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.

Laser-based silicon crystallization for monolithic integration in MEMS sensors

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have proven themselves a billion times over as sensors in smart cars, cell phones and mini insulin pumps, among other things. To make these MEMS even more…

Simple process extracts valuable magnesium salt from seawater

A new flow-based method harvests a magnesium salt from Sequim seawater. By Beth Mundy Since ancient times, humans have extracted salts, like table salt, from the ocean. While table salt…

Sandblasting with Light

Fraunhofer IWS developed a laser technology to clean and structure surfaces particularly quickly while protecting the environment. Sandblasting – that was yesterday. Laser beams can clean and structure surfaces more…

First Long-Term Methanol Synthesis from Blast Furnace Gas in a Miniplant

Methanol plays an important role for industry as a commodity chemical and is presently considered one of the key energy carriers in the rising hydrogen economy. However, conventional methanol production…

Green adhesives made from whey

Sustainable environmental and process engineering. In collaboration with TU Dresden, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a process for obtaining valuable, high-purity ethyl acetate from whey. This can be used, for example,…

A new boost for solar cell production

Out with the silver, in with the copper: The rising price and low availability of raw materials, especially silver, are leading to higher costs in producing photovoltaic modules. Fraunhofer researchers…

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