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St. Anton in Montafon. For the past year, MdynamiX has been working together with Munich University of Applied Sciences and two other SMEs on a project that is of particular interest to the economic structures of Bavaria and Austria. The Austrian companies INVENTUS Development GmbH and STIWA Advanced Products GmbH as well as the two Bavarian partners have dedicated themselves to the topic of “Steer-by-Wire with magnetorheological feedback actuator”. The two-year project, which is supported by Interreg Bavaria-Austria, has now reached the halfway point.

The main objective of the project is to increase the innovative capacity and sustainability in the program area through the use of the developed MR technology. The focus is on the technological qualification of SMEs. In this technology project, a magnetorheological (MR) brake is connected in parallel to the electric motor, allowing the electric motor to be significantly smaller. This improves control quality, saves energy, weight and costs and reduces resource requirements. The megatrend of automated driving requires new steering technology. Steer-by-wire (SbW) steering systems are therefore set to replace conventional steering systems in new vehicles. These SbW require a feedback actuator to provide the driver with haptic feedback.

The INTERREG VI-A Program Germany/Bavaria – Austria 2021 – 2027 is one of 73 cross-border funding programs within the European Territorial Cooperation (INTERREG) and part of the European Cohesion Policy.