Glatt in the collaborative project “pades – Partikeldesign Thüringen”
Thuringian business and research alliance for materials and technology development, functionalization and transfer of particle systems into applicable forms of processing
One-Stop-Shop for functionalized particle systems
The demands on the functionality and service life of devices, components and equipment are increasing and are therefore constantly posing new challenges for material development. Despite some major innovations in recent years, today’s powder manufacturers specialize in a narrow range of materials and groups of materials and are sometimes unable to provide the necessary expertise to process their products. In addition, manufacturers often have too little knowledge of the applications in order to optimally adjust the powder properties. The “pades” growth core aims to close this gap.
Materials and products with improved or completely new properties can be created through the targeted design of particle properties, functionalization and further processing. A wide variety of sectors and industries are interested in this, such as energy and the environment, automotive, equipment and mechanical engineering or medical technology. Today, for example, artificial hip joints are usually made of metal and plastic. After around 12 to 15 years, they are worn out and have to be replaced in a costly operation. In future, therefore, more fracture-resistant ceramic implants are to be used. Thanks to specially coated particles, their service life is expected to increase to 20 to 25 years.
The members of the network mainly include highly specialized small and medium-sized companies that cannot fully cover entire process chains with their capacity. The companies are therefore dependent on partners to develop, produce and market marketable functionalized materials. Cooperation within the pades alliance should make it possible to cover the entire value chain of high-performance materials, from development work to scale-up and production through to the realization of corresponding production facilities. This will enable the precise production of new types of high-performance materials that have not previously been available in this quality. The headquarters of pades is located in Weimar.
Project partners
Partners with different technologies for particle synthesis and surface functionalization of particles form the core. In addition, there are companies that are involved in particle processing, component manufacture and application or have extensive capacities for particle characterization as well as process and structure modelling.
The following companies and research institutions from Thuringia work together in the pades alliance:
- Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH (Coordination)
- Ibu-tec advanced materials AG
- GRAFE Advanced Polymers GmbH
- JENOPTIK KATASORB GmbH
- Mathys Orthopädie GmbH
- Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH
- FCT Ingenieurkeramik GmbH
- Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH
- Maicom Quarz GmbH
- Barat Ceramics GmbH
- Boraident GmbH
- Kumatec GmbH
- IKTS Hermsdorf
- IPHT Jena
- MFPA
- FSU Jena
- LEG Thüringen
Project management organization: ptj Projektträger Jülich
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting the alliance with a total of 12.7 million euros as part of the “Unternehmen Region” innovation initiative for the new federal states.
Funding period: 01.10.2014–30.09.2017
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