This transfer research focus dedicated to particle technology is made up of the existing regional fluidised bed technology growth centre, WIGRATEC, which consists of research institutions and companies, and the NaWiTec emerging researchers group. Its objective is to jointly develop and market innovative methods for the precise manufacture of particles for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries.

Spokesperson

• Prof. Dr. Ing. Evangelos Tsotsas, Chair of Thermal Process Engineering at the Institute of Process Engineering in the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Participants

• Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
• IPT Pergande GmbH-Gruppe
• Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
• Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Funding

• German Research Foundation - Priority Programme 1486:
  Particles in Contact - Micromechanics, Micro Process Dynamics and Particle Collectives
• German Research Foundation - Priority Programme 1679:
  Dynamic Simulation of Networked Solid Substance Processes
• German Research Foundation - Research Training Group 1554:
  Micro-Macro-Interactions in Structured Media and Particle Systems
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• State of Saxony-Anhalt