Start of the start-up project kerAMisch in the EXIST research transfer program

The start-up project "kerAMisch" was launched at TU Dresden at the beginning of the year. The project is funded as part of the EXIST research transfer and is based at the Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, at the Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls, in the newly established Ceramics Innovation Center. The aim of the project is to develop innovative, temperature-controlled static mixers made of high-performance ceramics for demanding industrial applications. kerAMisch combines expertise from several disciplines: High-performance ceramics, additive manufacturing, algorithmic design and simulation. The interdisciplinary team consists of Dr. Hajo Wiemer, Dr. Uwe Scheithauer, Dr. Stefan Holtzhausen and Dr. Hannah Knobloch.

Conventional mixers made of metal or plastic are increasingly reaching their technical limits with aggressive media, high temperatures or highly fluctuating process conditions. The ceramic components developed in the project have integrated heating and cooling functions as well as sensor technology and therefore enable precise control of mixing and reaction processes - even under extreme chemical, thermal or mechanical conditions. In this way, processes can be controlled more stably, energy losses can be reduced and new continuous processes can be developed.

To achieve these goals, kerAMisch combines several technological approaches: High-performance ceramics as a particularly resistant material, additive manufacturing to realize complex, function-integrated geometries, algorithmic design methods for automated design and numerical simulations of flow, thermal and structural behaviour. AI-supported methods are also used to systematically evaluate and optimize design variants in a targeted manner.

Efficient and reliably controllable mixing and reaction processes are considered a key technology for numerous future industries - from sustainable chemistry and modern pharmaceuticals to energy and environmental technology. With kerAMisch, scientific excellence is transferred into economically relevant applications in a targeted manner. The project thus contributes to technological sovereignty, to strengthening Dresden as a location for innovation and to the successful transfer of research results into entrepreneurial structures.

kerAMisch deliberately sees itself as an open technology platform. In addition to the current application in the field of static mixers, numerous other functionally integrated high-performance components are conceivable. The project team is therefore open to new fields of application, industrial partners and cooperation ideas that go beyond classic mixing technology.

Contact:

Dr.-Ing. Hajo Wiemer
Institute of Mechatronic Engineering
Chair of Machine Tools Development and Adaptive Controls
Mail:
Phone: 0351-463-32004