IFAM - Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials

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Legal residence:Germany

Organization type:Consulting organization

Funding agencies:

KFW, FP7

Reconstruction Credit Institute /Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (HQ), The Seventh Framework Programme

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Research

Nr. of employees:51-200

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About

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) undertakes research and development work in the following areas:

Shaping and Functional Materials

Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces

The Institute employs about 530 people, of this more as 91 percent in the scientific technical area. All research and development work is carried out in a building with nearly 8,000 m2 office and lab space.

With its core competencies "Shaping and Functional Materials" and "Industrial Bonding", the Institute counts among Europe's biggest neutral and independent research facilities. It is one of 60 members of the non-profit Fraunhofer Society.

Department of Shaping and Functional Materials

The Department of Shaping and Functional Materials has facilities in Bremen and Dresden and focuses on three core areas of expertise: Casting technology and light metal technology; micro- and nanostructuring; powder technology and sintering technology.

These areas are reflected in the organisation of our R & D activities into seven fields of expertise:

Functional structures

Casting technology

Lightweight materials and analytics

Biomaterials technology

Powder technology

Sintered and composite materials

Cellular materials

For marketing our services, these fields of expertise form the basis of our business fields: metals - precision components and processes; high-performance materials and functional surfaces; medical engineering; biomaterials; lightweight construction.

Our R & D work largely involves the activity triangle: Materials - shaping - components.

The incessant trend towards lightweight construction means that industry is continuously demanding a reduction in the quantity of materials used in vehicles, machines and equipment. In order to meet this requirement, novel lightweight construction materials and casting processes have been developed in recent years.

New opportunities for component miniaturisation are possible using for example the µ-MIM process. The components that have been manufactured to date find application in micro-drive technology, electronics and medical engineering.

The development of new materials and components not only involves improving the mechanical properties and shaping properties. So-called "smart materials" are increasingly becoming the focus of interest. Fraunhofer IFAM develops manufacturing processes which allow the integration of special functions into materials and components.

The particular manufacturing process for the production of parts is accompanied by computer simulation. To shorten the period between the idea and the actual product, all departments can be accompanied by rapid prototyping and rapid tooling technologies.

The aim is to tailor components with functional properties in such a way that structural and functional materials are integrated to form smart products.

Department Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces

The Adhesive Bonding Technology and Surfaces department at IFAM offers industry qualified development work in adhesive bonding technology, plasma technology and paint/lacquer technology.

The demand for these services comes from a host of companies in a broad range of industries. Currently our most important customers and markets are the vehicle construction sector - aircraft, road vehicles, rail vehicles, ships - as well as their sub-suppliers, the machinery and plant construction sector, the electrical and electronics industries, household appliance construction and medical engineering as well as information technology and communications technology.

A service that complements the research and development work and one that is used by all sectors of industry is the certified training in adhesive bonding technology. Following the successful introduction of certified training courses in adhesive bonding technology in German-speaking countries and more recently in other European countries, the courses are now also being held in the USA for multinational companies.

The Adhesive Bonding Technology business field is split into the following work groups: adhesives and polymer chemistry, biopolymers, application technology, manufacturing technology, bonding in micro-production, and materials and construction methods.

Plasma technology, which comprises the low pressure plasma technology and atmospheric pressure plasma technology work groups, and the paint/lacquer technology work group fall under the Surfaces business field.

These two business fields are complemented by the Adhesion and Interface Research business field which comprises work groups in applied surface and layer analysis, electrochemistry and molecular modelling.