Chair for Materials Science and Engineering
Institute for Materials • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Excursions
As part of our lecture "Materials Science: History, Material Cycles, and Analysis of Important Reactions in and on Materials (MW-GSA)," our students, student assistants, and research associates had the opportunity to experience material production and processing on an industrial scale firsthand at local companies. We were able to gain impressive insights into how turbine blades made from Ni-based superalloys are produced at Doncasters Precision Castings, how high-strength aluminum-based alloys are formed and processed into semi-finished products at Aluminiumwerke Unna, and how wheels for rail transport are manufactured at Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH. We would like to thank Tim Storch and Clara Pohl for organizing the excursions, as well as the companies we visited for sharing their passion for materials and providing our students with practical insights.
