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.
Path to cleaner, more affordable high-energy EV batteries
… dry manufacturing process. The lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles are key to a clean energy economy. But their electrodes are usually made using a wet slurry with…
Customized high-performance components
LZH researches laser processes for formable hybrid components. Using expensive materials on high-performance components only where they are needed: This is the vision of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1153…
Nanomaterials: 3D printing of glass without sintering
Process developed at KIT works at relatively low temperatures and reaches highest resolution for use in optics and semiconductors – publication in Science. Printing of micro- and nanometer-scaled quartz glass…
Food safety: plasma instead of chemicals
A new method for cleaning conveyor belts in food production can replace the widely used disinfection chemicals: plasma-treated water is effective against microbial contamination at a shorter exposure time and…
Anti-counterfeiting fluorescent marker developed
– Sweet code with laser printing. A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) has developed a method that could make it more difficult…
Silicon carbide recycling with RECOSiC©
Ceramics recycling – energy-efficient and low in emissions… Silicon carbide is a popular industrial material for many applications. The extremely hard, heat-resistant material is used for refractory components and semiconductors,…