Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology
| Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology |
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|---|---|
| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Fraunhofer Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Dresden |
| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Laser technology , surface technology |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (90%), states (10%) |
| Management: | Christoph Leyens |
| Employee: | approx. 448 |
| Homepage: | www.iws.fraunhofer.de |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS), also known as “Fraunhofer IWS” for short, is an institution of the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research eV (FhG) and is based in Dresden . Its activities can be assigned to applied research and development in engineering in the field of laser technology and surface technology.
Research and Development
The Fraunhofer IWS is conducting research in the fields of laser technology (eg. , Laser welding , laser cutting , laser hardening , surface technology (eg.) Surfacing ), the micro-machining and the film - and nanotechnology . The material testing and characterization integrated into research and development substantiates and expands the spectrum of the institute.
As a cooperation partner, the Fraunhofer IWS is directly represented by a project group at the Dortmund Surface Center DOC. The main focus of the research is the coating of surfaces around z. B. to improve functions such as corrosion protection and scratch resistance. The Fraunhofer project group has set itself the goal of developing innovative surface technology processes in close cooperation with ThyssenKrupp employees and in joint project teams and implementing them on an industrial scale.
Fraunhofer IWS also operates two centers in the USA: the Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies (CCD) at Michigan State University in East Lansing and the Center for Laser Applications (CLA) in Plymouth, Michigan. The two centers reflect the main activities of the Fraunhofer IWS, laser and coating technology. With an annual turnover of US $ 4.4 million, the two centers are two of the top-selling Fraunhofer centers in the USA.
Cooperations
The Fraunhofer IWS is a leading member of the Fraunhofer Group for Surface Technology and Photonics (VOP). The six Fraunhofer institutes participating in this group cooperate in order to guarantee a permanent, fast and flexible adaptation of the research work to the rapid technological progress through their coordinated competencies.
The institute cooperates in several associations and alliances with other Fraunhofer institutes in order to work on and market business areas together. The aim of the thematic alliances is to take on cross-institutional tasks and to represent interests together as a contact for public and industrial clients.
The “Nanotechnology Competence Center Ultrathin Functional Layers” (Nano-CC-UFS), recognized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as a nationwide competence center for the field of ultra-thin functional layers, is coordinated by Fraunhofer IWS Dresden. 51 companies, 10 university institutes, 22 research institutions and 5 associations have come together to form a network.
There is an active membership in Silicon Saxony , a network or industrial association of the Saxon microelectronics and semiconductor industry and relevant research institutions. In addition, the Fraunhofer IWS is a member of various associations and organizations. The Fraunhofer IWS is a partner institute in the DRESDEN-concept science association , whose branch has been managed by the emeritus director of the Fraunhofer IWS and senior professor at the Institute for Manufacturing Technology at the TU Dresden , Eckhard Beyer , since 2019.
Since the beginning of the cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden in 1997, the Fraunhofer IWS has continuously expanded the cooperation with the various chairs.
Spin-offs
Spin-offs from research institutions are part of a strategy wanted by the federal government and the federal states to utilize marketable research results that have been funded from public funds (keyword: results not in a drawer, but rather in Germany as a business location). As a rule, employees of the facilities and, if necessary, the institutes themselves participate in such spin-offs.
So far there have been several such spin-offs, also known as “spin-offs”, at Fraunhofer IWS.
Infrastructure
A total of 448 people are employed at the institute.
The operating budget of the Fraunhofer IWS was 31.2 million euros in the 2018 financial year. Around 6.6 million euros came from the basic funding, which is financed 90% from federal funds and 10% from state funds. Around 50% of the operating budget was income from contract research by the private sector, the remaining funds came from public and other income.
The institute has been headed by Eckhard Beyer since 1997 . With effect from January 1, 2018, the materials scientist Christoph Leyens is director of the Fraunhofer IWS Dresden. Leyens is also director of the institute at the Technical University of Dresden .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ dresden-concept.de: Professor Eckhard Beyer becomes the new branch manager at DRESDEN-concept. In: http://www.dresden-concept.de/medien/pressemitteilungen.html . January 18, 2019, accessed February 12, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 47.8 ″ N , 13 ° 46 ′ 49.8 ″ E