Process Engineering
This special field revolves around processes for modifying material properties (milling, cooling), composition (filtration, distillation) and type (oxidation, hydration).
Valuable information is available on a broad range of technologies including material separation, laser processes, measuring techniques and robot engineering in addition to testing methods and coating and materials analysis processes.
Welding more efficiently underwater
LZH develops a new process… The Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), together with an industrial partner, is developing a laser-assisted metal flux-cored welding process for use underwater. The process aims to…
High Speed Processing on Large Wafers
… with Newly Developed On-the-Fly Laser Equipment. In order to be able to manufacture more efficient solar modules, the photovoltaic industry is increasingly switching its production to larger wafer formats….
New technology 3D-prints glass microstructures with rays of light
The manufacturing technique enables faster production, greater optical quality and design flexibility. Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new way to 3D-print glass microstructures that is faster and produces…
Ultrasonic tech to develop safer railway track lubrication measurement system
THE University of Huddersfield has forged a partnership with an innovative technology business to work with Network Rail on developing a safer and more reliable track lubrication measurement system. The…
Optical packages for encapsulating components at wafer level
New technology kit enables extended functionalities. Fraunhofer ISIT operates state-of-the-art production lines for processing silicon with a processing accuracy in the nanometer range. These precise structure generation processes have now…
Researchers develop glass-in-glass fabrication approach
… for making miniature IR optics. New technique can create complex 3D optics for infrared spectroscopy, sensing and more. Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR)…
