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Focus on materials and manufacturing processes for disruptive innovations
At CZM's 6th Materials Technology Symposium, over 60 scientists from research and industry presented their innovative findings and solutions in the field of materials science and materials technology to an interested audience over the course of two conference days.
In his opening remarks, Prof. Wolfgang Maus-Friedrichs, spokesman of the CZM board, was delighted with the lively attendance of over 130 participants from many different disciplines and emphasized the importance of scientific exchange. In the subsequent keynote lecture, Dr. Sebastian Levin from the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering reported on the degradation of the skeletons of cold-water corals under the changing conditions in the world's oceans. This results in poorer mechanical-technological properties, which endanger coral habitats due to structural instability. Since a healthy coral skeleton has the strength of concrete, there is great potential to use such materials as sustainable construction materials and to produce them using bioprinting, for example. At the beginning of the second day of the colloquium, Dr. Hagen Poddig from H.C. Starck Tungsten gave another keynote speech on a new process in the recycling process chain for the production of tungsten chemicals. The main focus is on concentration in the production of ammonium metatungstate, the main starting product for the production of pure tungsten or tungsten carbide. In contrast to standard thermal concentration, the newly developed reverse osmosis process saves 90% of the energy originally required.
In his evening lecture “Lichtblick statt Blackout”, physicist Vince Ebert, well-known from the ARD program “Wissen vor Acht”, made a humorous plea for an open mindset with regard to solving existing challenges relating to climate change and the energy transition. At the evening event that followed, the food and drinks provided by the research brewery were used to recapitulate and discuss what had been seen and heard.
Three presentations by lecturers in the doctoral phase were awarded prizes for their outstanding rhetoric and content: These were Alexander Koch from TU Dortmund University on the topic of “Bonding mechanisms of directly recycled aluminum chips for new semi-finished products”, Sebastian Kaiser from the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing on “Welding in the operation of long-distance hydrogen gas pipelines” and Sascha Zimmermann from TU Clausthal on the contribution for the “Conceptual design of manufacturing environments for oxygen-free production”.
A large proportion of all contributions will also be published in English in the printed conference proceedings and digitally as an open access publication with the involvement of scientific quality assurance in peer review. “With this approach, we want to increase the visibility of all contributions in particular and of the symposium in general, and we would like to thank all contributing reviewers. The reactions show that we are on the right track,” summarized Dr. Henning Wiche at the end of the event.
