Materials and Processes

Materials and Processes

  • FOCUS TOPICS

  • Laser-based processes for the automotive,
    aerospace, and shipbuilding industries, and for tool and mold making,
    deep see mining and biomedical technologies

  • Additive manufacturing

  • Processes for Industry 4.0

  • Laser and work safety

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How do metallic and non-metallic materials react to laser radiation? And how can we use this knowledge for laser-based processes that also save resources and energy? The Materials and Processes Department is concerned with these core issues. The researchers use the newest findings from fundamental research to optimize manufacturing processes, and to qualify them for innovative optical production technologies. Independent of the processing dimensions or the material itself, the department develops customized processes, for example for applications in the automotive or shipbuilding industries, or for biomedical technology.

Projects

  • AZULa - Automated disassembly of reactor pressure vessel installations using underwater laser technology
  • CRC 871: Regeneration of complex industrial goods – subproject B5: single-crystalline laser beam welding
  • Custom magnesium alloy for Selective Laser Melting: material development and process modeling
  • DEFLAG: Safe deflagration of unexploded bombs using laser technology; sub-project: laser process develop and control
  • innoWebo – Development of an innovative system and process technology for wedge-wedge thermosonic wire probes with laser-induced highly selective heating of the bond wire; examination of an absorber material and development of an in-situ temperature contr
  • LaSAAS – joint research project: Laser beam welding of steel on aluminum for the use in ship building; subproject: Development of a laser beam welding process for thick steel-aluminum hybrid joints with welding depth control
  • LaserRettung – Innovative laser rescue system for complex accident scenarios; sub-project: development of processes and components, system integration as well as laser safety for the laser-based rescue system
  • MiGlaM – Minimizing hazards due to the contamination and spreading in the work environment during the laser-additive processing of metal powders
  • Mittelstand 4.0 - compentence center
  • Special Research Field (SFB) 1153: Process Chain for Manufacturing Hybrid High Performance Components by Tailored Forming. A03 - Ultrasound-assisted laser welding for the generation of formable mixed compounds.
  • Zwanzig20 – RESPONSE – Innovative medical systems and implants in blood contact (FV1); sub-project 8: additive manufacturing processes for novel, geometrically complex, degradable stents