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Today15/05/2026
Utilities
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Planning, production, delivery and installation of a freezing system for a height test bench
The University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBw M) was founded in 1973 at the initiative of the then Federal Minister of Defence, Helmut Schmidt, under the name ‘Hochschule der Bundeswehr München’ (University of the Bundeswehr Munich). It is one of two universities that the Bundeswehr has to train its trainee officers and young officers. The university is part of the civil organisational division Personnel and is assigned to the Federal Ministry of Defence. With the ELAPSED project, UniBw M pursues a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the development and evaluation of electric powertrains for aircraft. Particular emphasis is placed on the sustainable, efficient and safe operation of future aviation applications. In addition to the development of a drive train for a special aeronautical application, the focus of this project is also on the digital networking of the corresponding laboratories in order to expand the infrastructure at UniBw M to a virtual complete laboratory for electric aeronautical drives. In the field of aviation applications, an electrification strategy is increasingly being pursued, which has already led to the first purely electric aircraft in small aircraft. However, the usual procedure to develop electric drive elements and replace the conventional heat engine with them does not lead to an optimal overall system. In addition, there is a lack of test infrastructure that is designed for electric powertrains in the aviation sector. New approaches are needed to enable a holistic view of such a drivetrain with overall system optimization and testing of the entire drivetrain. The basic idea of the ELAPSED project is to bring together all necessary (and existing in the two universities of the Bundeswehr) sub-disciplines and to achieve an overall system optimization. In addition, laboratory facilities are already available in the sub-disciplines, which can be upgraded by intelligent digital networking in such a way that a virtual laboratory for testing aeronautical electric powertrains is created. This addresses a great future need, at the same time establishing a unique selling point for the universities of the Bundeswehr and enabling the overall system optimisation of electric aeronautical drives with a wide range of applications. The subject of this procurement procedure is the planning, manufacture, delivery and installation of a cryogenic chiller for a height test bench. In addition, the contractor must provide paving services. Taking into account the existing plant concept, the contractor must design, procure, manufacture, supply and assemble a cryogenic chiller for the height test bench in detail in the course of this invitation to tender. Maximum efficiency in terms of energy and nitrogen consumption shall be sought in the design of the refrigeration system. In addition, in the course of this invitation to tender, the contractor must pave a lawn outside the test room and erect the necessary foundations to allow the installation of the units necessary for cryogenic cooling.
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