The business units of Fraunhofer IZFP belong to the areas transportation, new industries and industrial plants. Scientists and engineers at both locations of the institute work closely together to solve tasks given by our customers. The management of the business units is located according regional centers of the correponding industries.

Business units managed at IZFP Dresden

Aerospace Testing of structures from aluminium, high-tensile steels, fiber-reinforced composites Integration of active and passive components in components for long-term monitoring Testing joining zones, rivet joints, laser welds, bondings, hybrid joints, corrosion (also hidden) Determinition of residual stresses and preload forces in screws and bracings
Electronics / Microsystem Engineering / Nanotechnology Development of microelectronic systems and networks for measuring and testing Surface and layer characterization for new technologies (polymer, opto-, and nanoelectronics) Services in high-resolution microscopic techniques Management of regional networks
Environment / Energy / Life Sciences Environmental compatibilty of energy production and transmission plants Quality assurance in regenerative energy production Medical diagnosis and therapy for an aging population

Business units managed at IZFP Saarbücken

Railway Systems Testing of wheel sets Testing of solid and hollow shafts Inline testing during wheel production Stress analysis at wheel rims
Automotive Improvements for light-weight engineering and crash behavior Determination of materials and component properties Determination of hardness, hardening depth, stresses, grinding failures Online determinition of preload forces in screws Online testing of laser welds of tailored blanks Improved reliabilty by component testing Testing of fiber-reinforced composite components Detecton of bonding failures at blank sheets
Industrial Processing and Assembly Testing pigs for gas pipelines Corrosion testing at pipe systems Testing on failures at the surface and in the volume for ferritic and austenitic bar steel Testing of laser welds of tailored blanks Fast on-line testing for mixed-up components Probabilistic fracture mechanical evaluation Stress analysis and evaluation of microstructural damages Testing of constructions from concrete

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