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  • Projects
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    • Lightweight solution for battery electric vehicles
    • Modern analytics for biobased plastics
    • From real test to virtual design of plastic components
    • Circular Plastics Economy: Bioplastics for technical use
    • System reliability and optimization of ventilators
    • Making elastomers more robust with diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings
    • Automatic FE calculations of a digital parameterized electric motor calculation model
    • Design of dynamically stressed components made of short-fiber-reinforced plastics
    • Condition monitoring of automated driving vehicles
    • Wireless, energy-autonomous remote monitoring of bolted joints
    • AI optimizes vibrations
    • New applications for metal pads in vibration control technology
    • Plastics in thermal management
    • Lifetime prediction of plastic
    • LoadLightBike »L-LBF«
    • Fuse protection of electrified powertrain components
    • Battery management system (BMS) for energy-sensitive applications
    • Piezoelectrete
    • I²PANEMA - the IoT and active noise control at port and industrial facilities
    • Heavy rainfall events as a challenge for the future
    • ProKInect - machine tool conditioning monitoring on a cross-manufacturer basis
    • Improved service life of elastomers
    • Investigating the service life of aged elastomer components
    • Development of thermally conductive polymer blends
    • Efficient prevention of fires
    • Waste4Future: Technology for the complete recycling of plastic waste
    • SET Level: Safety for the autonomous mobility of the future
    • Optimized design of hybrid commercial vehicles (ORCA)
    • Recyclates for sustainable structural components in household appliances
    • Plastics economy: biostabilizers as part of the sustainability transition
    • Silent Running — vibro-acoustic metamaterials to reduce vibrations in space travel applications
    • Reducing CO2 by using new manufacturing processes and materials for sustainable lightweight components of land vehicles
    • Hybrid energy storage for more power and range
    • Customized "green" materials for "green" hydrogen
    • New possibilities for lightweight construction using vibro-acoustic metamaterials
    • Reduction of the fatigue strength due to the influence of hydrogen
    • Künstliche Intelligenz zur Erkennung von Formverschmutzung im Elastomerspritzguss
    • Online rheology
    • Plastic additives make a significant contribution to improving the quality of recycled materials
    • DNA Casting: Multicriteria optimization of cast components
    • PROMETHEUS - Novel star polymers as lubricant additives reduce friction
    • Strong CO2 -reduced components made from fiber-reinforced biopolymers
    • GOHybrid Hybrid lightweight wheels
    • Noise barriers with vibroacoustic metamaterials
    • Reliability evaluation of hydrogen fuel cells in electromobility
    • Concept for fatigue strength test under combined mechanical-hydraulic loads
    • SmartLab4Chassis - Smart Lab for Future Mobility Chassis Systems
    • PET secondary materials from different post-consumer sources
    • Circular reusable transport solution with integrated air padding
    • Recyclate Analytics: Development of modern analytics for post-consumer waste
    • Analysis of the interactions between additives and fillers using the example of flame-retardant cable sheaths
    • HyMon: Intelligent tanks for hydrogen vehicles
    • InsituWIND - Structural monitoring on offshore wind turbines
    • Research project nodularWeld - Repair welding of cast iron with nodular graphite
    • Plastics in hydrogen applications
    • Plastics under power
    • Vibroacoustic Metamaterials
    • ALBACOPTER®: The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s eVTOL lighthouse project
    • AI failure analysis of technical elastomers
    • Optimizing durable dynamic structures
    • CIRCULUS - Sustainable battery systems for the energy transition
    • IdenT - Condition identification of trailers of automated trucks
    • High-performance center GreenMat4H2
    • AddiSim: Disoriented in 3D printing? Directional material properties
    • Chassis testing in new multi-axle testing environment
    • Agile Dynamic Systems - AgiDyS
    • Fraunhofer technology in market-ready force sensors - Altosens GmbH
    • AI Application Hub on Plastic Packaging
    • Experimentally validating the dynamic properties of wheels
    • JB-MULTI-FUN - Better understanding of additively manufactured WAAM structures and surfaces
    • JB-RecAl - Secondary aluminum - a raw material from end-of-life and production waste
    • FutureCarProduction - Sustainable car body concepts for vehicle construction
    • Digi4Circular - digital platform for the development of sustainable and efficient automotive components
    • JB-ReSaMon - Sustainable production of sandwich elements for the construction sector
    • VVMethods - Analysis and test procedures for autonomous vehicles
    • Efficient drive-file-determination by inverse modelling
    • IoT sensor technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance
    • SUMSENS – Structure-borne sound multi-hop sensor network
    • IndiNaPoly - Customized nanotechnological polymer platform for large-scale production of future semiconductor generations
    • Plastic recyclates and biopolymers as raw materials for fibers and films
    • HATE-Fluor - Fluorine-free substitutes for selected technical applications
    • AccCellBaT - Accelerated Cell and Battery Testing
    • Sustainable flame retardants for bioplastics
    • Development of a test methodology for structurally integrated high-voltage storage devices
    • TERIS - Technology platform for tire abrasion and its emission identification in road traffic
    • UP-Wing - Development of a vibration-based de-icing process for aircraft wings
    • OrganoPor - Bio-based, halogen-free, flame-retardant, self-supporting insulation boards
    • Development of a programmable bistable finger prosthesis
    • GECO - Holistic thermal management and metamaterials for aircraft galleys
    • Odor control additives for a stable circular economy
    • PORez - Quantitative molecular characterization of polyolefin recyclates
    • Zynk-Guss - Analysis of the cyclic material behavior of zinc die casting alloys
    • FOLAMI - Evaluation solution for steel-aluminum welds in ship design
    • SEABAT - Lithium-ion battery for marine applications
    • PEMPAR - Increasing the service life of fuel cells, shortening test times
    • ORKa3D - Digital quality control of weld seams to evaluate fatigue strength
    • RE-IMPACT - Inspection system for testing rCF composite
    • Supurior - Customized polymer development for the most demanding requirements
    • Flexeras - Helmet with vibration sensor for excavator operators
    • Innovative thermal management in fuel cell air compressors
    • Alternative drive system using EV trailers
  • Cross-cutting issues and Focus topics
    [X] Cross-cutting issues and Focus topics
    • Electrical energy storage devices
      • Development of sustainable battery systems
      • Reliability assessment and lifetime analysis
      • Material development for electrical energy storage
    • Coatings
      • Melt-metal interactions
      • Custom polymers for micro- and nanolithography
    • Hydrogen
  • Press releases
    [X] Press releases
    • SMM: Simulation software for adaptronic systems - Taking the momentum out of vibrations
    • Creating sustainable products: Fraunhofer LBF investigates recycling of halogen-free flame retardant plastics
    • New Laboratory Makes Kilogram-Scale Chemical Syntheses of Plastics Possible
    • Complex Loading versus Hidden Reserves: International Symposium on Structural Durability Provides Information on New Trends
    • How effective are bonding agents? Fraunhofer LBF uses liquid chromatography for characterization for the first time
    • Bringing the road into the laboratory: Users discuss biaxial fatigue-testing for car and truck wheels
    • Come together: teamwork achieves optimum composite design
    • Brilliant perspective: Computer tomography analyzes damage to raw materials under load
    • Fraunhofer LBF at Compounding World Expo 2018
    • Upcycling of PET Bottles
    • Smart connections: Intelligent sensors monitor and optimize industrial processes 4.0
    • “Future of Composites in Transportation 2018”, JEC Innovation Award for hybrid roof bow
    • SMM 2018: Hull coatings, radar, and robots – Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft to present maritime research highlights at SMM in Hamburg from 4 to 7 September
    • More range for electric vehicles: functionalized thermoplastic sandwich components within minutes
    • New test rig components for faster development and validation
    • Fraunhofer LBF and BAM develop faster procedure for flame-retardant plastics
    • For EVs with higher range
    • Outstanding Achievements in Automotive Lightweight Design
    • Efficient Manufacturing Technology: Integrated Sensors Secure and Monitor the Manufacturing of Thick-Walled CFK Structures
    • Dynamic plastics testing
    • Recycling of plastics
    • Fraunhofer LBF supports numerous small and middle-sized entrepreneurs in their competitive
    • In-Plane Shear Test
    • Hybrid joined multi-material
    • Lightweight battery
    • failure prediction
    • Bubble Inflation
    • Fraunhofer LBF organize Forum Plastic Recyclates
    • Eliminate Viruses Effectively
    • OrganoPor
    • Forum Plastic Recyclates
    • „InCeight Casting“: Proceedings available, CfP till May 15, 2022
    • Fraunhofer LBF improves 2D tensile test and modelling in design of plastic tanks
    • Green elastomers
    • More than fibers in sight: Fraunhofer LBF develops application-oriented methods for the simulation of plastic components
    • Taking chromatography to a new level: Fraunhofer LBF develops modern analytics for polyolefin compounds
    • Optimized plastic surfaces for UV disinfection
    • K-Fair: Lightweight construction with natural fibre-reinforced plastics used for Li-ion battery housings
    • K-Fair: New methods for reliable lifetime estimation of plastic recyclates
    • Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative
    • Forum Plastic Recyclates, March 29 - 30, 2023
    • International Congress for the Foundry Industry
    • Poject on the harmonization of a transport-specific Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
    • Short- and long-term properties in recyclates
    • Altosens GmbH launches Fraunhofer technology on the market
    • Better recycling of plastic packaging: New process extracts fragrances
    • Fraunhofer LBF develops new approach for rapid process stabilization of plastics
    • Online workshop discusses challenges and solutions for environmentally friendly elastomer compounds
    • Improving the Quality of Recyclate Films by Additivation
    • Lightweight and sustainable: Fraunhofer LBF presents innovations for the technical supply industry
    • Users deliberate upon biaxial fatigue strength tests for passenger car and truck wheels and hubs
    • "6th Forum Plastic Recyclates", March 13 and 14, 2024 in Darmstadt
    • Intelligent suspensions using metal cushions with integrated sensor function
    • Congress "InCeight Casting C8" interdisciplinary network for the foundry industry, March 5 to 7, 2025
    • Fraunhofer CCPE at the ACHEMA 2024
    • Recyclable lightweight battery housing
    • Standard-compliant flame retardancy for post-consumer recyclates in specific applications
    • Polypropylene recyclate more profitable
    • Forum Plastic Recyclates 2025
    • “InCeight Casting C8” from March 5 to 6, 2025
    • Online event: New methods for accelerated reliability assessment
    • Bio-based polyesters for demanding long-term applications
    • Sustainable plastics containing flame retardants for use in closed-loop applications
    • High-performance elastomers and plasma polymer coatings to replace fluoropolymers in technical applications:
    • Constant optimization of materials and products made from polyolefin recyclates for sustainable solutions
    • The Circular Economy meets innovation at K-Messe 2025
    • Advanced materials for the Circular Economy
    • Using Vibration to Deice Aircraft Wings