The European Ceramic Society

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Germany

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Division Advanced Technical Ceramics BAM - Technical Ceramics

Research and collaboration with industry on technical ceramics

Director : Torsten Rabe

Email : torsten.rabe@bam.de

Phone : +49 30 81081542

Address : Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Division Advanced Technical Ceramics Unter den Eichen 44 – 46 12203 Berlin Germany

Website : www.bam.de

Research topics :

  • Granulometric characterization of micro- and nanosized powders and suspensions, surface modification and processing of ceramic powders. Development of reference materials and organisation of interlaboratory tests.

    Contact name: Petra Kuchenbecker

    Tel: +49 30 81044816

    Email: petra.kuchenbecker@bam.de

  • Development of innovative ceramic technologies (tape casting, multilayer technology, ultrasonic spray granulation, pressure sintering)
    Contact name : Patrick Höhne

    Tel: +49 30 81044755

    Email: patrick.hoehne@bam.de

  • Ceramic components for sensors, automotive, telecommunications and safety engineering
    Contact name : Torsten Rabe

    Tel: +49 30 81041542

    Email: torsten.rabe@bam.de

  • Electric and dielectric characterization of advanced technical ceramics, method development and validation
    Contact name: Björn Mieller

    Tel: +49 30 81043504

    Email: bjoern.mieller@bam.de

Exceptional facilities :

  • Wide range of test equipment for particle characterization: laser granulometer, analytical photo-centrifuge, ultrasonic spectrometer, dynamic light scattering measuring device, particle charge detector.
  • Tape casting machines and ceramic multilayer pilot production line with punch, hot knife unit, via-filler, screen printer and isostatic laminating press.
  • LTCC-sintering press, hydrogen furnace with gas moistening, gas pressure sintering furnace.
  • Test facilities for permittivity up to 1 GHz and 130 °C, dielectric breakdown strength, volume and surface resistivity up to 1000 °C

Financial support programmes :

  • Regional fundings: Berlin Investment Bank IBB, program ProFit
  • National fundings : German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, program PROINNO

                                   German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology, program KMU              

                                   innovativ

Last news

Jul 4, 2024
ACerS is offering travelling grants of 1.500 $ to attend the two 2024 ECerS Summer Schools

The grants can be allowed to undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students from non-European based universities. The 2024 ECerS Summer Schools will be held prior to Electroceramics XIX (Vilnius, Lithuania - School: 17-18 August 2024)  and Shaping 9 (Warsaw, Poland - School: 24-25 September 2024)!

Jun 27, 2024
2024 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!

In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a third call, this time to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2024 Fall meeting of Korean Ceramic Society (COEX) that will be organised by the Korean Ceramic Society in Seoul, Korea, from 16th to 18th October 2024.

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