DS Werk

About DS Werk

DS Werk is a German-language knowledge and content platform for mechanical engineering, run by Dipl.-Ing. Dražen Stjepić, a mechanical engineer with practical experience in special machinery construction. The offering includes technical specialist articles on topics such as tolerances and fits (ISO 286), AI and digitalization, digital twins, predictive maintenance, robotics, and additive manufacturing. In addition, DS Werk provides online calculation tools, including for tightening torques per VDI 2230, hydraulic cylinders, shaft torsion, tensile testing, and state changes of ideal gases. Furthermore, newsletters and PDF checklists are offered, such as an EU AI Act compliance check for mechanical engineering SMEs. It is a knowledge provider; according to available sources, manufacturing capacities, materials, and component production do not exist.

Processes

Technical specialist articles and knowledge platform for mechanical engineering, Online calculation tools (including tightening torque, hydraulic cylinders, shaft torsion, tensile, Newsletter, PDF checklists (e.g., EU AI Act compliance checklist for mechanical engineering SMEs)

Materials

Specialist articles, Online calculators

Industries

Mechanical engineering, Industry 4.0 / Digitalization, Manufacturing & Production

1. 01

   Research & specialist article creation

2. 02

   Online calculation tools

3. 03

   Checklists & newsletter

Topics & Tools

Location

Offerings

Inside the production

History

1. 2024

   Earliest documented publication date of an article on data requirements for digital twins (19.12.2024)

2. 2025

   Expansion of the topic portfolio around AI & digitalization, digital twins, predictive maintenance, robotics, and additive manufacturing