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The Chair of Carbon Composites cordially invites all interested participants from industry and academia to a hybrid industry workshop on Mechanical Recycling and Direct Reuse of Short-Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics in Large Format Additive Manufacturing. We gratefully… [read more]

As part of the ADAPT-H2-Tanks project, a research demonstrator of a conformable CFRP hydrogen tank has been completed at the LCC. To conclude the project, the demonstrator will now be shipped to our project partner Floteks in Türkiye, where it will be evaluated in a hydroburst… [read more]

As part of the practical course “Production Technologies for Composite Parts”, four student groups presented their final prototypes and business cases on Tuesday, 07.07.2026. Throughout the semester, the students worked on developing composite sports equipment. Each group was… [read more]

The 17th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM) took place this year at the University of Sheffield in UK. Held every two years, the conference showcases the latest research into flow processes in composites, with a strong focus on the VARI and… [read more]

As part of the BERTL research project, and in collaboration with VÆRIDION and Bauhaus Luftfahrt, we explored innovative tooling approaches for composite manufacturing. Using Dahltram C-250CF from Airtech Advanced Materials Group for out-of-autoclave prepreg from Hexcel… [read more]

As part of the TUM Engineering Project offered at the Chair of Carbon Composites, bachelor students get the chance to go beyond theory and gain hands-on engineering experience.  In collaboration with the student team TUM DASH, bachelor students Okke Warner, Ben Tenkmann, and… [read more]

From June 21 to 25, 2026, the 22nd European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM22) took place in Oslo, Norway. The conference brought together researchers from academia and industry to discuss current developments in composite materials, manufacturing, simulation,… [read more]

From August 4–8, 2025, the 24th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM24) took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland, USA. Elisabeth Gleis from the Chair of Carbon Composites (Prof. Klaus Drechsler) contributed to the conference with a presentation… [read more]

In collaboration with the student group ‘Impetus Sailing’, the LCC organized a project seminar this semester. The topic was the mast for the boat that will compete in the 1001 Vela Cup 2025. Through concept studies, design and production, the students substituted the lower… [read more]

The topic field Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) at the Chair of Carbon Composites has been working on thermoset and thermoplastic AFP for many years. Experimental and numerical methods are used to investigate the influence of process parameters on the processability of… [read more]