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.

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.

We conduct cross-divisional research into hydrogen technologies in materials development and application and contribute to the decarbonization strategy. We work along the entire process chain, from production and storage to transport and use of hydrogen, on solutions that advance the areas of energy, mobility, sustainability and energy transition.

As the handling of data is becoming increasingly important in an increasingly digital world, we not only develop application guidelines, digitization strategies or automation processes for everyday research work, but also help shape international standardization processes. We thus create future-oriented applications for the entire process chain.