FUTURED. ZAL Magazin 2025

DLR INSTITUTE OF MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL
THE GO-TO PLACE
FOR MRO RESEARCH
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Rebecca Rodeck, Head of the Maintenance and Repair Technologies department, Andreas Wilken, Laboratory Manager on the left, and Philipp Czogalla,
Communications Manager, meet up in the new Project Lab.
PHILIPP We’re standing in the middle of the
new Project Lab and I can’t help but notice
you both look pretty happy.
REBECCA It was a lot of work, but I’m very happy
that we had the chance to build up this great
lab infrastructure that will support us in our research.
ANDREAS There’s certainly a sense of achievement
to have accomplished something big, and
of course I’m looking forward to future research.
The Project Lab appears to play a central
role among the new facilities. Can you
break down the structure for us?
ANDREAS Indeed, the Project Lab functions as
the center of our experimental research. It provides
test cells for a variety of projects. The other
laboratories are more specific. The Vision Lab
is aimed toward integrating people into digitalized
processes. The Measurement Lab provides
a quiet environment for complex examinations.
In addition, we have a Workshop that
supports our mock-ups while our hall area gives
us plenty of space for the new MRO Living Lab.
All in all, our institute now has five laboratory areas,
which together constitute the Application
Center MRO.
CONTACT
Dr. Rebecca Rodeck
rebecca.rodeck@dlr.de
Can you briefly explain the idea behind this
research facility?
REBECCA The Application Center MRO is a facility
for the practical research of MRO technologies
and processes. Our main research areas in