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Winners of AVK Innovation Award 2023
25.10.2023

Winners of AVK Innovation Award 2023

The winners of the prestigious Innovation Award for Fibre-Reinforced Plastics of the AVK, the German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, were presented in Salzburg this year. This award always goes to businesses, institutions and their partners for outstanding innovations in composites the three categories Products & Applications, Processes & Methods and Research & Science. Projects are submitted in all three categories and are evaluated by a jury of experts in engineering and science as well as trade journalists, who look at each project in terms of their levels of innovation, implementation and sustainability.

Products & Applications category
First place: “Insulating Coupling Shaft for Rail Vehicles” – Leichtbauzentrum Sachsen GmbH, partner: KWD Kupplungswerk Dresden GmbH

Second place: “Electric Car Battery Housing Components Based on Innovative Continuous Fibre-Reinforced Phenolic Resin Composites” – SGL Carbon

The winners of the prestigious Innovation Award for Fibre-Reinforced Plastics of the AVK, the German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, were presented in Salzburg this year. This award always goes to businesses, institutions and their partners for outstanding innovations in composites the three categories Products & Applications, Processes & Methods and Research & Science. Projects are submitted in all three categories and are evaluated by a jury of experts in engineering and science as well as trade journalists, who look at each project in terms of their levels of innovation, implementation and sustainability.

Products & Applications category
First place: “Insulating Coupling Shaft for Rail Vehicles” – Leichtbauzentrum Sachsen GmbH, partner: KWD Kupplungswerk Dresden GmbH

Second place: “Electric Car Battery Housing Components Based on Innovative Continuous Fibre-Reinforced Phenolic Resin Composites” – SGL Carbon

Third place: “High Performance Recycled Carbon Fibre Materials (HiPeR)” – Composites Technology Center GmbH (CTC GmbH), partners: Faserinstitut Bremen e. V, Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V., C.A.R. FiberTec GmbH; partners Japan: Faserinstitut Bremen e.V., Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V., C.A.R. FiberTec GmbH; Partner Japan: CFRI Carbon Fiber Recycle Industry Co., Ltd., IHI Logistics and Machinery Corporation, ICC Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Innovative Processes & Methods category
First place: “Chopped Fibre Direct Processing (CFP)” – KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH, partner: Wirthwein SE

Second place: “CIRC - Complete Inhouse Recycling of Thermoplastic Compounds” – Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation (IPA), partners: Schindler Handhabetechnik GmbH, Vision & Control GmbH

Third place: “CarboScreen – Sensor-Based Monitoring of Carbon-Fibre Production” – CarboScreen GmbH, partner: Institute of Textile Technology at RWTH Aachen University

Research & Science category
First place: “Development of a Stereocomplex PLA Blend on a Pilot Plant Scale” – Faserinstitut Bremen e. V.

Second place: “Fibre-Reinforced Salt as a Robust Lost Core Material” – Technical University of Munich, Chair of Carbon Composites, partners: Apppex GmbH, Haas Metallguss GmbH

Third place: “VliesSMC – Recycled Carbon Fibres with a Second Life in the SMC Process” – Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI), partner: Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT)

 

Entries for the next Innovation Award 2024 can be submitted from January 2024 onwards.

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AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V.

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19.07.2023

IVC und ZVI positionieren sich klar gegen Pauschalverbot von PFAS

"Viele Unternehmen sitzen bereits auf gepackten Koffern und haben ihre Investitionsentscheidungen sind getroffen." Deutschland sei gerade erneut dabei, sich in multiple internationale Abhängigkeiten zu begeben und seinen Abschied aus dem Kreis der Industrienationen vorzubereiten. So beurteilen der Geschäftsführer der Industrievereinigung Chemiefaser e.V. (IVC), Dr. Wilhelm Rauch, und der Ressortleiter Umwelt-& Chemikalienpolitik des Zentralverbands Oberflächentechnik e.V. (ZVO), Dr. Malte M. Zimmer gemeinsam mit verschiedenen Unternehmen die Konsequenzen aus dem Plan der European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), rund 10.000 Alkylsubstanzen zu verbieten.

"Viele Unternehmen sitzen bereits auf gepackten Koffern und haben ihre Investitionsentscheidungen sind getroffen." Deutschland sei gerade erneut dabei, sich in multiple internationale Abhängigkeiten zu begeben und seinen Abschied aus dem Kreis der Industrienationen vorzubereiten. So beurteilen der Geschäftsführer der Industrievereinigung Chemiefaser e.V. (IVC), Dr. Wilhelm Rauch, und der Ressortleiter Umwelt-& Chemikalienpolitik des Zentralverbands Oberflächentechnik e.V. (ZVO), Dr. Malte M. Zimmer gemeinsam mit verschiedenen Unternehmen die Konsequenzen aus dem Plan der European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), rund 10.000 Alkylsubstanzen zu verbieten.

Die EU lasse dabei die Folgen auf Schlüsseltechnologien wie beispielsweise die grüne Energiewende komplett außer Acht. Lithiumbatterien, Windräder, Brennstoffzellen, Computerchips - für PFAS existierten aktuell zumindest in Hightech-Anwendungen keine Alternativen. Bis auf wenige längere Ausnahmeregelungen seien aktuell 18 Monate als Übergangsfristen vorgesehen. Das sei ein ausreichendes Zeitfenster, um die Produktion in Europa abzuwickeln und nach neuen Standorten zu suchen, beispielsweise in den USA. Dort werde die Fluorchemie als Schlüsseltechnologie massiv aufgebaut und als kostbares Gut mit Exportverboten belegt.

IVC und ZVO monierten, dass das Innovationsvermögen der europäischen Industrie hergeschenkt werde und man anderen Ländern den Markt mit allen preislichen und wettbewerblichen Konsequenzen überlasse. Als besonders betroffene Branchen führten die Verbände die Medizintechnik, Schutzausrüstung, Flugzeugbau und Automobilelektronik, den Textilmaschinenbau und Industrietextilien an. Abluftfilter mit PTFE-Membranen oder aus PTFE-Fasern stellten in der Müllverbrennung und in Zementwerken den Umweltschutz sicher, so dass keine Schadstoffe in die Atmosphäre gelangten. Membranen für Wasserstoff-Brennstoffzellen, Wasserstoffelektrolyseure, Lithium-Ionen-Batterien aus Karbonfaservliesen und der fluorchemischen Protonenaustauscher Nafion-Membran würden in Zukunft verboten und damit die die Pläne für eine Wasserstoffenergiewende dauerhaft nicht umsetzbar.

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Industrievereinigung Chemiefaser e.V., Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik e.V.

Photo VDMA
12.12.2022

Young Talent Award for AI supported production control of carbon fibres

  • Formula 1 cars will be cheaper in future

Carbon is the stuff Formula 1 cars are made of, at least the bodywork. But until now, carbon has been expensive. It can be produced more cheaply and efficiently if artificial intelligence monitors the production processes. A camera system combined with artificial intelligence automatically detects defects in the production of carbon fibres. This makes expensive manual inspection of the carbon fibres obsolete and the production price of the carbon fibre can be reduced in the long term.

For this idea, the young engineer Deniz Sinan Yesilyurt received the second prize of the "Digitalisation in Mechanical Engineering" Young Talent Award on 6 December.

  • Formula 1 cars will be cheaper in future

Carbon is the stuff Formula 1 cars are made of, at least the bodywork. But until now, carbon has been expensive. It can be produced more cheaply and efficiently if artificial intelligence monitors the production processes. A camera system combined with artificial intelligence automatically detects defects in the production of carbon fibres. This makes expensive manual inspection of the carbon fibres obsolete and the production price of the carbon fibre can be reduced in the long term.

For this idea, the young engineer Deniz Sinan Yesilyurt received the second prize of the "Digitalisation in Mechanical Engineering" Young Talent Award on 6 December.

Carbon fibres are sought after because of their good properties. They are very light - they weigh up to 50 percent less than aluminium. The combination of low weight and good mechanical properties offers many advantages. Especially in times of the energy transition, lightweight materials like carbon are more relevant than ever before. At the same time, carbon fibres are as resistant to external stresses as metals. However, achieving these good properties of carbon fibres is very complex.


Up to 300 individual fibre strands - bundles of individual fibres - have to be monitored simultaneously during production. If carbon fibres tear, it costs time and money to sort out the damaged fibres. This is just one example of various defects that can occur in the fibres during production.


Therefore, Deniz Sinan Yesilyurt attached a camera to the carbon fibre line that takes pictures of various fibre defects during production and collects them in a database. The artificial intelligence in the camera's information technology system evaluates the fibre defects by assigning the images to predefined reference defects. In doing so, it recognises various fibre defects with a classification accuracy of 99 per cent. The process can also be used in other areas that produce chemical fibres.

Deniz Sinan Yesilyurt received the prize from the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is a Bachelor's graduate at the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University. The full title of his bachelor's thesis is: "Development of a Kl-supported process monitoring using machine learning to detect fibre damage in the stabilisation process". The VDMA awarded the prize to a total of four theses from different universities. The prize is awarded for outstanding theses and was offered in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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ITA – Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen Universit

Copyright: MK-Fotografie & JECDachforum
from left to right: Dirk Punke, Gerhard Lettl, Dr. Michael Effing, AVK-GF Dr. Elmar Witten, Prof. Jens Ridzewski, Michael Polotzki
08.12.2022

AVK Federation of Reinforced Plastics board unanimously re-elected

The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) re-elected its previous Board on 29 November 2022 in Augsburg during the regular Board elections at the JEC Forum DACH.

At the constituent board meeting on 6 December 2022, the board positions were also confirmed. Dr. Michael Effing, Managing Director of AMAC GmbH, remains Chairman of the Board, and Dirk Punke, Managing Director of BÜFA Thermoplastics Composites GmbH, is Deputy Chairman. Treasurer is Prof. Jens Ridzewski, IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH, the other board members: Gerhard Lettl, Managing Director C.F. Maier Europlast GmbH & Co. KG and Michael Polotzki, Managing Director Menzolit S.r.L. The board is officially in office for three years from 1.1.2023.

"It's nice to see the Board's work so well evaluated that there is no doubt that this will continue for the next legislative period. We are very much looking forward to that," explains Managing Director Dr Elmar Witten, the members' vote. The general meeting took place during the JEC Forum DACH.

The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) re-elected its previous Board on 29 November 2022 in Augsburg during the regular Board elections at the JEC Forum DACH.

At the constituent board meeting on 6 December 2022, the board positions were also confirmed. Dr. Michael Effing, Managing Director of AMAC GmbH, remains Chairman of the Board, and Dirk Punke, Managing Director of BÜFA Thermoplastics Composites GmbH, is Deputy Chairman. Treasurer is Prof. Jens Ridzewski, IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH, the other board members: Gerhard Lettl, Managing Director C.F. Maier Europlast GmbH & Co. KG and Michael Polotzki, Managing Director Menzolit S.r.L. The board is officially in office for three years from 1.1.2023.

"It's nice to see the Board's work so well evaluated that there is no doubt that this will continue for the next legislative period. We are very much looking forward to that," explains Managing Director Dr Elmar Witten, the members' vote. The general meeting took place during the JEC Forum DACH.

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AVK Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe

10.10.2022

OETI: 55 years of testing, certifying, accreditation and notification

As an accredited testing and certification body, the “OETI - Institut fuer Oekologie, Technik und Innovation GmbH“ (OETI for short) has been successfully responding to prevailing market requirements for 55 years and, in the process, has made a name for itself worldwide. To mark its anniversary, this international centre of excellence with its origins in Austria is taking a look back at the most important milestones in its history as well as providing interesting insights into future developments.

As renowned flooring manufacturers founded the Austrian Carpet Institute on 25th of September 1967, no one could have imagined how successful the company would become. But even back then, one thing was clear to the experts: the need to establish a carpet research and testing centre in the form of an association. Today, over five decades later, OETI is a testing and certification services provider for OEKO-TEX® certificates and labels, textiles, leather, due diligence along the textile and leather supply chain as well as for personal protective equipment (PPE), flooring technology, furnishings and indoor air quality.

As an accredited testing and certification body, the “OETI - Institut fuer Oekologie, Technik und Innovation GmbH“ (OETI for short) has been successfully responding to prevailing market requirements for 55 years and, in the process, has made a name for itself worldwide. To mark its anniversary, this international centre of excellence with its origins in Austria is taking a look back at the most important milestones in its history as well as providing interesting insights into future developments.

As renowned flooring manufacturers founded the Austrian Carpet Institute on 25th of September 1967, no one could have imagined how successful the company would become. But even back then, one thing was clear to the experts: the need to establish a carpet research and testing centre in the form of an association. Today, over five decades later, OETI is a testing and certification services provider for OEKO-TEX® certificates and labels, textiles, leather, due diligence along the textile and leather supply chain as well as for personal protective equipment (PPE), flooring technology, furnishings and indoor air quality.

In 1992, OETI was a founding member of the ‘International OEKO-TEX® Association for Research and Testing in the Field of Textile and Leather Ecology’ with independent certifications and product labels. Ever since, OEKO-TEX® has enabled companies along the textile and leather supply chain and every consumer to make responsible decisions for safe, environmentally friendly and fairly manufactured products.

In line with its focus on sustainability, OETI and its Swiss parent company, TESTEX AG, wanted to build the new OETI headquarters using low energy construction techniques and ensure its carbon-neutral operation. To achieve these goals, the highest possible thermal insulation and energy optimisation standards were applied, while the carbon-neutral power supply is generated by its in-house photovoltaics system as well as domestic renewable energy.

The new headquarters, which the company moved into in 2021, provides space for 75 employees over 2,500m2 and boasts bright and perfectly equipped office areas. The laboratory areas, the analytical/chemical laboratory and the physical / fire laboratory were also designed based on the latest methods and technologies. This makes OETI, alongside its Swiss parent company TESTEX, the second fully fledged laboratory site in the entire, global TESTEX Group.

More information:
OETI Testex
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OETI

(c) VDMA
Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons of the VDMA Textile Machinery: Verena Thies, Dr. Janpeter Horn, Regina Brückner.
31.03.2022

VDMA: Dr. Janpeter Horn New Chairperson of Textile Machinery Association

Dr. Janpeter Horn, Managing Director of August Herzog Maschinenfabrik, is the new Chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery. Dr. Horn was elected at the members’ meeting of the Association in Leonberg. The new Executive Board is completed with Ms. Regina Brückner, Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik and Ms. Verena Thies, Managing Shareholder of Thies Textilmaschinen, who were elected as Vice Chairpersons.

After his election, Dr. Horn stated: “I am pleased to have Ms. Brückner and Ms. Thies by my side. Both have been serving on the Executive Board of the VDMA Textile Machinery as well as the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers CEMATEX for many years. With this team, we are well prepared to effectively represent the interests of the industry at national and international level.”

Based in Oldenburg, Northern Germany, Herzog is a company with a long tradition and at the same time the most innovative developer and manufacturer of braiding and winding machinery. Worldwide references in braiding and winding technique confirm the company’s technical and quality leadership.

Dr. Janpeter Horn, Managing Director of August Herzog Maschinenfabrik, is the new Chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery. Dr. Horn was elected at the members’ meeting of the Association in Leonberg. The new Executive Board is completed with Ms. Regina Brückner, Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik and Ms. Verena Thies, Managing Shareholder of Thies Textilmaschinen, who were elected as Vice Chairpersons.

After his election, Dr. Horn stated: “I am pleased to have Ms. Brückner and Ms. Thies by my side. Both have been serving on the Executive Board of the VDMA Textile Machinery as well as the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers CEMATEX for many years. With this team, we are well prepared to effectively represent the interests of the industry at national and international level.”

Based in Oldenburg, Northern Germany, Herzog is a company with a long tradition and at the same time the most innovative developer and manufacturer of braiding and winding machinery. Worldwide references in braiding and winding technique confirm the company’s technical and quality leadership.

The new Executive Board of the VDMA Textile Machinery for the legislative period until 2026 is composed of:

  • Dr. Janpeter Horn (Chairperson), August Herzog Maschinenfabrik
  • Regina Brückner (Vice Chairperson), BRÜCKNER Trockentechnik
  • Verena Thies (Vice Chairperson), THIES
  • Peter D. Dornier, Lindauer DORNIER
  • Stefan Flöth, A. Monforts Textilmaschinen
  • Arno Gärtner, KARL MAYER STOLL Textilmaschinenfabrik
  • Markus Kleindorp, MEMMINGER-IRO
  • Andreas Lukas, ANDRITZ Küsters
  • Benjamin Mayer, Mayer & Cie.
  • Dr. Jörg Morgner, Temafa Maschinenfabrik
  • Benjamin Reiners, Reiners + Fürst
  • Dr. Uwe Rondé, Saurer Group
  • Eric Schöller, Groz-Beckert
  • Georg Stausberg, Oerlikon Textile
  • Heinrich Trützschler, Trützschler Group
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VDMA e. V.
Textilmaschinen

22.10.2021

VDMA Textile Machinery publishes position paper

In a position paper published on 22 October 2021, the companies organised in the VDMA Textile Machinery Association welcome the ambitions of the EU to promote climate protection, in particular the approach of combining the goals for the EU textile and clothing industry into a sector-specific strategy.

Up to now, the increasing textile consumption around the world, due to growing population and purchasing power has been accompanied by a rising use of resources. “The textile machinery companies organised in the VDMA are geared towards a functioning circular economy. With our highly efficient technologies we are an indispensable partner in this transition process”, explained Regina Brückner, Chairwoman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik.  

In a position paper published on 22 October 2021, the companies organised in the VDMA Textile Machinery Association welcome the ambitions of the EU to promote climate protection, in particular the approach of combining the goals for the EU textile and clothing industry into a sector-specific strategy.

Up to now, the increasing textile consumption around the world, due to growing population and purchasing power has been accompanied by a rising use of resources. “The textile machinery companies organised in the VDMA are geared towards a functioning circular economy. With our highly efficient technologies we are an indispensable partner in this transition process”, explained Regina Brückner, Chairwoman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik.  

In the new position paper, the executive board of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association emphasises that the new framework must be practicable. Ms Brückner said: “The EU must strike the right balance between necessary, yet also minimal, legislative regulation. A successful transition requires a level playing field which sets out fair rules for sustainability, thereby enabling European companies to nonetheless increase their international competitiveness.”

You can find the complete position paper in the attachment.

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VDMA e. V

Digital Pioneer Awards ceremony at the digitalCHURCH (c) digitalHUB Aachen e.V.; photo: Thomas Langens
Digital Pioneer Awards ceremony at the digitalCHURCH
15.06.2021

ITA Academy GmbH wins Digital Pioneer Award 2021

  • Digital Pioneer Awards ceremony at the digitalCHURCH
  • ITA Academy GmbH was honoured to receive the Digital Pioneer Award at the Digital Summit Event in Aachen on June 09, 2021.

The Digital Pioneer Award is given to companies that drive digitalisation with digital business models, processes or digital products. ITA Academy GmbH was honoured with the Digital Capability Center (DCC) Aachen and its support of companies in their digital transformation.

  • Digital Pioneer Awards ceremony at the digitalCHURCH
  • ITA Academy GmbH was honoured to receive the Digital Pioneer Award at the Digital Summit Event in Aachen on June 09, 2021.

The Digital Pioneer Award is given to companies that drive digitalisation with digital business models, processes or digital products. ITA Academy GmbH was honoured with the Digital Capability Center (DCC) Aachen and its support of companies in their digital transformation.

Using the latest didactic methods, sophisticated solution concepts and state-of-the-art technologies, the DCC Aachen supports people in keeping up with the digital future and becoming pioneers in digital transformation. In order to make innovative solutions such as AI and digital assistance systems tangible, the ITA Academy founded the Digital Capability Center (DCC) Aachen together with McKinsey & Company in 2017. The DCC is a model factory 4.0 in which digital applications are demonstrated and taught using the example of a realistic factory. The DCC thus offers a learning environment for companies in which participants are supported in building up competencies in the field of digital transformation in the form of practical work-shops.

The digital pioneers are to be publicised as best-practice examples in order to sensitize regional SMEs to the topic of digitisation. Around the award of the digital pioneers, the digitalHUB Aachen e.V. rolls out effective marketing activities. The pioneers achieve high visibility through the various planned campaigns and advertising opportunities.

Wissenschaftskommunikation Energiewende: Für Energieforschung begeistern und Innovationen für das Energiesystem von morgen zeigen. © Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Wissenschaftskommunikation Energiewende: Für Energieforschung begeistern und Innovationen für das Energiesystem von morgen zeigen.
17.05.2021

Fraunhofer UMSICHT Ausstellungsprojekt

  • Energiewende – gemeinsam für eine klimaneutrale Zukunft
  • Wissenschaftskommunikation Energiewende: Für Energieforschung begeistern und Innovationen für das Energiesystem von morgen zeigen.

Wie können wir die Energiewende gemeinsam umsetzen? Dieser Frage widmet sich ab 2022 eine Ausstellung, die das gesamte Bundesgebiet bereist und durch zahlreiche Veranstaltungen und partizipative Angebote begleitet wird. In dem gemeinsamen Projekt präsentieren Forschungseinrichtungen, Hochschulen, Ausstellungshäuser sowie Akteure der Wissenschaftskommunikation Lösungen für eine sichere, wirtschaftliche und klimaneutrale Energieversorgung und nehmen Ideen und Meinungen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger dazu auf. Parallel werden die Wahrnehmung des Themas Energiewende in der Öffentlichkeit und die Wirkung des Projekts selbst erforscht.

Ausstellung ab April 2022

  • Energiewende – gemeinsam für eine klimaneutrale Zukunft
  • Wissenschaftskommunikation Energiewende: Für Energieforschung begeistern und Innovationen für das Energiesystem von morgen zeigen.

Wie können wir die Energiewende gemeinsam umsetzen? Dieser Frage widmet sich ab 2022 eine Ausstellung, die das gesamte Bundesgebiet bereist und durch zahlreiche Veranstaltungen und partizipative Angebote begleitet wird. In dem gemeinsamen Projekt präsentieren Forschungseinrichtungen, Hochschulen, Ausstellungshäuser sowie Akteure der Wissenschaftskommunikation Lösungen für eine sichere, wirtschaftliche und klimaneutrale Energieversorgung und nehmen Ideen und Meinungen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger dazu auf. Parallel werden die Wahrnehmung des Themas Energiewende in der Öffentlichkeit und die Wirkung des Projekts selbst erforscht.

Ausstellung ab April 2022

Im Mittelpunkt steht eine Ausstellung, die vom Industriemuseum des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) und dem Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost entwickelt wird. Erste Station ist ab April 2022 die Henrichshütte Hattingen im Ruhrgebiet, ab Oktober 2022 ist die Ausstellung im Klimahaus zu sehen. Sie stellt mit Hilfe interaktiver und partizipativer Elemente Konzepte und Ideen der Energiewende sowie innovative Forschungsprojekte vor. Dabei werden auch die regionalen Besonderheiten im Umfeld der beiden Ausstellungshäuser aufgegriffen. Im Anschluss an die Präsentation in Hattingen und Bremerhaven tourt eine daraus entwickelte Wanderausstellung durch das Bundesgebiet.

Die Konzeption der Ausstellung und ihre Rezeption werden von der TU Ilmenau kommunikationswissenschaftlich begleitet. Erkenntnisse aus der Begleitforschung können dadurch direkt in die Ausstellung und das Rahmenprogramm zurückfließen. Im Zentrum des Projekts steht dabei die Frage, wie erfolgreiche Wissenschaftskommunikation zur Energiewende vor allem mit Blick auf regionale Aspekte gelingen kann und welchen Einfluss standortspezifische Faktoren auf die Rezeption haben.

Projektpartner

    Industriemuseum des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe (LWL)
    Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost
    Technische Universität Ilmenau, Fachgebiet Empirische Medienforschung und politische Kommunikation
    DECHEMA Gesellschaft für chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V.
    Fraunhofer UMSICHT
    Fraunhofer-Cluster CINES
    Wissenschaft im Dialog

Kooperationspartner

    Kopernikus Projekte für die Energiewende
    Carbon2Chem®

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Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT

Virtuelle Verleihung des UMSICHT-Wissenschaftspreises 2021 © Shutterstock
UMSICHT-Wissenschaftspreis 2021
17.05.2021

Virtuelle Verleihung des UMSICHT-Wissenschaftspreises 2021

Das letzte Jahr und insbesondere die mediale Aufmerksamkeit rund um die Corona-Pandemie zeigen, wie wichtig eine verständliche und zielgruppenorientierte Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Themen ist und welchen hohen Stellenwert die Wissenschaft einnimmt. Den Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft zu fördern, ist das Ziel des UMSICHT-Wissenschaftspreises, der 2021 zum zwölften Mal vom UMSICHT-Förderverein verliehen wird. Erfahren Sie im Rahmen der Preisverleihung mehr über die spannenden Beiträge der Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger in den Kategorien Wissenschaft und Journalismus.

Die diesjährige Bekanntgabe der Preisträger*innen und Preisverleihung findet am Donnerstag, den 24. Juni 2021 aufgrund der aktuellen Situation virtuell statt. Auf der Veranstaltung kann man sich über aktuelle Themen und Trends in der Wissenschaft und Wissenschaftskommunikation informieren. Nähere Informationen und auch bereits den Link zur Veranstaltung finden sie hier.

Das letzte Jahr und insbesondere die mediale Aufmerksamkeit rund um die Corona-Pandemie zeigen, wie wichtig eine verständliche und zielgruppenorientierte Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Themen ist und welchen hohen Stellenwert die Wissenschaft einnimmt. Den Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft zu fördern, ist das Ziel des UMSICHT-Wissenschaftspreises, der 2021 zum zwölften Mal vom UMSICHT-Förderverein verliehen wird. Erfahren Sie im Rahmen der Preisverleihung mehr über die spannenden Beiträge der Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger in den Kategorien Wissenschaft und Journalismus.

Die diesjährige Bekanntgabe der Preisträger*innen und Preisverleihung findet am Donnerstag, den 24. Juni 2021 aufgrund der aktuellen Situation virtuell statt. Auf der Veranstaltung kann man sich über aktuelle Themen und Trends in der Wissenschaft und Wissenschaftskommunikation informieren. Nähere Informationen und auch bereits den Link zur Veranstaltung finden sie hier.

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Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT

Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung awards ITA graduate and a project at ITA with sponsorship prizes (c) Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung
Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung sponsorship award winner picture 2020 (Ricarda Wissel: row 1, first from right, Simon Kammler, row 4, first from right)
25.06.2020

Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung awards ITA graduate and a project at ITA with sponsorship prizes

Carbon dioxide-based fibre for climate protection and interdisciplinary training with novel Smart Textiles test rig

The Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, honours a project of the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, short ITA, and awards a sponsorship prize to the ITA graduate Ricarda Wissel on 25 June 2020. She is awarded for her outstanding bachelor thesis " Implementation of elastic yarns made from carbon dioxide based thermoplastic polyurethane in socks " with funding for a subject-specific continuation of her education. The ITA receives the project sponsorship prize for the project "Smart Textiles - an interdisciplinary training course to promote young scientists in future technologies", which was submitted to the Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung by ITA´s PhD candidate Simon Kammler.

Carbon dioxide-based fibre from industrial waste contributes to climate protection

Carbon dioxide-based fibre for climate protection and interdisciplinary training with novel Smart Textiles test rig

The Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, honours a project of the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, short ITA, and awards a sponsorship prize to the ITA graduate Ricarda Wissel on 25 June 2020. She is awarded for her outstanding bachelor thesis " Implementation of elastic yarns made from carbon dioxide based thermoplastic polyurethane in socks " with funding for a subject-specific continuation of her education. The ITA receives the project sponsorship prize for the project "Smart Textiles - an interdisciplinary training course to promote young scientists in future technologies", which was submitted to the Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung by ITA´s PhD candidate Simon Kammler.

Carbon dioxide-based fibre from industrial waste contributes to climate protection

ITA scientist Dr.-Ing. Pavan Manvi has developed a melt spinning process at ITA for the production of elastic yarn from thermoplastic polyurethane, in which carbon dioxide is used as one of the raw materials. In her bachelor thesis, Ricarda Wissel successfully developed a process chain for the CO2-based yarn in a textile end product for the first time. In cooperation with the company FALKE and Dr Manvi, who supervised Ms. Wissel's work, the yarn was used to produce a sock (see figure "FALKE sock with carbon dioxide filaments").

By reusing carbon dioxide from industrial waste as a raw material for textile and clothing products, the carbon dioxide balance can be improved and thus contributes directly to climate protection. The sponsorship prize of the Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung is endowed with 6,000 € for the specialist further training of Ms. Wissel.

Interdisciplinary training with development of a new type of measuring stand for the future-oriented research field "Smart Textiles

The development of textiles with additional digital functions, so-called "Smart Textiles", is considered a future-oriented field of research. In his project submission, ITA´s doctoral candidate Simon Kammler presented a concept for a lecture series on Smart Textiles at ITA and develops a new type of measuring stand for measuring the capacity and conductivity of fibres. The project is funded by the Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung with a prize money of 10,000 Euro.

Smart Textiles enable the textile to interact with the environment and the human user. Today they are therefore in demand in many areas of everyday life such as sport, health, living, life and mobility and offer completely new practical solutions. In combination with digital networked services, Smart Textiles promise support and innovation in almost all situations of daily life.

With the conception of a new lecture series, Mr. Simon Kammler is supporting ITA in its goal of providing the best possible training for young scientists. The focus is on imparting far-reaching interdisciplinary skills in order to master the challenges of current fields of research.

Background:

The Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung supports particularly talented young people from all areas of the textile industry. Its purpose is the promotion of subject-specific education and further education as well as the promotion of projects at universities, academic schools and vocational schools, which are characterised by the sustainable communication of innovative learning content in science and research. In total, thirteen sponsorship prizes were awarded in 2020. Due to the Corona crisis, the forum of TextilWirtschaft, which is normally the venue for the awards ceremony, unfortunately had to be cancelled in 2020.

18.05.2020

Erfolgreiche Premiere für E3C

Forschende aus aller Welt diskutierten Zellkonzepte von elektrochemischen Reaktoren

Eine Plattform bieten für den interdisziplinären Austausch auf dem Gebiet elektrochemischer Zellen – mit dieser Zielsetzung startete Jan Girschik die Planung für das erste »E3C – Electrochemical Cell Concepts Colloquium«. Dieses Ziel hat der Wissenschaftler des Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT definitiv erreicht: Über 130 Forschende aus 13 Ländern – darunter Kanada, die USA, Uruguay, Indien, Griechenland, Großbritannien und sieben weitere europäische Nationen – nahmen an der Online-Veranstaltung am 14. Mai teil. Ihre Vorträge und Diskussionen drehten sich um Gemeinsamkeiten und potenzielle Kombinationsmöglichkeiten von Zellkonzepten und Fluidführungen für Flow-Batterien, Brennstoffzellen, Elektrolyse-, Elektrosynthese- und Elektrodialysezellen.

Forschende aus aller Welt diskutierten Zellkonzepte von elektrochemischen Reaktoren

Eine Plattform bieten für den interdisziplinären Austausch auf dem Gebiet elektrochemischer Zellen – mit dieser Zielsetzung startete Jan Girschik die Planung für das erste »E3C – Electrochemical Cell Concepts Colloquium«. Dieses Ziel hat der Wissenschaftler des Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT definitiv erreicht: Über 130 Forschende aus 13 Ländern – darunter Kanada, die USA, Uruguay, Indien, Griechenland, Großbritannien und sieben weitere europäische Nationen – nahmen an der Online-Veranstaltung am 14. Mai teil. Ihre Vorträge und Diskussionen drehten sich um Gemeinsamkeiten und potenzielle Kombinationsmöglichkeiten von Zellkonzepten und Fluidführungen für Flow-Batterien, Brennstoffzellen, Elektrolyse-, Elektrosynthese- und Elektrodialysezellen.

In welche Richtung die weitere Entwicklung in Zukunft gehen könnte, verdeutlichte Edward Roberts von der University of Cagliary am Beispiel einiger »wacky ideas«, an denen sein Team und er aktuell arbeiten. Dazu gehören komplexe Zellen mit beweglichen Festbettelektroden, eine oszillierende Fluidführung sowie Modifikationen mit magnetischen Feldern.

Neue Wege zur Gestaltung von Elektroden
Innovative Ideen stellte auch Prof. Matthias Wessling vor. Der Wissenschaftler der RWTH Aachen hielt die zweite Keynote mit dem Titel »Free form fabrication of electrochemical membrane reactors« und betonte: »Die Integration von Reaktions- und Trennsystemen für Elektroden ist ein wunderbarer, wissenschaftlicher Spielplatz für elektrochemische Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure.“ Auf dem Aachener Spielplatz sind u. a. nickelbasierte Anoden für die Oxidation von Lignin entstanden – und zwar in Gestalt keramischer Membranrohre. Diese können z. B. per 3D-Druck, selektivem Lasersintern und laserloser additiver Fertigung hergestellt werden, so Matthias Wessling.

Um die Kreativität der Teilnehmenden mit Blick auf die Gestaltung von Elektroden anzuregen, stellte er zudem verschiedene Formen vor, mit denen sein Team und er arbeiten. Abschließend thematisierte er Röhrenreaktoren sowie den Einsatz von Durchfluss- und Slurry-Elektroden.

Auf die Keynotes folgten weitere Vorträge in drei Sessions: Im Fokus von »Cell design and fluid flow« standen Zellkonzepte und innovative Strömungsführungen unterschiedlicher Reaktorarten. In der Session »Functional components« ging es u. a. um Membranen und poröse Elektroden, während sich die Session »Stack design, testing and sealing technology« primär um den bipolaren Aufbau von elektrochemischen Reaktoren drehte. Die Vortragenden kamen u. a. von dem Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik IMTEK, dem Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, dem DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, dem Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg, der TU Clausthal, der ZBT GmbH sowie dem Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik IGB und dem UMSICHT.

 

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Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT

 

VDMA: Regina Brückner New Chairperson of Textile Machinery Association © VDMA
(v.l.n.r.): Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons of the Textile Machinery Association: Regina Brückner, Fritz P. Mayer, Verena Thies.
02.11.2017

VDMA: Regina Brückner New Chairperson of Textile Machinery Association

Berlin / Frankfurt am Main, 2 November 2017 – Ms. Regina Brückner, Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik, is the new chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association. The businesswoman from Leonberg was elected at the members’ meeting of the Association in Berlin. The new executive board is completed with Ms. Verena Thies, Thies Textilmaschinen, and Mr. Fritz P. Mayer, Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik, who were elected as vice chairpersons.

After her election, Regina Brückner stated: „I am pleased to have Ms. Thies and Mr. Mayer by my side, the two chairpersons who complement each other very well. Mr. Mayer is an entrepreneurial personality with decades of experience which he is meanwhile bringing in as the president of CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers.  Ms. Thies assumed responsibility in the family company early on and has been working for the traditional company Thies in international textile machinery business since 2009.”

Berlin / Frankfurt am Main, 2 November 2017 – Ms. Regina Brückner, Managing Associate of Brückner Trockentechnik, is the new chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association. The businesswoman from Leonberg was elected at the members’ meeting of the Association in Berlin. The new executive board is completed with Ms. Verena Thies, Thies Textilmaschinen, and Mr. Fritz P. Mayer, Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik, who were elected as vice chairpersons.

After her election, Regina Brückner stated: „I am pleased to have Ms. Thies and Mr. Mayer by my side, the two chairpersons who complement each other very well. Mr. Mayer is an entrepreneurial personality with decades of experience which he is meanwhile bringing in as the president of CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers.  Ms. Thies assumed responsibility in the family company early on and has been working for the traditional company Thies in international textile machinery business since 2009.”

The new executive board for the legislative period until 2021 is composed of:
Regina Brückner (Chairperson), Brückner Trockentechnik
Verena Thies (Vice Chairperson), Thies
Fritz P. Mayer (Vice Chairman), Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik
Johann Phillip Dilo, Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik
Peter D. Dornier, Lindauer Dornier
Arno Gärtner, Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik
Roland Hampel, A. Monforts Textilmaschinen
Dr. Janpeter Horn, Herzog
Markus Kleindorp, Memminger-Iro
Martin Küppers, Saurer Schlafhorst
Georg Stausberg, Oerlikon Textile
Andreas Lukas, Andritz Küsters
Benjamin Mayer, Mayer & Cie.     
Eric Schöller, Groz-Beckert
Heinrich Trützschler, Trützschler

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VDMA

Oerlikon presents take up winder Source: www.ita.rwth-aachen.de
Oerlikon presents take up winder
30.05.2017

Oerlikon presents new take-up winder to ITA as partial gift

In May 2017, Jochen Adler, Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, presented a Oerlikon Barmag take-up winder as a partial gift to Prof. Dr Thomas Gries, head of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University. The new Type ASW602 winder, which is equipped with modern control software and user interface, replaces the former institute’s Barmag take-up winder.

In May 2017, Jochen Adler, Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer at Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, presented a Oerlikon Barmag take-up winder as a partial gift to Prof. Dr Thomas Gries, head of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University. The new Type ASW602 winder, which is equipped with modern control software and user interface, replaces the former institute’s Barmag take-up winder.


Due to this modernisation, ITA has access to a latest generation take-up winder which is used for various research projects. The new winder is applied at ITA’s two pilot melt spinning plants and ensures the transfer of new research and development insights into the pilot scale. Furthermore, this winder has two winding positions and operates with winding speeds between 2500 m/min and 5500 m/min. The new winder is suitable for all kinds of polymers, from polypropylene to polyethylene, polyester, polyamide etc. as well as for the production of several types of yarn, such as industrial yarn, pre-oriented yarn and fully-drawn yarn.
“We thank Oerlikon Barmag for the generous partial gifting and the support during the set-up of the new take-up winder”, says Prof. Dr Thomas Gries. “The new equipment will keep the institute’s machine park on a high and powerful level.” The head of ITA’s chemical fibre department Dr Thorsten Anders adds: “This winder is designed for the needs of chemical yarn research. It allows state of the art technology research and development and pilot-scale production. We will use it for the melt spinning plants in the single- and bi-component spinning process. This way, we can access a wide variety of producible yarn types.“

More information:
Oerlikon, ITA
Source:

Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University