Latest News

Here we will inform you about the latest research topics, upcoming events and other news of the department.

 

Press Release / 05.03.2024

Digital Twin for All Process Steps in Battery Production

Optimizing batteries is one of the most important tasks for industry and science. The simulation of battery models has been part of our daily business for years.

The Ministry of Science and Health is now supporting a new project that models the entire manufacturing process.

 

Press Release / 29.02.2024

Testing and Analyzing Composite Materials With Fraunhofer Expertise

JEC World describes itself as the »Festival of Composites«, as composites professionals from all over the world gather under its roof in Paris every year. Researchers from the Fraunhofer ITWM will also be there. We present testing and analysis methods for composite materials at the joint Fraunhofer stand from March 5 to 7 2024.

 

Research News / 01.08.2023

Safe Airbag Deployment

In car accidents, the airbag can often save lives. While driving, it lies well hidden under a high-quality plastic surface that covers large parts of the cockpit: the slush skin.

We have developed a hand-guided terahertz measurement system that enables individual and non-destructive quality control of slush skins.

 

Stuttgart, Konferenz / 3.5. – 6.5.2022

Digital Twins and Terahertz Waves Ensure Quality

The Fraunhofer ITWM will again be present at the international trade fair for quality assurance »Control« in Stuttgart. From May 3 to 6, our researchers show their testing systems for assuring product quality in industrial environments in hall 6, booth 6301. 

Upcoming Events

An important point in our work is the exchange with colleagues about the latest developments in research and the sharing of our results. For this reason, we regularly travel to trade fairs and conferences and present our institute at a booth or in a lecture.

 

Kaiserslautern / Fraunhofer ITWM / Workshop / March 10, 2024 - March 12, 2024

14th Terahertz Young Scientists Meeting

From March 10 to 12, 2024, we are hosting a meeting for Master's students and PhD students in the field of terahertz research, where young researchers from the terahertz community will have the opportunity to present their work in a friendly and welcoming international environment.

 

Call for Papers/ 12.03. – 13.03.2024

Workshop Terahertz Technology and Applications 2024

Please submit your papers to us by November 30, 2023. 

Abstracts will then be reviewed by the program committee and authors will be notified.

 

Karlsruhe / Fair / 09.04.2024 – 12.04.2024

Paint Expo 2024

PaintExpo is the world's leading trade fair for industrial coating technology.

We are on site with a team from the department »Materials Characterization and Testing« and present our work in the field of coating thickness measurement of single and multi-layer coatings using terahertz measurement technology.

 

Stuttgart / Fair / 23.04. – 26.04.2024

Control 2024

With Control, suppliers and users have a specialist event at their disposal which illuminates all aspects in theory and presents the current global range of usable technologies, processes, products and system solutions for industrial quality assurance in practice.

We will be on site with experts from our departments  »Material Characterization and Testing« and »Image Processing«.

 

Stuttgart / Congress / 18.06. – 20.06.2024

The Battery Show Europe

The Battery Show Europe offers participants the opportunity to discover the latest products and solutions from the battery industry. Our experts Dr. Joachim Jonuscheit, Dr. Konrad Steiner, Dr. Falco Schneider and Dr. Jochen Zausch will be on site with an exhibit and presentation on the topics of layer thickness measurement of the electrode coating and cell and production process simulations.