearing
This bearing is an absolute one-off, because it has been printed with the aid of a 3D printer.
Racing car
This racing car is used regularly in competitions between European university teams.
Sliding seat
This sliding seat makes it easier for ski jumpers to get to their starting position.
Filling system
This line is used for filling medication into bottles and fitting a screw cap to these.
Walking trainer
This walking trainer is used for rehab work with children who have cerebral movement disabilities.
Packaging machines
In this packing machine, the boxes are discharged at the end of the process via the ejector unit by means of a pivoting movement.
Dynamometer
This dynamometer is used for tensile and compression tests on springs, for example.
Solar aircraft
In this solar airplane, metal parts are installed only if there is no other possibility.
Chariot élévateur
Ce chariot élévateur est quotidiennement sujet aux chocs et aux vibrations.
Gluing gun
This gluing gun is used in the production process of the British newspaper “The Independent”.
Industrial machine
This conveyor belt in this production machine operates absolutely reliable and silent.
Stage design
In this production in the Music Theatre Poznan, a laboratory table on stage needed to be extended in the middle of the scene.
Document shredder
This document shredder makes small paper chips out of documents.
Laboratory dissolver
This dissolver with automatic oscillation is used in the paint, chemistry and plastic industry to test existing recipes or to develop new ones.
Veneer dryer
This veneer dryer is used in the wood processing industry to dry and smooth veneers.
Test device
Testing the effectiveness of fertilizers or pesticides can be performed with this device.
Analysis device
This device analyses and evaluates the biomechanical features of the human hamstrings.
Mobile drilling machine
This drilling machine is mounted on a trailer and is used to drill holes into concrete or asphalt.
Undercarriage
At this chassis for racing cars, the usual shackles as spring or axis guide for the leaf spring suspension have been waived.
Working platform
These foldable working platforms are mainly used in agricultural trailers.
Cigarette machine
With this cigarette machine, hand-made cigarettes can be made in no time at all.
Piston pump
This piston pump is predominantly used in the oil, gas, petrochemical industry or the area of shipbuilding.
Off-road vehicle
This off-road vehicle is permanently on the way in a dirty and humid environment.
Bicycle without steering wheel
This bicycle has no steering wheel and still can be steered precisely.
Cleaning robots
This robot is used for automatic cleaning of building facades with smooth surface such as marble, granite or glass.
Telemetry and navigation device
This telemetric and navigation device is used in remote-controlled deep-sea vehicles.
Hospital bed
The trailer of this hospital bed can be turned about 90° to the left or to the right.
Production machine
In this machine, parts are taken via handling system from a compactor and delivered for further processing.
Production machine
In this machine, parts are taken via handling system from a compactor and delivered for further processing.
Test set-up
In this experimental setup, the free fall of objects is simulated with and without magnetic brake.
Knee joint prosthesis
This knee joint prosthesis works permanently friction-free even in humid or dirty environments in comparison to other prostheses on the market.
Inverter welding set
The welding head of this welding set can be height-adjusted.
Abseiling and rescue equipment
This automatic abseiling and rescue equipment is mainly used for work on wind turbines.
Heating thermostat
This heating thermostat can be moved easily long-term and no longer requires lubrication.
Photovoltaic system
This photovoltaic system is tracked for optimum solar energy yield.
Ventilation system
This ventilation system guarantees a healthy indoor climate at all times.
Delta robot
Such delta robots are used for pick-and-place operations in industrial manufacturing applications.
Test system
This system checks pipelines in petrochemical systems for breaks and cracks.
Engraving machine
This machine engraves codes on the surface of high-pressure steel tanks.
Quadrocopter
This quadrocopter with swivelling arms is particularly lightweight. Wherever possible, the developers used light plastic parts.
Automatic pipetting machine
This automatic machine is used in the pharmaceutical, biological, chemical and medical industries rather than laborious pipetting by hand.
Medical sports equipment
This device is used for physiotherapy treatment for back problems.
Medical robot
This robot uses focussed ultrasonic waves for the non-invasive treatment of children suffering from a stroke or epilepsy.
Model boats
In the past, the crankshafts of these model boats often scratched and became corroded.
Pedal pump
This pump is used to pump water from small tube wells in developing countries.
Locking system
This electromagnetic locking system allows opening doors by telephone.
Illumination
This illumination is installed at a workbench and can be folded if required.
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