Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing

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Fraunhofer Institute for
Non-Destructive Testing IZFP
Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing IZFP
The Fraunhofer IZFP in Saarbrücken
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Fraunhofer Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Saarbrücken
Type of research: Applied research
Subjects: Engineering
Areas of expertise: Materials science , process engineering, materials science
Management: Randolf Hanke
Employee: 119 permanent staff (as of February 2018)
Homepage: www.izfp.fraunhofer.de

The Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing IZFP (Fraunhofer IZFP) is part of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft . The institute is based on the Saarland University campus in Saarbrücken .

The activities have been assigned to applied research and development in engineering in the fields of materials science and process engineering since 1972 . The institute was founded in 1972, from 1992 to 2013 there was also a branch in Dresden (IZFP-D). The Saarbrücken and Dresden parts of the institute received the Land in the Land of Ideas award in 2008 and 2010 respectively .

Research and Development

Fraunhofer IZFP researches and develops technologies for non-destructive monitoring for material, component and product characterization and develops industry-standard system solutions up to prototype and series capability. The institute orients itself - across the entire range of non-destructive testing methods - to industry-specific product life cycles. The scientists, engineers and technicians develop application-oriented monitoring solutions to improve the product quality of their customers - from process-integrated sensors to materials data space.

The R&D focus is on the intelligent recording of process-relevant information on material and product changes that are generated by human, machine or environmental influences.

The work of Fraunhofer IZFP is oriented towards the NDT value chain of the product life cycle ; the focus is on core competencies and technologies for the business areas:

  • Automotive
  • train
  • Energy / plants
  • Semi-finished products
  • Infrastructure / construction

Under the aspects of increased security, availability and economy, the focus of the application-oriented, industry-compatible new and further developments is above all the improvement of product quality. Current research work is also increasingly concerned with cognitive sensor technology:

In 2016, a joint working and research group was founded by htw saar and the Fraunhofer IZFP based in Saarbrücken: AutomaTiQ researches and develops in the field of automated signal and image processing technologies for innovative non-destructive sensors for quality assurance in the flexible production of tomorrow. The research group addresses the industrial need for the efficient and quality-controlled production of tomorrow. The group's competencies extend to intelligent sensor technology and methods for the preparation and processing of complex and imaging sensor data (e.g. methods such as ultrasound, optics, thermography, electromagnetics or X-ray) into application-specific information. Innovative methods for data acquisition, 3D reconstruction and visualization, as well as data processing and evaluation are used. State-of-the-art machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques are developed and used here for processing sensor data and deriving relevant information. The methods and algorithms developed are implemented in high-performance software modules and systems. The aim is to characterize products and materials in their respective condition along the entire product life cycle . The information provided is used to optimize quality, safety and economic efficiency for issues relating to technology, people and the environment.

On January 1, 2018, as part of the Fraunhofer Attract program, a new Fraunhofer IZFP research group "Signal processing for material data acquisition with intelligent sensors", or SigMaSense for short , was founded. The SigMaSense Group deals with innovative methods for the acquisition and processing of signals in the field of obtaining intelligent material data. This represents a consistent further development of the classic non-destructive material testing by using prior knowledge about the previous history and future planned use of the product in order to optimize the acquisition of data about the current condition of a product.

Cooperations

Fraunhofer IZFP is a member of the Fraunhofer Group for Materials, Components - MATERIALS and the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics. The institute is also a member of the Fraunhofer alliances autoMOBILE production, construction, lightweight construction, numerical simulation of products, processes, traffic and vision (image processing).

In 1998 the development center for X-ray technology was founded. This is a joint department of Fraunhofer IZFP and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits .

In the university area, there is close cooperation with the Chair of Non-Destructive Testing and Quality Assurance at Saarland University , which covers the basic research needs of the Fraunhofer IZFP, as well as close cooperation with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrücken.

Numbers and names

The founding director was Paul Höller , who headed the institute from 1972 to 1990. He was followed by Michael Kröning , who led the institute until 2008. From 2008 to September 2013 Christian Boller was appointed director of the institute. Since October 1, 2013 the institute has been managed by Randolf Hanke. He is also head of the X-ray Technology Development Center of the Fraunhofer Institutes IZFP and IIS.

The operating budget of Fraunhofer IZFP in the 2017 financial year totaled 14.02 million euros. Around 3.63 million euros came from the basic funding, 90% of which is financed from federal funds and 10% from state funds. The majority of the funds are income from contract research for the economy as well as from public projects. The share of industrial income in operating expenses was around 45% in 2017.

An annual average of 167 employees worked at Fraunhofer IZFP in 2017, 119 of whom were permanent staff. The other employees were students, trainees and doctoral students. The institute is acc. DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025 certified.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.izfp.fraunhofer.de/de/institutsprofil.html
  2. ↑ Sabine Poitevin Burbes: Business IZFP. In: Fraunhofer IZFP. Fraunhofer IZFP, 2017, accessed in 2018 .
  3. ↑ Sabine Poitevin: Research Group AutomaTiQ. In: https://www.automatiq-rd.de/automatiq/ueber-uns . AutomaTiQ, April 9, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Fraunhofer Attract "SigMaSense". Retrieved on March 5, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Sabine Poitevin: research group Sigma Sense. In: https://www.izfp.fraunhofer.de/de/institutsprofil/FraunhoferAttractSigMaSense.html . Fraunhofer IZFP, April 9, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Fraunhofer MATERIALS Group. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Fraunhofer AutoMOBILE Production Alliance. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  9. ^ Fraunhofer Building Alliance. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Fraunhofer Lightweight Construction Alliance. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Fraunhofer Alliance Numerical Simulation. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  12. ^ Fraunhofer Transport Alliance. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Fraunhofer Vision Alliance. Retrieved March 2, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Sabine Poitevin Burbes: press release. In: Inauguration of the new Automotive Quality Saar building. July 12, 2011, accessed on March 5, 2018 (German).
  15. ↑ Sabine Poitevin: Annual report 2017 of the Fraunhofer IZFP. In: Fraunhofer IZFP. Fraunhofer IZFP, 2018, accessed on April 4, 2018 (German, partially, English).
  16. ↑ Sabine Poitevin: Annual report 2017 of the Fraunhofer IZFP. (PDF; 18.6 MB) In: Fraunhofer IZFP. Fraunhofer IZFP, March 2018, accessed on April 4, 2018 (German, partially, English).
  17. ↑ https://www.izfp.fraunhofer.de/de/institutsprofil.html


Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '29.3 "  N , 7 ° 2' 52.1"  E