Biobased Research for a Better Life

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Jockenhoevel

Dept. of Tissue Engineering & Textile Implants

AME – Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering ITA – Institute of Textile Engineering

AMI-BM – Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials

Aachen-Maastricht-Institute for Biobased Materials

I. Molecular & Applied Biotechnology

II. Chemical Processing & Molecular Upgrading

§  Innovative Polymers for Innovative Products

§  Completing the Development/ Production Chain

§  Supporting local industries

III. Up-scaling towards Application

Medical Applications

Technical Application

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Prof. S. Jockenhoevel

PD Dr. G. Seide

Need §  Bridging the gap between lab and production

§  New Polymers need new production processes and technologies

§  Fibre spinning, Textile production and other polymer processing technologies e.g. injection moulding …

Approach §  Model based process development §  Polymer and process analysis §  Inline-X-Ray-Analysis of fibre formation §  Machine development §  Economical analysis of new technologies

Polymer Engineering towards Technical Application

Lab scale 5 gr. of polymer (ITA)

Industrial scale 12 kg/h (ITA)

Technical Applications

Mobility

Transmission§ Mechanical Rubber Goods§ Tire cord, fan belt

Structure§ Monocoque§ bumper§ Car body

Comfort, Interior, Acoustic§ Covers, carpet§ Dam elements

Safety§ Airbag, safety belt§ Crash elements

Building & Living

Structure material§ Facades of textile concrete§ Redevelopment§ Interior work

Geotextiles§ Road construction§ Agricultural

Interior comfort§ Carpet§ Home textiles§ Smart Interieur

Membrane§ Membranes, ropes§ Function integration

Energy

Energy conversion§ High-temperature-FRP§ Fiber-reinforced metals § Fiber-reinforced ceramics

Alternative energies§ Wind power§ Fuel cells

Energy efficiency Constr.§ Energy generation§ Climatisation§ Isolation

Energy efficiency production§ Drive & control technology§ Thermal efficiency§ (Compressed) air

consumption

Health

Tissue Engineering§ connective tissue§ cardiovascular§ orthopedics

Medical textiles§ Active wound care§ Hospital textiles

Health Monitoring§ Risk patients§ Sports§ Workplace

Hygiene§ Health/Well-being§ Commodities§ Disposables

Biomedical Engineering (D)*

§  Size of the market ~21 B €/a

§  Worldwide market share 15%

§  Foreign sales ~14.5 B €/a

§  Large proportion of SMEs

§  >70,000 employees (growing)

§  30% of turnover with products less than 3 years old

§  10% RTD of total budget

* BVMed Branchenbericht Medizintechnologie 2012

The market

Medical innovation is strongly linked to innovative (bio)materials

Transfaculty Professorship goes AMI-BM

AMI-Biobased Materials

SMEs (EuRegio)

Large Industries (e.g. DSM, Bayer)

Innovative Polymers

AZM / UKA

SME (EuRegio)

Large industries

Innovative

Medical Products

Textile Engineering (Bio)Function Pre-clinical

Testing Clinical Trial & Certification

Translational Concept

Coextrusion-Solution-Spinning for Medical Applications Ø  First worldwide Ø  enables the evaluation of new biopolymers

§  lab-to-pilot scale (g to kg) §  Production at GMP (medical) conditions §  Processing at room temperature §  Thermo-sensitive polymer processing §  thermo-sensitive drug incorpertion

§  Innovative (bio)materials will enable innovative products

§  AMI-Biobased Materials offers a unique opportunity to develop

innovative (biobased) materials according to demand (lab to pilot-

scale)

§  The EuRegio has a strong pre-existing network

§  Strong links between teaching, research & industries

§  Clear focus on translation to market “from molecular science to application”

leading to

Biobased Materials for a Better Life!

Aachen-Maastricht-Institute