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For more than 50 years the annual WZL Gear Conference in Aachen, Germany, has been fostering technical collaboration and communication among the members of the WZL Gear Research Circle . The two - day conference is devoted exclusively to the presentation of the latest research in gear design, manufacturing and testing . Additionally, the software resources of the WZL Gear Research Circle are available for examination, including solutions for gear design and manufacturing process development . Participants of the conference are encouraged to tour the WZL laboratory with its shop floor and test rigs . Within this environment associations are formed and the exchange of knowledge among the members of the technical community is promoted . With up to 300 participants from Europe and overseas, the WZL Gear Conference is one of the largest annual events dedicated to gear technology in Europe.

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Prof.Dr.-Ing.C.Brecher ist seit Januar 2004, in Nachfolge von Prof.Dr.-Ing.Dr.-Ing.E.h.M.Weck, Inhaber des Lehrstuhles für Werkzeugmaschinen, Direktor des Laboratoriums für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebslehre (WZL) der RWTH Aachen und Direktoriumsmitglied des Fraunhofer-Institutes für Produktionstechnologie (IPT) in Aachen, in welchem er die Abteilung Produktionsmaschinen leitet.

Prof.Dr.-Ing Fritz Klocke, geb. 10. Oktober 1950 in Vlotho. 1968 Facharbeiterprüfung als Werkzeugmacher. 1970 Fachhochschulreife. 1970-73 Studium der Fachrichtung Fertigungstechnik an der FH Lippe in Lemgo. 1973-76 Studium der Fachrichtung Fertigungstechnik an der TU Berlin. 1977-81 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik an der TU Berlin. 1981-84 Oberingenieur am Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik der TU Berlin. 1982 Promotion zum Dr.-Ing. - 1984-94 industrielle Tätigkeit bei der Fa. Ernst Winter&Sohn in Hamburg, zuletzt als Technischer Le

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iter Mechanik. Zum 1. Januar 1995 Berufung zum Universitätsprofessor für das Fach ´Technologie der Fertigungsverfahren´ an der RWTH Aachen und zum Leiter des Fraunhofer Instituts für Produktionstechnologie in Aachen. 2001-02 Dekan der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen.

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Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr. E. h. Fritz Klocke (born in 1950 in Vlotho) studied manufacturing engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. He was a research assistant there at the Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology until 1981, and then as head engineer until 1984. He received his engineering doctorate in 1982. From 1984 until 1994 he worked in industry as a technical director. On January 1, 1995 he was called to the RWTH Aachen as Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology and has since then been the Chair of Manufacturing Technology, director of the WZL Laboratory for Machine Tools & Production Engineering at the RWTH Aachen, and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen. A doctorate of honoris causa "Dr. E. h." was bestowed upon Professor Klocke by the University of Hannover in 2006. Professor Klocke is a Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering CIRP and was the CIRP President from 2007 2008.

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