Interdisciplinary exchange on the challenges of manufacturing NFRP and biocomposites
The development of products based on new resources and processes poses technical and scientific challenges as well as political and economic obstacles.
From 24 to 25 May, the LaNDER³ partnership organized a symposium at the IBZ St. Marienthal Ostritz with the aim of an interdisciplinary exchange on such challenges and obstacles in the production of NFRP and biocomposites.
The main topics of the event were the challenges in the standardization of natural fibres as well as the requirements and developments in research on the production of NFRP and biocomposites. Both speakers and listeners came from industry, science and politics and were thus able to exchange various experiences in the exciting discussions that followed the interesting presentations and explore opportunities for cooperation.
The program can be found in the photo gallery below.
We would like to thank all speakers and guests for the successful exchange and look forward to an equally exciting joint symposium in 2024!
(cultivation/harvesting/processing/conditioning)
| from 12:00 pm: | Check-in with lunch |
| 13:05 hrs: | Welcome Dr. Matthias Kinne, Cluster Manager LaNDER³ |
| 1:10 pm: | Greetings Thomas Rublack, District Office Görlitz Department III |
| 1:20 pm: | Welcome and presentation of the LaNDER³ partnership Prof. Jens Weber, LaNDER³ partnership spokesperson |
| 13:30 hrs: | Keynote speech: Model region bioeconomy and biomass potentials of Lusatia Dr. Romy Brödner, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gGmbH |
| 13:45 hrs: | Keynote speech: Industrial hemp in the building materials industry - the path to the product Thom Nowotny, Deutsche Hanf-Akademie e. V. |
| 14:00 hrs: | Keynote speech: Industrial hemp in Lusatia - between hype and hurdles? Dr. Stefan Zimmermann, LEAG |
| 14:15 hrs: | Technical presentation + discussion: Processing and fractionation of dry biomass using the example of Miscanthus - F& E as the basis for business field development Uwe Kühn, Miscanthus Buscheritz / Technical Service Kühn GmbH |
| 15:00 hrs: | Lecture + discussion: Innovative harvesting process and possible uses of chaff straw Dr. Maria Schäfer, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (HSZG), joint project HSZG / kluge GmbH |
| 15:30 hrs: | Coffee break |
| 16:00 hrs: | Lecture + discussion: Economic use of hemp fibers in the USA and in Upper Lusatia Jonas Bielaczek, Linnaeus Kompetenzzentrum Hanf gGmbH |
| 16:30 hrs: | Technical presentation + discussion: Possibilities of bio-based thermoset materials using the example of SMC materials (thematic outlook to May 25, 2022) Dr. Sebastian Steffen, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research |
| 17:00 hrs: | Summary and discussion |
| 17:45 hrs: | Break |
| 18:00 hrs: | Dinner together |
| from 19:00: | Campfire in the garden of bible plants |
(quality/scalability/raw material availability/recycling)
| from 8:30 a.m.: | Check-In |
| 9:15 am: | Welcome Prof. Jens Weber, Partnership Spokesperson LaNDER³ |
| 9:30 am: | Keynote speech: Challenges in sustainable material development: tabula rasa or constructive disobedience? Tim Mergelsberg, nevi GmbH |
| 9:45 am: | Coffee break |
| 10:15 am: | Technical presentation + discussion: Biocomposites - Sustainable, but also economical? Prof. Sebastian Scholz, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences - LaNDER³ / Fraunhofer Plastics Center Oberlausitz partnership |
| 10:45 am: | Lecture + discussion: Optical size measurement of wood and natural fibers - overview and possibilities Dr. Burkhard Plinke, Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut |
| 11:15 am: | Technical presentation + discussion: Challenges in the further development of manufacturing technologies and prototype development of components with natural fiber reinforcement Dr. Roman Rinberg, TU Chemnitz |
| 11:45 am: | Summary and discussion |
| 12:15 pm: | Conclusion and opportunity to have lunch together |
| 13:00 hrs: | Optional guided tour of the monastery |
