Two professors, two lecturers, one university teacher, three doctoral students and one laboratory manager work permanently at the laboratory. Varying number of researchers and exchange students also work at the laboratory.

More information on the education and research activities at the laboratory of mechatronics and machine diagnostics is available at the following sites:

• Research activities of mechatronics

• Virtual modelling
• Damping in vehicles (semiactive damping systems)
• Intelligent materials and structures
• Mechatronical applications in medical technology
• Applications of machine automation

• Research Activities of Machine Diagnostics and Maintenance Technology

The purpose of maintenance is not just to maintain the machines in excellent condition, but also to improve the reliability and quality making ability of the machines. On the other hand, modernisation of the machines increases their work capacity, which is often more advantageous than to build extra capacity both from a financial and an ecological viewpoint. All these actions require traditional diagnosing of machine condition. Modernisation and maintenance actions form a major part of the turnover of various large machine shops in the future. 

Certain research activities

• Diagnosing condition of slowly rotating machines.
• Using fuzzy logic, neural networks and linguistic equations in automated machine diagnostics.
• Remote diagnostics and wireless transfer of vibration signals.
• Oil analysis and tribology.
• Using real and complex order time derivatives in signal processing and active damping.