Research on material-oriented future technologies.
Leibniz-IWT has been back in regular operation since May 2022 and is once again available to you on site. Please observe the current hygiene rules and corona protection precautions the next time you visit us. Your contact person will be happy to inform you about them.
Research on material-oriented future technologies.
Leibniz-IWT has been back in regular operation since May 2022 and is once again available to you on site. Please observe the current hygiene rules and corona protection precautions the next time you visit us. Your contact person will be happy to inform you about them.
Foto: Detmar Schmoll / Universität BremenResearch on material-oriented future technologies.
Leibniz-IWT has been back in regular operation since May 2022 and is once again available to you on site. Please observe the current hygiene rules and corona protection precautions the next time you visit us. Your contact person will be happy to inform you about them.
Since 1950, research has been conducted at Leibniz-IWT in Bremen on highly stressed metallic structural materials.
At Leibniz-IWT, material engineering, process engineering and production engineering competences are combined in one institute.
This interdisciplinary cooperation enables the scientists to map and research overarching issues of high practical relevance of highly stressed components along the entire process chain.
The cross-process chain consideration of the production of highly stressed metallic components has been an important element of the research strategy of Leibniz-IWT for many years. Thanks to the interdisciplinary competences at Leibniz-IWT, the entire process chain for additive manufacturing, from alloy development and powder production to quality-assured high-strength components, can be represented.
Our material engineering expertise includes heat treatment of metals, surface technology, characterization of material structure, mechanical material properties and optimization of material properties for operational use. In addition, we carry out tests and investigations of damage claims and provide advice and expert opinions for industry, authorities and private individuals.
Our production engineering expertise includes the determination of the interactions in separating (cutting) and forming processes. The focus is on the design of process chains and process integration in production engineering, process-related quality testing and production measurement technology, process simulation and the development of principles and processes for the manufacture of innovative products in microtechnology, medical technology and aerospace technology.
Our process engineering expertise includes the production, processing, modelling and characterisation of particles in the gas phase, reactive and non-reactive spray and layer formation processes (e.g. flame spray pyrolysis, spray compacting, powder production, spray cooling), in combination with process simulation and optimisation using multiphase models as well as process and particle characterisation using electromagnetic waves.
The Institute of Materials Testing offers services and research in the field of materials and building material testing and damage analysis. Our competencies include testing, monitoring, certification, asbestos testing, monument preservation research, recycling and recovery of valuable materials in the building industry, cryo-microscopy, damage analysis.
