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.
The World’s Smallest Impedance Spectroscopy System
… in the Form of a Pill Finds Weak Spots in Machines and People. Imagine a scenario where you simply just throw in a pill to identify an error—this is…
New priming method improves battery life, efficiency
Rice U. engineers improve prelithiation, uncover lithium-trapping mechanism. Silicon anode batteries have the potential to revolutionize energy storage capabilities, which is key to meeting climate goals and unlocking the full potential…
Simultaneous coating and mechanical processing with SMaC
Fast and effective: The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has developed a new hybrid process called Simultaneous Machining and Coating (SMaC), which combines laser material deposition with turning, grinding…
Better recycling of plastic packaging
New process extracts fragrances. What doesn’t smell good is hard to recycle. This simple rule also applies to the growing volume of plastic waste worldwide. One way to recycle it…
Renewable route to rubber material
A key ingredient in the manufacture of car tires and sneaker soles could be made sustainably, following new analysis of an old catalytic process. Butadiene, an essential component of synthetic…
Lasers Join Lightweight Sandwich Structures
Modern lightweight construction has already been helping automotive and aerospace industry to save fuel and materials and to reduce environmental impact. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam…