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21st Workgroup Meeting “Composite Pipes & Vessels”

November 11, 2025 @ 08:00 - 16:00

Focus Topics

  • Novel production methods and applications for hydrogen pressure vessels an pipes for electrolysis
  • Safety of composite pressure vessels
  • Joining Process of Tubes
  • Materials for composite pipes & vessels

Features

  • Market & Technology Monitoring
  • Insights by Technology Experts

Agenda

11:11 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Michael Emonts | AZL Aachen GmbH
11:30 Market & Technology Screening of Composite Pipes and Vessels
Simon Greive | Aachen Center for integrative Lightweight Production – AZL
12:00  This Tube Isn’t Going to Join Itself: Designing Interfaces for Pressure, Load, and Fluid Transfer 
Lucas Ciccarelli | Alformet GmbH
12:30 Thermoplastic lined FRP piping for Electrolysis plant
Vijay Rajpurohit | Chemical Process Piping Pvt. Ltd. (CPP India)
13:00 Fully Utilizing Materials – Design of highly stressed pipes made from fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, considering material non-linearities
Dr. Tobias Donhauser | fiberior GmbH
13:30 Networking Lunch   
14:30 Better with age? Impact of creep phenomena on the safety of composite pressure vessels
Bartosz Popiela | Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
15:00 Scaling up Filament Winding for large serial production
Dr. Andreas Reimann | Roth Composite Machinery GmbH
15:30 Wing-integrated Type IV hydrogen tanks with a high degree of slenderness
Martin Semsch | KVB Institut für Konstruktion und Verbundbauweisen
16:00 Discussion and Closing Remarks

Registration

AZL Office Hub

Campus Boulevard 30
Aachen, 52074 Germany

Expertise/ background in:

Production and development of composite parts
Materials: thermoset and thermoplastic resins, continuous fiber composites, metals and plastic-metal hybrids
Process: prepreg, autoclave, resin infusion, RTM, milling, tooling, joining, quality assurance
Design: CAD design and design to process
Networking: Matchmaking with academic and industrial partners

I will support you in:

  • Process selection, evaluation and implementation
  • Evaluation and benchmarking of solutions
  • Identification of applications
  • Benchmarking with market companions state of the art solutions
  • Identification and elimination of pain points
  • Connect with the right partners for industrial implementation