New head chief

Combustion chamber, linear generator, gas spring – these three components of the FPLG are being montaged at this very moment. All pistons have already been integrated. This week 16 linear generators have been montaged and adjusted with patience and devotion. In the following, the FPLG’s moving parts will be montaged. Then, all three subsystems will be installed and consequently the […]

We are happy to welcome a new member to our SWEngin team! Markus Rausch has been gathereing experience in the field of research and development writing his master thesis about specific Free Piston Linear Generator’s components. Our engineering team in Stuttgart won him as qualified and experienced engineer who proudly enganges in our technology’s development.

During the last few weeks, „Christmas time“ has returned to SWEngin frequently: Alongside the here depicted bottom parts,  a lot more components from different suppliers will be arriving these days. Altogether they are going to build the first complete FPLG system which has been developed by SWEngin: the demonstrator (pre-prototype) with opposed piston. The unwrapping of the components made of […]

The first ignition within the FPLG’s combustion chamber has been achieved in connection with the project „HOMEFREE II“, which is a collaboration project of the DLR (German Aerospace Center – Vehicle Concept Institute), FKFS (Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines, Stuttgart) and SWEngin. The test with a initially hydraulic engine did work right away and got remarkable results. […]

The construction of the first Opposed-piston-FPLG is heading down the home straight. All important components have already been installed and with the implementation of the housing cover the project could eventually be completed today. A large inspection window was integrated so that one can observe the inside of the FPLG between piston and armature whenever needed. From the vast bottom […]

Christmas time – calming down and recharging one’s batteries. In this spirit, we wish you relaxing Christmas days and a happy New Year! New test series are waiting for us next year. A very important milestone is the demonstrator’s construction in March 2016. We are going to keep you up-dated about the latest developments and most recent results in the […]

Unabated interest in the FPLG: Sunday, the 17/04/2016, a thorough article about the FPLG and SWEngin GmbH was published in the newspaper „Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung“. In february, journalist Bettina Weiguny had already paid a visit to the DLR’s test bench in Stuttgart, where she conducted interesting interviews with chief engineer Dr. Florian Kock and Business Angel Prof. Dr. Manfred Gröger. […]

2nd and 3rd March: Important representatives of the Chinese company „Southern Raytaii“ came to SWEngin’s locations. The visit’s subject was the view of the test benches located at the DLR in Stuttgart and concrete negotiations in Munich about a future collaboration. The company based in Shenzen (China) is an international investment group with focus on innovative technology projects. Southern Raytaii […]