Fraunhofer Institute Ceramic Technologies and Sintered Materials

The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Sintered Materials IKTS is concerned with developing materials, processes and components in the field of high-performance non-metallic inorganic systems.

The knowledge of materials science gained from research is applied to the fields of structural ceramics, functional ceramics, and cermets and cutting materials. This provides manufacturers and industrial users with new materials, versatile process technologies for use in production, and also prototypes and sample products.

The Institute optimizes powder-technology systems and processes in line with customer requirements and develops new functional composites, specialty ceramic materials, nanomaterials, conductive ceramic systems and dielectric components/systems. Clean-room facilities provide the conditions for production of extremely high-purity ceramics and for minimum-defect processing.

To an increasing extent, application-oriented research findings are taken through to system integration. This includes dielectric components for sensor and actuator systems (adaptronics), solutions for microsystems engineering (thick-film technology, LTCC) and power engineering (SOFC) as well as filter developments and environmental process technology.

Environmental engineering has evolved into a free-standing business unit which, with particular focus on filter materials and effluent treatment, successfully provides special process developments, such as ultrasonic disintegration of sewage sludge, based on a holistic approach.

High-quality analysis of materials and processes ensures complex characterization of dispersions and compacted systems. This guarantees comprehensive physical testing of materials and application-oriented trials.

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Further Information: www.ikts.fhg.de/