Many of our research projects are confidential, so please note that below is only an excerpt of the current projects of Fraunhofer IWKS. Please feel free to contact the respective department and get in tourch with the scientists for your specific research requirements.
Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
RhabdoFerm
Microbial biofactories: RhabdoFerm - Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus bacteria as production strains for biologically active natural products with application in medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.
Duration: 01.7.2020 - 30.04.2023
Internal SME program (fast SME-oriented internal research)
SME Project „RecyPer“
Transferring mixed waste magnet streams into new magnets using various recycling technologies
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
CREMA
Chemically regenerable, superparamagnetic activated carbon for the removal of trace substances from waste waters
Duration: 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2021
Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project
Critical Rare Earth Elements
The lighthouse projects aims at developing technologies to process rare earth elementss more efficiently, to reuse them or to find substitute materials
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
HOMAG
High-performance magnetic materials based on SmCo and CoFe for highly efficient electric automotive and aircraft engines. Laufzeit: 01.11.2018 - 31.10.2021
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
IRETA
Development/evaluation of innovative recycling methods for the recovery of tantalum from electronic waste
Duration: 01.10.2016 - 30.09.2019
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
IRETA2
Development and evaluation of innovative recycling routes for the recovery of tantalum from electronic waste.
Duration: 01.02.2021 - 31.01.2022
EU-Funding Program CLC Central
LightRight
Materials for lightweight design
Duration: 01.04.2017 – 30.12.2019
Funded by EIT RawMaterials
MagNet
Magnetometry Network
Duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020
Funding by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
MechanoRest
Alternative recycling of environmentally critical metals from steel mill dusts through mechanochemical treatment
Duration: 26.04.2017 – 25.10.2018
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
MinSEM
Development of innovative processes for the recovery of rare earth elements and platinum group metals from mineral processing and production residues.
Duration: 01.06.2015 – 30.11.2018
Funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
NeW-Bat
New energy-efficient recycling of battery materials
Duration: 01.07.2016 – 30.06.2019
EU-Funding Program CLC West
NoI LightBody
Infrastructure and competence network for lightweight mobility: body and chassis
Duration: 01.01.2016 – 31.12.2018
Funded by the EU withing the »Horizon 2020« program
Novamag
Rare earth elements should not only be reduced but also preserved. The magnetic properties of the materials concerned are to be improved. Duration: 01.04.2016 – 31.09.2019
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS