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.
Method for automated type detection within lamp waste streams for recycling
EucoLight, the European Association of collection and recycling organisations for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) lamps and lighting, has carried out successfully a study with Fraunhofer IZM on the…
Turning harmful CO2 into useful chemicals
Inspired by nature: Electro-biocatalytic CO2 fixing replaces fossil resources. Making important raw materials for fine chemicals out of carbon dioxide really works. As part of the Max Planck collaborative project…
Printoptix prints miniaturized optics on glass fibers
Successful spin-off: 3D printing offers completely new design and application possibilities in many areas. Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have been exploring and developing this flexible method for producing…
For sustainable raw material exploration
Freiberg-based start-up TheiaX enters market with innovative mapping methods. With the increasing demand for high-tech metals by the industry, mining faces complex challenges. The sustainable supply of raw materials requires…
3D laser nanoprinters become compact
Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Mode to Order show how 3-dimensional nanostructures can be printed using compact desktop devices – publication in Nature Photonics. Lasers in conventional…
3D printing approaches atomic dimensions
New technology makes production of complex metallic objects at the nanoscale possible. In recent years 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has established itself as a promising new manufacturing…
Tweaking Alloy Microchemistry For Flawless Metal 3D Printing
Researchers at Texas A&M have fine-tuned the process for creating defect-free metal parts using a laser bed powder fusion 3D printing technique. In the last few decades, metal 3D printing…
Fine-tuned hydrocarbon separation at low energy cost
An electrochemical approach developed at KAUST produces molecular-sieving membranes that could enable a cheap energy-efficient separation of light hydrocarbons, such as olefins and paraffins. This separation, critical for the petrochemical…
Quantum materials cut closer than ever
A new method designs nanomaterials with less than 10-nanometer precision. It could pave the way for faster, more energy-efficient electronics. DTU and Graphene Flagship researchers have taken the art of…
Programmable structures from the printer
Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a new process for producing movable, self-adjusting materials systems with standard 3D-printers. These systems can undergo complex…
