10. July 2018 – Christian Jan Heiner Wolterink

Cable sheave Wismut officially handed over to TU Freiberg

TU Freiberg inauguration of the cable sheave Wismut on 06 July 2018
Group photo in front of the cable sheave Wismut on the campus of the TU Freiberg (click to enlarge)

On Friday, 06 July 2018, the time had finally come, and the cable sheave of shaft no. 388 of the former mining company Wismut in Königstein was handed over to the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. The official handover of the cable sheave, which had previously been restored in the laboratories of the Institute of Mineral Processing Machines (IAM), was carried out by Dr. Ing. Stefan Mann, managing director of the present Wismut GmbH, Chemnitz. It was inaugurated in the presence of the rector of the TU Freiberg, Prof. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, at the corner of Leipziger Straße / Lampadiusstraße, to the left of the Erich Rammler building. Continue reading “Cable sheave Wismut officially handed over to TU Freiberg”

09. July 2018 – Christian Jan Heiner Wolterink

Moment of shock at the IAM student internship

Dr. Klaus Meltke gives helpful hints for the measurement at the cone crusher during the IAM student internship
Dr. Klaus Meltke gives helpful hints for the measurement at the cone crusher (click to enlarge)

Despite intensive tests throughout this past week, our cone crusher just didn’t want to turn over this morning. Today, at 11 am, of all times, as as many students as for a long time wanted to start with their internship at the Institute of Mineral Processing Machines (IAM). In the end, however, Stephan Lange, research assistant at our institute, managed to locate the error, and the internship could be successfully completed in fantastic weather conditions, without any further stumbling blocks.

27. June 2018 – Christian Jan Heiner Wolterink

Invitation to the solemn inauguration of the industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” on 06 July 2018

Cable sheave Wismut
Industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” (click to enlarge)

At the symposium “Ropes for Mining” (10.00 am – 2.00 pm), the industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” will be solemnly inaugurated at 1.00 pm by the principal of the TU Freiberg, Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht.

Venue: TU Freiberg, Lecture hall RAM-1085, Rammler building, 1st floor, Leipziger Str. 28, 09599 Freiberg

If you are interested in participating, please contact the office (Sylvia Richter, phone: +49 3731/39-2528, e-mail: ) until 02 July 2018. Continue reading “Invitation to the solemn inauguration of the industrial monument “Cable sheave Wismut” on 06 July 2018″

25. June 2018 – Christian Jan Heiner Wolterink

Treatment and utilization of waste containing CFRP much more complex than previously thought

Experts presented research results and discussed the recycling pathways of carbon fiber waste

As part of the 69th Freiberg University Forum (69. Freiberger Universitätsforum – BHT) from 06 – 08 June 2018, experts from research as well as industry gathered with representatives of the coordination project FOREL (Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum für ressourceneffiziente Leichtbaustrukturen der Elektromobilität/Research and Technology Center for Resource Efficient Lightweight Structures of Electromobility) and the Federal Environmental Agency to discuss recovery scenarios for waste containing carbon fiber. For this purpose, the Institute of Mineral Processing Machines (Institut für Aufbereitungsmaschinen – IAM) of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg played host to the conference to present the latest findings on the recycling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). Continue reading “Treatment and utilization of waste containing CFRP much more complex than previously thought”