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The project “Hydrogen Demonstrator and Development Environment – HyDDEn” has been launched at the Chair of Carbon Composites. This project is dedicated to the development of a hydrogen hybrid power supply for the AREA research drone. The task of the LCC is to design, design,… [read more]

On July 26 we successfully carried out two fuselage crash tests in front of a huge audience at Flugwerft Schleißheim. The tests will round off our BMWK LuFo project CraCpit with Akaflieg München. The attached picture sequence shows the novel CraCpit fuselage with a H III dummy… [read more]

On July 26 (alternative dates July 27/28), two crash tests on glider fuselages will take place at Flugwerft Schleißheim as a conclusion of the BMWK LuFo projects CraCpit and NaSiCo. The crash tests are open to the public, but there will be an entrance fee. Details can be found in… [read more]

In the STORT project of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a sounding research rocket was launched equipped with a CFRP module with structural integrated fiber Bragg grating sensors, that was manufactured by Vincent Backmann supported by Jan Teltschik at the Chair of Carbon… [read more]

This week six employees of the Chair of Carbon Composites are attending the European Conference on Composites (ECCM20) in Lausanne. Talks will range from Structural Simulation, Process Monitoring, Manufacturing Technologies to Material Characterization. Feel free to contact us if… [read more]

Our colleague Christian Pohl returned from his three-month research stay at the University of Oxford at the end of May. There, in the research group of Prof. Nik Petrinic at the Department of Engineering Science, he conducted drop tower tests to investigate the crushing behavior… [read more]

On 24.03.2022, four employees of the LCC went to DEKUMED in Bernau am Chiemsee for the preliminary acceptance of the new reactive 3D printer. The system consists of a 3-component dispensing system and an ultrasonic mixing head which is attached to a CNC portal for 3D printing.… [read more]

As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, SAMPE Deutschland was forced to postpone the SAMPE Session originally planned for March 9th on short notice. The SAMPE Session on the topic of „3D Druck in der Composite Fertigung“ will be held on 24.03.22, 16:00-17:30. The… [read more]

How can we as the TUM Chair of Carbon Composites contribute to sustainability in the composite world? At the LCC, we are confronting this question by working in close cooperation with our partners from research and industry on solutions for: •    Substitution of conventional… [read more]

Together with SAMPE Germany we cordially invite you to the virtual "SAMPE Session" at the TUM-LCC. After an introduction of the chair and our main focus, a presentation on "Process Development in Large Scale Additive Manufacturing, Application Example Molding Tools for Fiber… [read more]