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Clausthal-Zellerfeld. Whether for automotive production, the construction industry or medical technology: new or optimized materials and material combinations are a decisive key to innovation. This became clear at the second Lower Saxony Materials Technology Symposium, which brought together around 150 participants from all over Germany at Clausthal University of Technology at the end of February.
The conference series, which celebrated its premiere in 2015, was once again hosted by the Clausthal Center for Materials Technology (CZM). "For a good two years now, we have been successfully combining contrasting materials such as glass, ceramics, plastics and metals at our center," said Professor Volker Wesling, spokesman of the CZM board. "Natural and material scientists and engineers work together and inspire each other," Wesling continued. The guiding principle of the CZM and the symposium is "New perspectives through advanced materials and processes - from the basics to application at all stages of the value chain".
In the opening lecture in the Aula Academica of Clausthal University of Technology, Dr. Albrecht Stalmann from Volkswagen AG spoke about "Materials science in the field of tension between the requirements of Industry 4.0 in automotive engineering". Among other things, the automotive expert highlighted the digitalized quality control of the materials used, using the example of coils.
A total of 50 specialist presentations - held in three parallel sessions - were on the agenda on both days of the event. The contributions, which are summarized in a conference volume, provided information on trends in materials research and process technology in nine subject areas: new functional materials, building materials, resource-saving material concepts, forming technology, joining technology, coating and surface technology, material properties and behaviour, analytics and material modeling. Wood, the largest renewable natural resource, was also addressed as a topic. In his lecture "Wood and organic reagents - a promising partnership", Professor Dieter Kaufmann from Clausthal demonstrated that the chemical optimization of wood surfaces could be used to improve the properties of wood: Chemical optimization of the wood surface could well compensate for the disadvantages of the natural product, such as its susceptibility to moisture, fire and biological attacks.
After a successful second event, which was also met with interest by participating scientists from abroad, for example from Sweden and Greece, CZM Managing Director Dr. Henning Wiche looked ahead: "The third Lower Saxony Materials Technology Symposium is to take place in 2019."
Contact:
Dr.-Ing. Henning Wiche
Clausthaler Zentrum für Materialtechnik
E-mail: sekretariat@czm.tu-clausthal.de
Phone: +49 5323 72-3330
Fax: +49 5323 72-3399