Chair holder

Prof. Jens-Peter Majschak has held the Chair of Processing Machines and Processing Technology since 2004. He is also Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Processing Engineering and Packaging (IVV). The Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig accepted him as a full member in 2013.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens-Peter Majschak

Director Fraunhofer Institut Process Engineering and Packaging

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Contact Information

Chair of Processing Machines and Processing Technology

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Visiting address:

Hauptgebäude ZIN, ZIN 103 Bergstr. 120

01069 Dresden

Sekretariat Frau Heidelinde Siegert

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Postal address:

TUD Dresden University of Technology Fakultät Maschinenwesen
Institut für Naturstofftechnik

01062 Dresden

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secretary: Heidelinde Siegert

Research Focus

Processing behaviour and process modelling of polymer and natural fiber based packaing materials
Analysis, modelling and optimization of industrial cleaning processes with a focus on the food industry

Curriculum vitae

since 2021	Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV)
since 2004	Chair of Processing Machines/ Processing Technology at the TUD Dresden University of Technology
since 2002	Employee at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV) in various positions
1997	Doctoral Thesis at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering at TU Dresden, topic: "Computer support for the search for processing technology principle solutions"
1989	Diploma in studies of Processing Machines at the TU Dresden

Activities in Academia

2014 – 2025 Technical Committee Member of the conference “Fouling and Cleaning in Food Processing”. Cambridge 2014, Lund 2018, Lille 2022, Dresden 2025
since 2018 assigned reviewer for Research Funding " Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung (IGF) " (Collective Industrial Research)
- since 2025: Group Mechanical Processing Technology
- until 2024 Joining and Additive Manufacturing
since 2013 Full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
since 2010 European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG)
since 2009 Member of the Study Commission of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TUD Dresden Unviersity of Technology

Publications

130 Entries

2023

A design of experiments based on the Normal-boundary-intersection method to identify optimum machine settings in manufacturing processesGellerich, P. & Majschak, J., Sep 2023, 9 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
Influence of rheological properties and pull‑off forces of native and modified starches on cleaning in plane channel flowKricke, S., Berger, C., Zahn, S., Köhler, H., Rohm, H. & Majschak, J., 7 Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 60, 5, p. 861-870, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Pareto-based design of experiments for identifying and comparing optimum sealing parameters of heat sealing applications in packaging machinesGellerich, P. & Majschak, J., Jun 2023, In: TAPPI Journal. 22, 6, p. 383-397, 15 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2022

A new characterization approach for heat sealing of polymer packaging films identifying optimum sealing parameters using Pareto-based trade-off analysisGellerich, P. & Majschak, J., 20 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 139, 44, 17 p., e53094Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Direct measurement of the cohesive strength of whey protein gel in contact with NaOH by wire cutting experimentsHelbig, M., Majschak, J. & Köhler, H., Nov 2022, In: Food and Bioproducts Processing. 136, 136, p. 141 - 153, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article