MICRO- AND MILLIMETER-WAVE PROCESSING OF ADVANCED MATERIALS AT KARLSRUHE RESEARCH CENTER

摘要

At the Karlsruhe Research Center research and development on micro- and millimeter-wave processing of advanced materials has been established. As a spin-off technology from thermonuclear fusion research a compact 30 GHz gyrotron system is in use to investigate technological applications in the field of high temperature millimeter-wave (mm-wave) processing of materials such as sintering of advanced ceramics. In parallel the development of industrial microwave technology at 2.45 GHz is a growing task for applications, such as curing of fiber reinforced polymers. Both experimental systems are introduced and recent results will be reported.