Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

Everything is decided on the surface

Technical surfaces are often the first thing your customers come into contact with or which demonstrate the functionality of a component. With a wide variety of manufacturing technologies and process combinations, we leave lasting impressions.

Passion for precision: producing and machining high-precision, functionalized surfaces

Regardless of whether special reflection properties of a replicated optic are desired, lower adhesion of injection-molded plastics to the wear-resistant metallic tool, or minimized friction through better distribution of lubricant in the gearbox: Fraunhofer IPT offers the appropriate manufacturing process for very different areas of application and implements it in your production.

Our technology portfolio includes automated fine machining, diamond cutting, ultra-precise grinding and polishing, micro- and nanostructuring, and pressing of high-precision glass optics. We combine individual processes of generative and replicative manufacturing methods into high-performance process combinations and chains, depending on the desired end product.

Smooth, structured or extra-hard: manufacturing processes for different product requirements

 

Frictionless: micro- and nanostructures

For special functions, for example for the distribution of liquid media or for targeted reflection, we incorporate microstructures into component surfaces using various processes. 

Micro- and nanostructures

High gloss:
Smooth surfaces machined or polished

Ultra-precision machining and automated polishing technologies create smooth, high-gloss component surfaces.

Hardened surfaces in sheet metal working

Local laser hardening in the progressive process can replace the previously separate oven hardening process: The sheet is heated locally by laser radiation and thus hardened.

Laser metal deposition with wire (LMD-w)

In the LMD-w process, wire is melted onto the workpiece with a laser to apply protective coatings to surfaces in an environmentally friendly manner.

LMD-w