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.
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…
Innovative technologies remove pharmaceutical residues from wastewater
Every year on 22 March, World Water Day reminds us of the importance of one of the most important resources of life. Almost two-thirds of our planet is covered with…
A breakthrough technology for closed-loop textile waste recycling
Clean polyester can be separated from mixed waste fabrics by chemical sorting and then converted into original monomers. The apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions. The annual…
Detecting the molecular vibration information faster and better by “stretching” time
This ultrafast infrared spectroscopy method would fulfill many unmet needs in experimental molecular science, revealing various high-speed phenomena in detail. Infrared spectroscopy is a non-invasive tool to identify unknown samples…
A novel radar technique automatically monitors the rotor blade manufacturing process
Identifying defects in fiber composite materials during the production process will be possible in the future thanks to a novel radar method that automatically and non-destructively monitors the manufacturing process…
Sustainable process for the production of vanillin from lignin
… makes further progress. Kraft lignin successfully degraded using a “green” oxidizer. The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus…