Annual Report 2013 / Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology = Jahresbericht 2013 / Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7666)

The Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik - IHM) is doing research in the areas of pulsed power and high power microwave technologies. Both, research and development of high power sources as well as related applications are in the focus. Applications for pulsed power technologies are ranging from material processing to bioelectrics. Microwave technologies are focusing on RF sources for electron cyclotron resonance heating and on applications for material processing at microwave frequencies

Annual Report 2012 / Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology = Jahresbericht 2012 / Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7643)

The Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik - IHM) is doing research in the areas of pulsed power and high power microwave technologies. Both, research and development of high power sources as well as related applications are in the focus. Applications for pulsed power technologies are ranging from material processing to bioelectrics. Microwave technologies are focusing on RF sources for electron cyclotron resonance heating and on applications for material processing at microwave frequencies

Annual Report 2011 / Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology = Jahresbericht 2011 / Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7619)

Arbeitsgebiete des IHM sind die Forschung, Entwicklung, Ausbildung und, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem KIT-Innovationsmanagement (IMA) sowie industriellen Partnern, der Technologietransfer im Bereich der Impuls- und Mikrowellentechnik bei hohen Leistungen zur Anwendung dieser Verfahren bei der Energiegewinnung durch kontrollierte Kernfusion, der Transmutation von Kernbrennstoffen, der Material-Prozesstechnik und der nicht-nuklearen Energietechnik. Dieser Jahresbericht zeigt die F&E-Arbeiten in 2011

Interface Circuits for Microsensor Integrated Systems

ca. 200 words; this text will present the book in all promotional forms (e.g. flyers). Please describe the book in straightforward and consumer-friendly terms. [Recent advances in sensing technologies, especially those for Microsensor Integrated Systems, have led to several new commercial applications. Among these, low voltage and low power circuit architectures have gained growing attention, being suitable for portable long battery life devices. The aim is to improve the performances of actual interface circuits and systems, both in terms of voltage mode and current mode, in order to overcome the potential problems due to technology scaling and different technology integrations. Related problems, especially those concerning parasitics, lead to a severe interface design attention, especially concerning the analog front-end and novel and smart architecture must be explored and tested, both at simulation and prototype level. Moreover, the growing demand for autonomous systems gets even harder the interface design due to the need of energy-aware cost-effective circuit interfaces integrating, where possible, energy harvesting solutions. The objective of this Special Issue is to explore the potential solutions to overcome actual limitations in sensor interface circuits and systems, especially those for low voltage and low power Microsensor Integrated Systems. The present Special Issue aims to present and highlight the advances and the latest novel and emergent results on this topic, showing best practices, implementations and applications. The Guest Editors invite to submit original research contributions dealing with sensor interfacing related to this specific topic. Additionally, application oriented and review papers are encouraged.

Proceedings of the Scientific-Practical Conference "Research and Development - 2016"

talent management; sensor arrays; automatic speech recognition; dry separation technology; oil production; oil waste; laser technolog

Additive manufacturing using robotic manipulators, FDM, and aerosol jet printers.

Additive manufacturing has created countless new opportunities for fabrication of devices in the past few years. Advances in additive manufacturing continue to change the way that many devices are fabricated by simplifying processes and often lowering cost. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is the most common form of 3D printing. It is a well-developed process that can print various plastic materials into three-dimensional structures. This technology is used in a lot of industries for rapid prototyping and sometimes small batch manufacturing. It is very inexpensive, and a prototype can be created in a few hours, rather than days. This is useful for testing dimensions of designs without wasting time and money. Recently, a new form of additive manufacturing was developed known as aerosol jet printing (AJP). This process uses a specially developed ink with a low viscosity to print a wide range of metals and polymers. These printers work by atomizing the ink into a mist that is pushed out of a nozzle into a focused beam. This beam deposits material on the substrate at a standoff distance of 3-5 mm. Since this is a non-contact printing process, many non-planar surfaces can be printed on quite easily. AJP also offers very small feature sizes as low as 30 µm. It is useful for printing conductive traces and printing on unique surfaces. These printed traces often need some form of post processing to fully cure the ink and remove any solvent. For metals such as silver, this post processing removes solvent, increases conductivity, and increases adhesion. Methods for post processing include using an oven, intense pulse light (IPL), or a laser that follows the traces as they are printed. Of these methods, the IPL offers the greatest flexibility because it can cure a larger area than the laser and only takes a few seconds compared to hours in an oven. In this thesis, these two types of additive manufacturing processes, FDM and AJP, are explored, developed, and integrated with robotic manipulators in a custom system called the “Nexus”. By integrating these processes with robotic manipulators, these processes can be automated and combined to create unique processes and streamlined fabrication. The third chapter covers the development of the AJP printing and curing processes and integration with the Nexus system as well as some example devices such as a strain gauge. The fourth chapter goes over how a custom FDM module was integrated into the Nexus system and how material extrusion is synchronized with the motion component. Finally, in the second part of the fourth chapter, an FDM 3D printer is designed and fabricated as an end effector for a 6DOF robotic arm to be used in the Nexus system. To control these processes, G-Code is used to tell the machines the correct path to take. Methods for generating 5-axis G-Code are suggested to enable non-planar printing in the future

FAST FLUX TEST FACILITY MONTHLY INFORMAL TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT: MARCH 1969

This report was prepared by Battelle-Northwest under Contract No. AT(4S-l)-1830 for the Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Reactor Development and Technology, to summarize technical progress made in the Fast Flux Test Facility Program during March 1969

Annual Report 2014 / Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology = Jahresbericht 2014 / Institut für Hochleistungsimpuls- und Mikrowellentechnik. (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7707)

The Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology is doing research in the areas of pulsed power and high power microwave technologies. Both, research and development of high power sources as well as related applications are in the focus. Applications for pulsed power technologies are ranging from material processing to bioelectrics. High power microwave technologies are focusing on RF sources (gyrotrons) for electron cyclotron resonance heating of magnetically confined plasmas and on applications for material processing at microwave frequencies

Nonterrestrial utilization of materials: Automated space manufacturing facility

Four areas related to the nonterrestrial use of materials are included: (1) material resources needed for feedstock in an orbital manufacturing facility, (2) required initial components of a nonterrestrial manufacturing facility, (3) growth and productive capability of such a facility, and (4) automation and robotics requirements of the facility