Here you find a photograph of the foyer of Fraunhofer IKTS, view from inside. © P. Peuker, Fraunhofer IKTS 2014 The image depicts the auditorium at Fraunhofer IKTS. Almost all seats are occupied by guests, listening with interest to a scientific lecture. A number of scientific posters are presented in the back of the room. © P. Peuker, Fraunhofer IKTS

Two Partners – One Solution for Materials Development

The most important partner for the ANW Chair is the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Europe’s largest institute for applied research and development in the field of ceramic materials and systems. Chemists, physicists, materials scientists and engineers work together in cross-disciplinary teams at IKTS. In addition to ceramics manufacturers, the existing and future users of ceramics have a particularly important role to play as project partners.

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What we have to Offer

The ANW Chair supports partners and customers in the development of materials, processes and systems, as well as in materials characterization. This includes consulting on specific problems, service work and small contract work. Do not hesitate to contact us with your questions.
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Project Partners

We have been and are engaged in a large number of collaborative projects. Our partners are, on the one hand, members of TU Dresden and employees of local research institutions (e.g. Leibniz IFW, IPF, Fraunhofer IWS). Other contacts were established (and have sometimes been developed for many years) nationwide (e.g. TU Chemnitz, University of Jena, University of Düsseldorf, IFAM Bremen), as well as internationally.
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What Remains to be Said

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Fraunhofer IKTS in Profile

The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS conducts applied research on high-performance ceramics. The institute‘s three sites in Dresden and Hermsdorf (Thuringia), Germany, collectively represent Europe‘s largest R&D institute dedicated to the study of ceramics.

As a research and technology service provider, the Fraunhofer IKTS develops advanced high-performance ceramic materials, industrial manufacturing processes as well as prototype components and systems in complete production lines up to the pilot-plant scale. In addition, the research portfolio also includes materials diagnostics and testing. The test procedures in the fields of acoustics, electromagnetics, optics and microscopy contribute substantially to the quality assurance of products and plants.

The institute operates in eight market-oriented business divisions in order to demonstrate and qualify ceramic technologies and components as well as non-destructive testing methods for new industries, product concepts and markets within and beyond the established fields of application. Industries addressed include ceramic Materials and Processes, Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Electronics and Microsystems, Energy, Environmental and Process Engineering, Bio- and Medical Technology, Optics as well as Materials and Process Analysis.

Among our unique areas of expertise, we offer:

  • End-to-end production lines: from starting materials to prototypes
  • Multi-scale development
  • Synergies between materials and technologies
  • Competent analysis and quality assessment
  • Network creator
  • Standardized management for sustainable quality assurance