Fiber-reinforced composite materials have become indispensable in modern lightweight design. They enable the exploitation of material-specific advantages and allow the realization of lightweight and highly efficient structures. Compared to conventional materials, however, fiber-reinforced polymers require new technologies along the entire process chain in order to fully utilize their potential.

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The Chair of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Technology focuses on various technologies across the process chain. One major research area is the development of manufacturing as well as dust-free joining technologies for fiber-reinforced composites with thermoplastic and thermoset matrix systems. In addition to joining technologies for single-matrix systems, the chair also conducts research on joining processes for matrix-hybrid fiber-reinforced composites.

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The research is conducted in cooperation with the Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Augsburg. The ZLP focuses on production technologies for full-scale components. Through this collaboration, technologies can be optimized and evaluated at an early maturity stage with respect to practical application and challenges arising from technology scaling.