TY - GEN A1 - Shapovalov, Oleg A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Ost, Lucas A1 - Doynov, Nikolay A1 - Kuke, Felix A1 - Ambrosio, Marcello A1 - Michailov, Vesselin T1 - Substitution von metallischen Schubfeldern im Fahrzeugbau durch fügetechnische Integration von FKV-Schalen T2 - DVS Congress 2022, Große Schweißtechnische Tagung, DVS Campus ; Kurzfassungen der Vorträge der Veranstaltung in Koblenz vom 19. bis 21. September 2022 ; (Langfassungen der Beiträge auf USB-Karte) N2 - Durch den strukturellen Einsatz von Faser-Kunststoff-Verbunden (FKV) lassen sich hochwertige gewichtsoptimierte Karosserien in Mischbauweise umsetzen. Die untersuchte CMT-Pin-Schweißtechnik zur Verbindung von thermoplastischen Organoblechen mit Stählen bietet, im Vergleich zu anderen Verfahren, neben einer einseitigen Zugänglichkeit, ein hohes Leichtbaupotenzial. Das Vorhaben wurde auf eine werkstoff-, prozess- und konstruktionsgerechte Umsetzung des Verfahrens ausgerichtet. Auf Basis experimenteller und numerischer Untersuchungen wurde eine Methode zum Vorwärmen von Organoblechen mittels Infrarotstrahlung entwickelt. Die Eignung der CMT-Pin-Technologie wurde sowohl für das Fügen von karbon- als auch glasfaserverstärktem PA6 betrachtet. Als Bewertungskriterien wurden das Schweißgut sowie der Faser- und Matrixerhalt in Abhängigkeit der Schweißparameter untersucht. Das entwickelte Verfahren wurde mit herkömmlichen Fügemethoden bzgl. der in Kopf- und Scherzugversuchen ermittelten Festigkeiten verglichen. Zur Bestimmung der Beständigkeit der Verbindungen gegen unterschiedliche Witterungsbedingungen wurden Salzsprühnebel- und Wechselkorrosionstests durchgeführt. Mit dem Fügen von Hutprofilen wurde die Anwendung der entwickelte CMT-Pin-Technik am Tunnel sowie den Längs- und Querträgern der Bodenstruktur eines Kraftfahrzeugs demonstriert. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.dvs-ev.de/call4papers/abstract.cfm?vid=115&pid=7586 SN - 978-3-96144-189-1 SP - 385 EP - 393 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hannan, Azmin Nasrin A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Müller, Marco A1 - Krenz, Jonas T1 - Investigations of technical challenges in compounding of recycled carbon fibers T2 - Zarzadzanie Przedsiebiorstwem. Enterprise Management N2 - Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) owing to its excellent properties have found its extensive application in various fields ranging from medical to automobile and aerospace industries. This has thereby led to ever-increasing demand of carbon fiber production and as well as resulting in tonnes of carbon fiber wastes in the landfills [5]. Due to the high positive impacts of using carbon fibers, the energy intensive and cost intensive production of virgin fibers and the growing landfills are often overlooked. Hence, the need for recycling and repurposing of carbon fiber wastes have gained the significance at present day. Although various recycling technologies have been developed yet, various challenges are faced with processing of recycled carbon fibers (rCF). Besides, the desired application specific properties are not compromised for high cost and high-energy requirement. Therefore, an overall development of processing rCF is sought from not only a sustainability point but also an economic point. Various efficient recycling technologies are currently operating. The challenges arises in commercializing the recycled fibers after the recycling process. The recycled fibers often require various post-processing of fibers and undergoes fiber degradation. This induces a skeptical mindset for the buyers to introduce the recycled fibers in the material ecosystem. This paper currently discusses the processing challenges of long rCF in a compounding plant. To form a closed loop, the recycled fibers are obtained from the novel thermocatalytic degassing process from the CFRP recycling pioneers in Germany, Global EnerTec AG, Guben. This plant in Guben not only recycles carbon fibers from automotive CFRP wastes but also repurposes the epoxy matrices into secondary energy sources. This paper focuses in investigating the processing of rCF obtained from a 100% recycling technology. The aim is to investigate the possible technical challenges so that the rCF can be repurposed to new product manufacturing. Thereby, addressing the concerns with the development of closed loop circular economy in recycling CFRP wastes. KW - CFRP KW - rCF KW - recycling KW - circular economy KW - compounding KW - carbon fibers Y1 - 2023 UR - https://zp.ptzp.org.pl/ZPEM_26_2-2023.html U6 - https://doi.org/10.25961/ent.manag.26.01.03 SN - 1643-4773 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 7 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Ulke-Winter, Lars A1 - Kuke, Felix A1 - Ost, Lucas ED - Kumar, Sanjeev T1 - Material and Load Path Appropriate Joining Techniques for FRP/Metal Hybrid Structures T2 - Welding - Materials, Fabrication Processes, and Industry 5.0 N2 - Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) offer great lightweight construction potential. However, the anisotropic high-performance materials can only be fully utilized through the development of material-specific joining processes. A literature study shows that conventional methods such as screwing, riveting and bolting are unsuitable, since the load-bearing fibers are severed in the joining region. This leads to high-stress concentrations. To reduce these, a method is presented in which through holes are created in thermoplastic FRP by reorienting the fibers in this area around the point of disruption in accordance with the load path. For this purpose, the polymer matrix is softened locally by applying heat and penetrated with a needle or mandrel. Based on this, a technology for material-specific joining of FRP and metals has been developed in the form of thermomechanical flow drill joining. In this process, a mandrel forms a bush from the metal component and deflects the fibers of the locally softened organic sheet to suit the material. Cold metal transfer (CMT) pin welding is presented as another fully automatable joining process. In this method, the softened plastic component is penetrated with the welding wire, displacing the fibers in the joining area and realigning them to suit the load path. KW - fiber-reinforced plastics KW - thermomechanical flow drill joining KW - cold metal transfer pin welding KW - load path KW - fiber orientation Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.intechopen.com/books/1002588 SN - 978-1-83769-870-7 SN - 978-1-83769-872-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1002239 PB - IntechOpen CY - London ET - 1. Auflage ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hannan, Azmin Nasrin A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Hartung, David A1 - Kuke, Felix A1 - Ambrosio, Marcello A1 - Müller, Marco T1 - Sustainability and Circular Economy in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics T2 - Materials Circular Economy N2 - Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) components are known for their exceptional resilience and ultra-lightweight nature, making them the preferred choice for applications requiring high mechanical loads with minimal weight. However, the intricate and anisotropic structure of CFRP components poses challenges, resulting in expensive repairs and testing. This complexity also leads to increased waste generation. Yet, innovative recycling processes offer a solution by reintegrating carbon components into a closed material cycle, promoting sustainability and circular economy principles. This work focuses on recycled CFs (rCFs) obtained through a continuous recycling method for CFRP primary recyclate from composite pressure vessel. Furthermore, re-purposing of the separated matrix material for secondary energy sources makes the process, a 100% recycling route. This closed-loop approach addresses conventional pyrolysis challenges and contributes to more efficient utilization of CFRP waste components. rCF and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) polymers were compounded through an extrusion process. Test specimens were then fabricated according to standard test norms to evaluate the resulting tensile and bending properties. The tensile and flexural modulus of the rCF-rPET obtained are 6.80 and 4.99 GPa, respectively. The need for enhancing the quality of rCF is apparent. Suggestive and potential implications and the marketability of rCF-rPET compounds are also discussed. KW - Sustainability KW - Circular Economy KW - Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-024-00111-2 SN - 2524-8146 VL - 6 IS - 1 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC ER - TY - GEN A1 - Erekath, Swathi A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Schreiner, Monika A1 - Dreyer, Christian T1 - Food for future: Exploring cutting-edge technology and practices in vertical farm T2 - Sustainable Cities and Society N2 - With the growing urbanized population, vertical farming becomes indispensable in eradicating hunger and ensuring food security for the future. Food security has become a major challenge for the future owing to the scarcity of land, rising global population, urbanization, and polluted soil and water resources. In this scenario, vertical farming as an innovative food production technology caters increased productivity with limited resources and improved carbon footprint. The review begins with a brief introduction to the concept of vertical farming, its opportunities and implications on the economy, environment, and society as a whole, following with an in-depth qualitative analysis of the cutting-edge innovations/technologies are presented in detail. Contrary to the numerous research focusing on mere analysis of economic viability and statistical analysis, the aim is to introduce real cutting-edge technologies that address the challenges of vertical farms such as lack of technical skills or energy requirements. The recent advances of vertical farms includes construction of outer vertical structure and growing shelves using light weight and transparent polymer composites, engineered and tunable LEDs lightings, 3-D printed and recyclable growing substrates, AI-integrated IoTs for environment control, harvesting materials for renewable energy storage etc. Such material innovations with inclusion of AI and robotics transform automated vertical farming into ‘state of the art’ agricultural technology. Production shelf fabricated using UV cured GBOV-glass fiber composite with 60% transparency can overcome the material weight limitation, corrosion, light obstructions etc. associated with the conventional steel shelves. Replacing non-renewable fossil fuels using renewable energy harvested by carbon dots, fluorescent materials, and perovskite solar cells is recommended to minimize the high capital investments associated with energy as well as to reduce the environmental impact. Smart materials such as phase change materials and thermoresponsive windows control the amount of energy expended whereas smart substrate promotes resource management. Application of the newest technology AI in vertical farming facilitates precise control of environment, early pest detection, automation of farming processes, data-driven decision making and precision agriculture. In short, vertical farms utilizing modern innovations of science and technology caters enhanced productivity, improved quality, reduced cost, resource management and sustainability. Hence, automated and sustainable vertical farms promoting global food security and circularity have the potential to transform into burgeoning technology of future. KW - Transportation KW - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment KW - Civil and Structural Engineering KW - Geography, Planning and Development Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105357 SN - 2210-6707 VL - 106 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Recupido, Federica A1 - Lama, Giuseppe Cesare A1 - Steffen, Sebastian A1 - Dreyer, Christian A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Russo, Vincenzo A1 - Lavorgna, Marino A1 - De Luca Bossa, Ferdinando A1 - Silvano, Selena A1 - Boggioni, Laura A1 - Verdolotti, Letizia T1 - Efficient recycling pathway of bio-based composite polyurethane foams via sustainable diamine T2 - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety N2 - Aminolysis is widely recognized as a valuable chemical route for depolymerizing polymeric materials containing ester, amide, or urethane functional groups, including polyurethane foams. Bio-based polyurethane foams, pristine and reinforced with 40 wt% of sustainable fillers, were depolymerized in the presence of bio-derived butane-1,4-diamine, BDA. A process comparison was made using fossil-derived ethane-1,2-diamine, EDA, by varying amine/polyurethane ratio (F/A, 1:1 and 1:0.6). The obtained depolymerized systems were analyzed by FTIR and NMR characterizations to understand the effect of both diamines on the degradation pathway. The use of bio-based BDA seemed to be more effective with respect to conventional EDA, owing to its stronger basicity (and thus higher nucleophilicity), corresponding to faster depolymerization rates. BDA-based depolymerized systems were then employed to prepare second-generation bio-based composite polyurethane foams by partial replacement of isocyanate components (20 wt%). The morphological, mechanical, and thermal conductivity properties of the second-generation polyurethane foams were evaluated. The best performances (σ10 %=71 ± 9 kPa, λ = 0.042 ± 0.015 W∙ m-1 ∙K-1) were attained by employing the lowest F/A ratio (1:0.6); this demonstrates their potential application in different sectors such as packaging or construction, fulfilling the paradigm of the circular economy. KW - Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health KW - Pollution KW - General Medicine Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115758 SN - 0147-6513 VL - 269 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Błędzki, Andrzej A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Urbaniak, Magdalena A1 - Köhler, Mathias A1 - Adamcio, Andrzej A1 - Sobczyk, Marcin A1 - Demski, Szymon A1 - Boczkowska, Anna T1 - Reusing and recycling of composite wind turbine blades. A review of current practices and prospects. Part 1. Academic research T2 - Przemysł chemiczny N2 - A review, with 34 refs., of new materials for manufacturing the turbine blades, processes for monitoring maintenance and structural health of the blades as well as chem., thermal and mech. blade recycling technologies. KW - General Chemical Engineering KW - General Chemistry KW - polymer composites KW - wind turbine blades KW - global recycling projects KW - practical recovery and reuse KW - recycled carbon fibers Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15199/62.2024.2.2 SN - 0033-2496 VL - 103 IS - 2 SP - 225 EP - 233 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Błędzki, Andrzej A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Urbaniak, Magdalena A1 - Köhler, Mathias A1 - Adamcio, Andrzej A1 - Sobczyk, Marcin A1 - Demski, Szymon A1 - Boczkowska, Anna T1 - Reusing and recycling of composite wind turbine blades. A review of current practices and prospects. Part 2. Industrial activities T2 - Przemysł chemiczny N2 - A review, with 33 refs., of projects currently implemented and planned by large consortia in the area of recovering variety of composite materials for their reuse KW - General Chemical Engineering KW - General Chemistry KW - polymer composites KW - wind turbine blades KW - global recycling projects KW - practical recovery and reuse KW - recycled carbon fibers Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15199/62.2024.2.3 SN - 0033-2496 VL - 103 IS - 2 SP - 234 EP - 240 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Błędzki, Andrzej A1 - Seidlitz, Holger A1 - Urbaniak, Magdalena A1 - Köhler, Mathias A1 - Adamcio, Andrzej A1 - Sobczyk, Marcin A1 - Demski, Szymon A1 - Boczkowska, Anna T1 - Reusing and recycling of composite wind turbine blades. A review of current practices and prospects. Part 3. Various proposals offered by small and middle companies T2 - Przemysł chemiczny N2 - A review, with 32 refs., of various new proposals for recycling and reusing of wind turbine blades by small companies (including the Polish Anmet company). New projects on shredding blades as well as on architecture objects, road construction, geotechn. blocks, floating platforms and observation towers were presented. Prodn. of composite chipboard panels and recovery of carbon fibers by waste pyrolysis were also included. KW - General Chemical Engineering KW - General Chemistry KW - polymer composites KW - wind turbine blades KW - global recycling projects KW - practical recovery and reuse KW - recycled carbon fibers Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15199/62.2024.2.4 SN - 0033-2496 VL - 103 IS - 2 SP - 241 EP - 250 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Miah, Kamal Uddin Mohammad A1 - Kloshek, Alexander A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Seidlitz, Holger T1 - Selective Laser Melting of Pure Copper (Cu-ETP) T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing, Additive 2024, 22. - 24. Mai 2024, Book of Abstracts N2 - The main objective of this study is to address the difficulties related to the production of highly dense parts utilizing pure Cu-ETP powder. In order to achieve this goal, the SLM machine was modified by replacing the regular infrared laser with a laser operating in the range of 530 to 534 nm. Following this modification, a detailed experiment was conducted to determine the most effective procedural parameters for producing solid components and gyroid structures of Cu-ETP. The study determined thtat in order to produce a part density of 99.6 ± 0.2%, the following parameters are required: a laser power of 130 ± 10 W, a scanning speed of 350 mm/s, and a layer thickness of 25 µm. The microscopic analysis on the SLM-manufactured components showed a consistent grain structure across the build parts. Furthermore, it was discovered that exceeding the predetermined laser power and scanning speed parameters led to lower density of the parts. Conversely, decreasing the laser power and scanning speed below these thresholds was determined to be economically disadvantageous. Y1 - 2024 UR - https://acmit.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Additive-2024_Book-of-abstracts.pdf SN - 978-3-88355-440-2 SP - 19 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (DGM) e.V. CY - Bremen, Berlin ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kehm, Christian A1 - Wasilewski, Eric A1 - Miah, Kamal Uddin Mohammad A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Seidlitz, Holger T1 - Effects of extended shielding gas coverage on component contour accuracy in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing T2 - 4th Symposium on Materials and Additive Manufacturing, Additive 2024, 22. - 24. Mai 2024, Book of Abstracts N2 - Producing near-net-shape components with Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is a challenging task. Compared to laser-based additive manufacturing technologies, WAAM is characterized by a lower contour accuracy with higher surface roughness and more uneven surface profiles. Therefore, the WAAM requires a high degree of post-processing (machining) which reduces economic efficiency and increases material consumption. Therefore, topics such as process optimization with regard to the component contour are increasingly in the focus of research. This study presents the application of an extended shielding gas coverage in the WAAM process of steel to improve part contour accuracy. A specially adapted shielding gas coverage was manufactured with laser powder bed fusion and following used to study the influence on the resulting component contour and properties in comparison to standard shielding gas nozzles. The investigations include the analysis of temperature profiles, shape deviations, hardness and porosity in the component. In addition, process parameters such as gas flow rate and nozzle geometry were varied in order to evaluate their influence on the accuracy of the component contour. The extended shielding gas coverage reduces the average deviation from the target contour significantly by a degree of 49,44%. In addition, the maximum of the occurring deviation height could be decreased by 42,39%. The results show an improvement in the dimensional accuracy of the contour and the surface quality, resulting in higher reproducibility and less post-processing effort. Y1 - 2024 UR - https://acmit.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Additive-2024_Book-of-abstracts.pdf SN - 978-3-88355-440-2 SP - 29 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (DGM) e.V. CY - Bremen, Berlin ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nikitin, Alexander A1 - Turabov, Dashqin A1 - Ermilova, Evgeniia A1 - Evdokimov, Anton A1 - Ossenbrink, Ralf A1 - Seidlitz, Holger T1 - Using dynamic resistance to predict electrode surface degradation in resistance spot welding of 5182 aluminum alloy T2 - Welding in the World N2 - In this study, the correlation between dynamic resistance during the first 10 ms of welding time and the electrode surface condition in resistance spot welding of 5182 aluminum alloy has been investigated. The electrode surface rapidly degrades due to contamination and morphological changes, adversely affecting the weld spot surface. The accumulation of Cu-Al intermetallic phases on the electrode surface alters its roughness, leading to variations in dynamic resistance. By analyzing this correlation, optimal electrode milling intervals were identified to extend electrode life. This work focused on detecting crater formation on the electrode surface through dynamic resistance monitoring. The results indicate that resistance measurements provide a reliable approach for evaluating electrode wear, optimizing maintenance schedules, and reducing material removal during milling. KW - resistance spot welding KW - aluminum alloy KW - electrode wear KW - dynamic resistance KW - electrode surface Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01872-9 VL - 69 SP - 449 EP - 458 ER -