Technology Offers
- Plant engineering
- Automation / IT
- Process and production engineering
- Energy technology
- Electrical engineering
Format-flexible and continuous cell stack assembly
A new plant concept from KIT enables the flexible and continuous production of cell stacks in individual formats. A format change is possible without changing tools.
- Plant engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Process and production engineering
- Measurement technology
Dry battery electrodes efficiently and modularly
Inline measurement technology and customizable air routing ensure data-based control of drying systems and thus reduce rejects and set-up times.
Acoustic signals generated by lasers
A novel laser-controlled audio system has been developed at KIT that generates sound waves in a controlled and spatially non-contact manner by laser plasma modulation. Auditory sound, ultrasound and higher-frequency signals can be generated.
- Biotechnology
- Plant engineering
- Chemical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Food industry
- Medicine and healthcare
- Process and production engineering
- Analytics
Continuous fermentation of synthesis gas
A novel reactor design enables the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas under high pressure. In particular, parameter studies on fermentation can be carried out with the prototype.
- Plant engineering
- Drive technology
- Automotive industry
- Building industry
- Polymer industry
- Mechanical engineering
- Process and production engineering
Inspecting surfaces with machine learning
A method has been developed at KIT to automatically evaluate surface states of objects using video images, neural networks, and machine learning. Intelligent surface inspection can improve defect inspection.
- Plant engineering
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Chemical industry
- Microtechnology / precision mechanics
- Raw material and textile industry
- Process and production engineering
High-pressure saturator for process engineering
A new reactor design of KIT enables the saturation of gases under very high pressure with the vapor of corrosive and high-purity liquids.
- Automotive industry
- Aerospace industry
- Mechanical engineering
- Plant engineering
- Process and production engineering
- Building industry
XFRP springs with variable fiber combination
Springs made of a new type of fiber-plastic composite increase reversible energy absorption capacity through special combination and arrangement of the fiber materials.
- Plant engineering
- Drive technology
- Aerospace industry
- Energy technology
- Process and production engineering
- Mechanical engineering
Aerodynamic film cooling holes
An optimized inlet geometry of film cooling holes on the cooling air side improves the film cooling effectiveness for cooling hot metal surfaces.
- Plant engineering
- Automotive industry
- Printing industry
- Polymer industry
- Process and production engineering
- Aerospace industry
3D microwave printer for continuous fiber reinforced polymer
A new system for additive manufacturing by using microwave heating to print components made of continuous fiber reinforced composites quickly and efficiently.
- Building industry
- Process and production engineering
- Raw material and textile industry
- Plant engineering
Circular economy for cement
KIT process enables complete recycling of old concrete: Belit cement is produced from demolition concrete and released carbon dioxide can be bound in upgraded recycling aggregates in the process chain.