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Author: Konrad Wegener ,
Markus Bambach
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN: 9783032011930
ISBN 10: 3032011930
Pages: 631
Publication Date: 10 March 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Konrad Wegener is since 1st of August 2023 Senior Advisor of the Swiss technology transfer center inspire AG. From October 2003 til July 2023 he was full professor and head of the IWF (Institut of machine tools and manufacturing) at ETH Zurich and headed different sections of inspire AG. Fields of research are today optimization of machine tools, cyberphysical production systems, cutting technology, additive manufacturing, laser material processing and electro discharge machining. He is fellow of the CIRP. After his studies in mechanical engineering and PHD in Braunschweig 1990 he began his industrial carreer at Schuler Presses GmbH & Co. KG in Göppingen as head of design and layout planning departments. In 1999 he became general manager of a newly acquired company for laser systems. Under his leadership large welding machines for shipbuilding and construction of aeroplanes, welding and cutting machines for the automotive industry and cutters for fabric have been developed and built. Markus Bambach is since 1 February 2020 Full Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at ETH Zurich and heads the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory. In August 2023, he took over the lead of the Institute of Machine Tools and Manufacturing (IWF) from Prof. Konrad Wegener in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). Since 2024 he additionally serves ETH Zurich as Vice Rector for Study Programmes. Prof. Bambach earned a Dipl.-Ing. in Materials Science from Saarland University (2002), a Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering (2008) and a Habilitation (2014) from RWTH Aachen. After having served as senior engineer at the Institute of Metal Forming, RWTH Aachen, he has been appointed Full Professor for Mechanical Design and Manufacturing at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg (BTU) in 2015. Fields of research today include additive and hybrid manufacturing, metal forming, sintering, the development of power materials, cyber-physical production systems and AI-driven optimisation of machines and manufacturing processes. He is an Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and active in various networks on smart and sustainable manufacturing.
