Oxide and polymer-ceramic components

Group

On the upper left are adjacent loops that form a ring or the sensor element respectively, and on the lower left a ceramic bridge framework as a dental prosthesis between two teeth as well as on the right a ceramic start-up resistor shaped like a small halogen tube.
© Fraunhofer IKTS
Ceramic and polymer-ceramic Components: Sensor element (left top), Highl power starting resistor (right), ZrO2 bridge frameworks(left below).
© Fraunhofer IKTS
Servo-motorized CNC press.

Profile

 

  • Oxide ceramic materials with high density, purity, strength and functional dopants for customized applications using superfine starting powders
  • Ceramic materials with homogeneous,poor in defects and superfine structure design
  • Optoceramic materials for Photonic Technologies
  • Bioceramic and glass-ceramics for dental and surgical implants
  • Ceramic-like composites (polymer ceramics) based on pre-ceramic  silicone polymers with an  advantageous combination of ceramic-like and plastics-like properties
  • Development of industry-oriented manufacturing technologies with the inclusion of modern production technologies to assure custom-designed structur-property-relation

 

Services offered

 

  • Development of single  and multi-phase oxid ceramic components for special applications(mean system is Al2O3-ZrO2-MgO-Y2O3-SiO2)
  • Polymer ceramics with fiber reinforcement and  functional filling (electrical , thermal , and dielectric conductivity)
  • Prototype- and small series manufacturing according customer  specification
  • Manufacturing technologies to avoid flaws for advanced properties
  • Development of ready- to- press granules
  • Uniaxial dry pressing for samples
  • Slip casting of ceramic components with complex  geometry
  • CAD/CAM-process chain for  manufacturing  for instance dental restorations
  • Manufacture of  material composites combining ceramics and metals or polymer ceramics, ceramics, and metals
  • Plastic forming of plastics and thermo-set materials (injection moulding, extrusion, warm pressing)

 

Technical equipment

 

  • Ultra fine milling from sub-µm- to nm-range
  • Spray dryers in laboratory
  • Uniaxial dry pressing  (mechanical and hydraulic)
  • Shear roll for  manufacture of granulates
  • Scanner/4-axis-CNC-milling machines
  • High pressure injection moulding equipment
  • Thermal processes (reductive and oxidic)
  • Final machining ( precision grinding and lapping)
  • Measuring mixers and rheometers for determination of flow properties of high viscous and reactive materials

Current research

AI-generated patient-specific finger joint implant

Current research

Fracture toughness of 3Y-TZP ceramics – measured with the CNB method

Current research

Efficient multi-wire sawing process for high-performance oxide ceramic substrates

Current research

Pressure slip casting of multilayer blanks for dental restoration

Current research

Defect-free joining of composite laminates with transparent ceramics

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Bioceramics

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Core-shell coating for improved hardness and strength of ZTA ceramics

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Dental ceramics

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Individually structured dental implants

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Optoceramic components

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Polymer-ceramic composites

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Polymer-ceramic housing for high-temperature microsystems