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Several students of the LKT had the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the regional company Uvex, manufacturing safety glasses in Fürth. In addition to the comprehensive company presentation with focus on safety, the students and accompanying scientific assistants of LKT received a guided to...
For the start of the new Research Training Group 2950 SyMoCADS (Synthetic Molecular Communications Across Different Scales: From Theory to Experiments), a first retreat took place in Waischenfeld on the 15th and 16th of July 2024. During these two days, the participants had the opportunity to get to...
We are happy to pronounce that the LKT starts into a new fascinating research project regarding the additive manufacturing of tumor models!
We proudly announce the foundation of the new network “Textile PET in technical applications” together with the consulting company EurA AG as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. The network aims at producing new technical plastic products from recycled textiles.
In the 20th year of the Rapid.Tech 3D, taking place in Erfurt, the additive manufacturing department at LKT took the opportunity to present recent work in the fields of laser-based powder bed fusion and highly filled metal feedstocks for fused filament fabrication.
