PRIM – KTH Open Lab for Prototyping, Industrialisation and Manufacturing
We envision a new open and flexible experimental environment focusing different aspects of prototyping, industrialisation and manufacturing. The environment should support (1) practical project based elements in education in basic and advanced levels within industrial engineering, (2) industrial collaboration within relevant centres, (3) competence development and life long learning, (4) staff education within experimental learning, and (5) outside-curricula activiteties for students
Towards an open arena
We want to create favorable conditions for experimental learning in Industrial Engineering, for both students and teachers. We envision a new model for educational infrastructure that is open, flexible, and integrated, extending beyond the interests of a single department. Current experimental infrastructure can be utilised more efficiently, allowing us to consolidate equipment currently dispersed in different locations, partly to reduce costs but also to create significantly greater benefits.
Existing labs that are possible to integrate into a joint arena includes:
•Manufacturing processes and systems with infrastructure on various manufacturing processes •KTH Lean lab with learning environments based on pedal car assembly including VR and AR. •CAD, CAM and PLM lab with digital environments
This environments is also to fit into a wider context of overall KTH maker space environments including advanced infrastructure for prototyping, product testing, software engineering and AI.
The overall ambition is to set the environment in place for KTH celebrating 200 years, in 2027.
