Department of Sustainable Materials and Processing
Welcome to the Sustainable Materials and Processing department.
Our department carries out research and development into new materials and their processing methods. Underpinning this is the belief that modern, application-specific materials, combined with innovative processing methods, have the potential to make our society’s technologies sustainable. In our research and development, we always follow what are known as the ‘R-strategies’. In this way, we reduce the amount of material required and the energy consumed in processes, design products so that they can be recovered or recycled, or investigate ways of recovering secondary materials that are simple and tailored to the specific material. The research projects currently underway focus on steels, aluminium materials and metal matrix composites. To ensure comprehensive adaptation – that is, adaptation which takes into account material properties across different scales and under various application and processing conditions – we utilise not only analytical, characterisation and testing methods but also tools for materials and process simulation.
Under the tabs shown above, you will find more detailed information on our current and past projects, as well as our department’s publications.
Do you have any further questions, or is there anything we can do to help you with your work? If so, please feel free to contact us using the telephone number or email address below.
We look forward to a Let’s work together!
2026
Sub-project:
Recycling approaches for AMC, controlled particle distribution in castings, microstructural characterisation and optimisation
Motivation & Objectives
As part of the collaborative project, a functional prototype and a technically optimised eKMV with integrated medium-pressure injection are being developed and tested. In addition, fundamental issues relating to materials and process development are being investigated. Furthermore, the reintroduction of machining swarf into the initial forming process is being investigated in order to develop recycling strategies for AMC materials and to assess their impact on the mechanical properties of the components. In addition, a sustainability assessment is being carried out using a cradle-to-cradle analysis.
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2025
Sub-project:
Materials Production and Characterisation
Motivation & Objectives
By the end of the project, the scientific and technical foundations should be in place to manufacture high-quality AMC products and establish them on the market. The commercial project partners expect the development of new materials and products to expand their product portfolios.
Funding is provided from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and from tax revenue, in accordance with the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.
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