1. Specialized joining technology
- Bonding
- Bonding of glass, ceramics, glass ceramics, metals
- High-temperature bonding with inorganic adhesives (used at temperatures >1000°C)
- Joining of crystals
- Bonding with modified thermal expansion coefficients
- Adhesive characteristics profiles
- Soldering
- Of metals, ceramics, glass, glass ceramics, crystals
- Soldering with hard, soft and glass solder
- Vacuum soldering, protective glass soldering, oven soldering, bonding
- Diffusion bonding, pressure welding
- Of metals, ceramics, glass, glass ceramics, crystals
- With and without interlayers
- Foil technology
- Joining of glass, ceramics, glass ceramics
- Manufacturing of amorphous and/or crystalline green sheets
- Modifications of basic raw materials
- Joining of crystals
- Structuring with a laser
- Manufacturing of substrates with specific characteristics
- Gradient foils
2. Welding technology
- Research in welding technology
- Processing of highly solid, fine-grained steel for machine engineering, steel and plant construction
- Processing of highly solid steel sheets for automobile manufacturing
- Modern joining technology for low and high alloy tool steel
- Automated process welding for tool repair and maintenance
- Quality management
- Certification of quality management systems in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 and DIN EN 729-2 through Level 4 (registered association: DVS ZERT)
- Staff training and company consulting on quality management
- Accredited raw materials testing lab
- Destructive and non-destructive materials testing
- Analytics/structure as well as physical testing
- Materials testing for weld verification
- Damage inspection, testing of coatings, consultations
- Center for metal construction inspection and testing center for construction products
- Issuing of manufacturer qualifications for steel construction in accordance with DIN 18800-7:2002, classes B through E
- Issuing of proof of stability in accordance with DIN 4099 (welding of reinforcing steel)
- Construction monitoring, testing, and acceptance as well as expert reports
3. Laser and water jet technology
Laser technology:
- Separating
- Cutting of metals, non-metals, plastics, glass and ceramics
- Fine cutting with an Nd:YAG laser
- 2D and 3D cutting
- Joining
- Soldering of glass and ceramics partial glass solder heating
- Hard soldering of metals with laser fine cutting using a Nd:YAG laser
- Welding of metal, sheet glass, plastics
- 2D and 3D welding
- Labeling
- Surfacing
- Striping/structuring
Water jet technology:
- Water jet cutting of various materials (2D und 3D)
4. Micro technology
- Technological research projects related to
- Micro technology
- Sensors
- Construction and joining technology
- Soldering technologies
- Fine processing of optical surfaces
- Production of
- Optoelectronic construction elements and hybrid systems
- Acceleration sensors and switches
- Sensor elements for pressure, flow rate and thread tension sensors
- Micro measuring clamps for physiological measurements
- Applied technologies
- Anodic and eutectic bonding
- Micro mechanics for silicon
- Thin film technologies
- Thick film technologies
- Photolithography
- Thin layer technologies
- LPCVD process
- Microgalvanics
- Lead-free soldering
- Microchip isolation
- CAD system for manufacturing documentation
5. Further services in the fields of research and development, metrology and analytics, materials processing, and management
- Research and development
- Conduction technology, high-performance electronics, and electrical drives
- Magnetic bearing technology
- Fieldbus systems with LONWORKS
- Simulation and design of mechatronic systems
- Modeling and control of technical processing systems
- Process optimization and automation for manufacturing, assembly and metrology (e.g., fuzzy set, artificial neural networks)
- Layout designs
- Technical media applications (digital print media)
- Use of complex CAD systems (Autodesk, Pro E-Wildfire)
- Computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
- Consulting on ecological energy sources
- Simulation and experiments fluid and gas flows
- Optimizations in glass manufacturing
- Analysis and synthesis of control systems
- Development of gas engines and chassis systems
- Metrology/analytics
- Diagnosis and assessment of firing systems (effectiveness, harmful emissions)
- Image processing algorithms (monitoring, diagnosis)
- Wetting angle determination
- Particle size analysis
- Optical and electron microscopy
- Determination of the characteristic values of technical surfaces (micro and macrotopography)
- Materials testing (destructive/non-destructive)
- Spectral analysis
- Determination of thermal expansion coefficients (dilatometry)
- Determination of weight loss (thermo scale)
- Evaluation of vibration isolation systems, hydrodynamic lab
- Materials processing
- Ultrasound processing and electro-erosion
- Management
- Quality management (DIN EN ISO 9001, VDA 6.1, ISO/TS 16949)
- Environmental management (AUDIT-VO1836, DIN EN ISO 14001)
- Safety management
- Project management
