Industrial photographer Wolfram Scheible | Industry Photos Stuttgart

The search for impressive perspectives for technical processes is made easier by my interest in the employees’ daily work. Why does something turn? Where does the temperature resistance end? Butt joint welding, rolling rounds, YAG laser cutting and CNC hard turning: I’m curious about everything I have to stay away from without PPE (personal protective equipment).

Industrial photography: A welder with a safety helmet is working on a vehicle body. One sees the light of the blue welding flame in the helmet and the shining aluminum of the body.

A welder with a safety helmet is working on a vehicle body. You can see the light of the blue welding flame and the shiny aluminium of the body.

A welder with a safety helmet is working on a vehicle body.

Industrial photography: Employees remove a completely pressed engine hood from a sheet metal press. The two halves of the mould shine metallically, while the finished hood shimmers rather matt.

Employees remove a completely pressed engine hood from a sheet metal press. The two halves of the mould shine metallically.

Employees remove a completely pressed bonnet.

Industrial photography: Welding robots are working on a vehicle body in a large automobile factory.

Welding robots work on a vehicle body in an automobile factory.

Welding robot in a large automobile factory.

Industrial photography: Two employees in a car manufactory attach the petrol engine of a sports car to its place in the rear of the vehicle. To do this, they must bend deep into the vehicle. You can see the complicated aggregate with its many silver and black components.

Two employees in a car manufactory attach the petrol engine of a sports car to its place in the rear of the vehicle. To do this, they must bend deep into the vehicle. You can see the many silver and black components of the complicated aggregate.

Sports car assembly in the manufactory.

Industrial Photography: At the wedding on the assembly line in the automotive manufacturing the engine is placed into the body.

In the automotive manufacturing the combination of engine and body is called wedding.

Wedding on the assembly line in the automotive manufacturing.

Modern newly equipped factory building in the automobile production.

Modern factory building in automobile production.

In this climate chamber in the automotive industry the most extreme weather conditions can be simulated.

Climate chamber in the automotive industry.

Industrial photography: Internal cleaning of a steel pipe for a pipeline. You can see the rotating water nozzle as it drives through the pipe. Behind it is an employee with a white helmet and a bright yellow safety vest.

Internal cleaning of a steel pipe for a pipeline. You can see the rotating water nozzle as it drives through the pipe and an employee with a white helmet and a bright yellow safety vest behind it.

Internal cleaning of a steel pipe for a pipeline.

Industrial photography: A valve housing for a giant pipeline valve is machined in a closed milling machine. The machine operator with protective goggles, helmet and signal vest looks through a window into the plant.

A valve housing for a giant pipeline valve is machined in a closed milling machine. The machine operator looks into the plant through a window.

Machining a valve body for a pipeline.

Industrial photography: The control head with two hydraulically driven control cylinders is lifted onto the valve of a gas pipeline visible in the picture on the left. At the bottom you can see the big gear wheel, which will drive the valve control ball in the valve.

The control head with two hydraulically driven control cylinders is lifted onto the valve of a gas pipeline visible in the picture on the left.

The hydraulic control head is placed on the valve of a gas pipeline.

Industrial photography: In order to check the longitudinal weld seam of a pipe for a gas pipeline at a manufacturer of large steel pipes, an employee drives through the pipe on a rolling seat.

An employee on a rolling seat checks the weld seam of a steel pipe for a gas pipeline from the inside.

An employee on a rolling seat checks the weld seam of a steel pipe.

Industrial photography: An employee of a rail freight logistics company looks through a complicated red frame of a crane that is placed on a freight wagon and then transported to its destination in Eastern Europe.

An employee of a logistics company for freight transport on rails looks through a complicated red frame of a crane that is currently being placed on a freight wagon.

Railway employee loading a heavy lift crane.

By crane, an employee lifts raw metal parts, glowing in orange, out of the furnace.

Orange glowing metal parts are lifted out of the oven.

Testing a small very sensitive robot arm.

Industrial photography: In an assembly hall, an employee pulls the heavy lifting-straps of an overhead crane.

In an assembly hall, an employee pulls the heavy straps of an overhead crane.

In an assembly hall, an employee pulls on heavy crane straps.

Four employees at a medium-sized manufacturer of packaging machines.

Employees at a medium-sized manufacturer.

Industrial photography: At a manufacturer of passenger seats for aircraft, 3 seats are assembled on a lift table to form part of a row of seats for the cabin.

At a manufacturer of passenger seats for aircraft, 3 seats are joined together to form a row of seats for the cabin.

Assembly for passenger seats for an aircraft.

Industrial photography: A new packaging machine is installed in a chocolate factory and tested by several employees dressed in hygienic suits.

A new packaging machine is installed in a chocolate factory and tested by employees.

A new packaging machine is installed in a chocolate factory.

Industrial photography: Container handler with yellow-black cable guides on the adjustable outriggers of its lifting frame.

Container handler with cable guides on the adjustable outriggers of its lifting frame.

Container handler.

Two employees on the factory floor next to their newly completed injection mold for the automotive industry.

Two employees on the factory floor next to their newly completed injection mold.

Industrial photography: Two indoor overhead traveling cranes move vertically stacked rolls of brown cardboard paper weighing several tons in a paper warehouse of a paper mill near Strasbourg.

In a paper mill, two indoor overhead traveling cranes move vertically stacked rolls of brown cardboard paper weighing tons.

Indoor overhead traveling cranes move rolls of brown cardboard paper weighing several tons.

Industrial photography: An employee of a cleaning company for food manufacturers in a yellow hygienic suit with protective goggles and helmet looks at a large meat cutter that is cleaned extremely thoroughly every night during the break.

An employee of a cleaning company in a yellow hygiene suit with protective goggles and a helmet looks at a large meat cutter.

An employee of a cleaning company looks at a large meat cutter.

Industrial photography: High pressure cleaning of a large plant of a food manufacturer almost completely made of stainless steel. With special foam every surface is intensively cleaned and disinfected at the same time.

High pressure cleaning of a large plant of a food manufacturer almost completely made of stainless steel. Special foam disinfects any surface.

Cleaning of a production plant of a food manufacturer.

Industrial photography: Nightly high-pressure cleaning of a production plant for pastrys. One employee sprays all surfaces with a special disinfectant foam. The photo shows the complicated production line, built almost exclusively of stainless steel.

Nightly high-pressure cleaning of a production plant for pastrys. One employee sprays all surfaces with a special disinfectant foam.

Nightly cleaning of a production line for pastrys.

Leak-tightness test on the insulation of a special cable for machines.

Leak-tightness test on the insulation of a special cable.

Industrial photography: Panorama photo of the interior of an engine test bench. The motor is connected to a braking device so that its power can be measured. Two employees look at the combustion engine from the steering position through the double safety glass pane.

Panorama photo of the interior of an engine test bench. The motor is connected to a braking device so that its power can be measured. Two employees in the steering room look at the combustion engine.

Panorama photo of the interior of an engine test bench.

Industrial photography: An industrial employee prepares parts for series production in a semi-automatic production plant. He wears black gloves to protect himself from the sharp edges.

An industrial employee prepares parts for series production in a semi-automatic production plant. He wears black gloves.

An industrial employee in a production plant.

Industrial photography: Two employees in the machine tool industry inspect an over 2 metre large workpiece inside a huge milling cabin, which is to be precisely machined. A milling head is visible on the right.

Two employees in the machine tool industry inspect an over 2 metre large workpiece inside a huge milling cabin, which is to be precisely machined.

Milling cabin for large workpieces.

Industrial photography: Air filter installation on a machine in an industrial hall. The employees look small when you see them behind the large pipes on the filter housing.

Air filter plant with large pipes on a machine in an industrial hall.

Air filter plant in an industrial hall.

Processing of blue insulators for suspension of high-voltage lines.

Processing of insulators for high-voltage lines.

Industrial photography: Coils made of high-quality sheet steel freshly delivered to a vehicle manufacturer.

Steel sheet coils freshly delivered to a vehicle manufacturer.

Sheet steel coils at a vehicle manufacturer.

Industrial photography: For the quality inspection of metallic components for the aircraft industry, they are immersed in a special bath in order to detect possible cracks under UV light.

Metal components for the aircraft industry are immersed in a special bath for quality testing.

UV light quality testing of metal components for aircraft.

Industrial photography: in the test laboratory of a manufacturer of safety switches, switches are subjected to an endurance test.

Switches are subjected to an endurance test in the test laboratory of a manufacturer of safety switches.

Endurance test of safety switches.

A yellow robot arm works in a machine tool on a large metal part.

A yellow robot arm in a machine tool.

Industrial photography: An employee of a manufacturer of packaging systems works on the base frame of a machine. On the wide-angle photo you can see more workplaces in the large assembly hall.

An employee of a manufacturer of packaging systems works on the base frame of a machine. The wide-angle photo shows further workplaces in the large assembly hall.

Assembly of a base frame of a packaging machine.

From the assembly hall you can see through the glass pane of an office in which production employees are talking.

From the assembly hall you can see through the glass pane into an office.

Industrial photography: In the product development of a manufacturer of energy chains, you can see chain parts in a 3D design program on the screen.

Chain parts in a 3D design program on a screen in the product development of a manufacturer of energy chains.

3D design program in product development.

Industry photography: In a test laboratory: In the test centre of a cable manufacturer, cables are automatically moved back and forth hundreds of thousands of times in a cable chain guide in order to test long-term stability against cable breakage.

Long term motion test In the test center of a cable manufacturer.

Long term motion test at a cable manufacturer.

Industrial photography: View into a clean room for the production of electronic lighting elements at a manufacturer of illuminants. Two employees in white overalls with hood and face masks inspect components.

View into a clean room for the production of electronic components at a manufacturer of lamps with two employees in white overalls with hood and face masks.

Clean room at a manufacturer of illuminants.

Industrial photography: Two employees of a clean room photographed from behind. Through their white overalls and hoods the whole picture with the white background seems a bit unreal.

Two employees of a clean room photographed from behind. With their white overalls and hoods in front of the white background they look a bit unreal.

Employees in cleanroom clothing.

Industrial photography: An employee looks through the huge valve that will later be installed in a gas pipeline. The spherical closure element regulates the flow by rotating it in the valve.

An employee looks through the huge valve that will later be installed in a gas pipeline. The flow is regulated by turning the spherical closing element.

An employee looks through the huge valve of a gas pipeline.

Industrial photography: Employees building an aluminum frame for a sports car.

Construction of an aluminium frame for a sports car.

Clients: Audi AG, bild der wissenschaft, DEMAG Cranes, Deutsche Telekom AG, EME GmbH, Euchner GmbH, Fine German Design, HECTAS Facility Services, Index Werke, Keller Filtertechnik, KSPG AG, Lapp Kabel, Nord Stream 2, PRH Hamburg, Recaro, Ruess Group, Schenker, Schubert Packaging, Zimmermann Formenbau and more.