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.
ScanCut project completed: laser cutting enables more intricate plug connector designs
Plug connectors are tiny and, at first glance, unremarkable – yet modern vehicles would be unable to function without them. Several thousand plug connectors…
Analyzing pros and cons of two composite manufacturing methods
“Frontal polymerization doesn't use an autoclave at all, so it doesn't require that huge upfront investment,” said Bliss Professor Philippe Geubelle in the…
New NMR method enables monitoring of chemical reactions in metal containers
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is employed in a wide range of applications. In chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is in standard use for the…
Roll-to-roll processes: Network R2RNet bundles expertise for the continuous functionalization of surfaces
In the R2RNet network, founded on June 10, 2020, 21 European partners from industry, research organizations and universities are pooling their expertise in the…
Mass production of individualized products
The term mass production generally suggests large numbers of identical products rolling off an assembly line. However, the latest trends call for…
Clean without scrubbing and using chemicals
For several years, scientists at TU Dresden and Fraunhofer IWS have been developing functionalised surfaces by means of laser-based manufacturing processes.
Decontaminating pesticide-polluted water using engineered nanomaterial and sunlight
Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in North America. Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have developed a…
TUM Agenda 2030: Combining forces for additive manufacturing
Using advanced, innovative materials and intelligent combinations, new process technologies based on digital 3D designs can be deployed to develop a wide…
Copper oxide photocathodes: laser experiment reveals location of efficiency loss
Copper oxide has a band gap of 2 electron volts, which matches up very well with the energy spectrum of sunlight. Perfect copper oxide crystals should…
NIST research sparks new insights on laser welding
On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But…