As a research and technology service provider, the Fraunhofer IKTS develops advanced high-performance ceramic materials, industrial manufacturing processes as well as prototype components and systems in complete production lines up to the pilot-plant scale.
In addition, the research portfolio also includes materials diagnostics and testing. The test procedures in the fields of acoustics, electromagnetics, optics and microscopy contribute substantially to the quality assurance of products and plants.
The Fraunhofer IKTS site in Dresden‐Klotzsche has been working since many years in research and development of methods and techniques for nondestructive evaluations. It offers methods, sensors and devices for different kinds of nondestructive testing. Furthermore,
the work focuses on services and research cooperations for materials and components diagnosis, structural health monitoring, nanoanalysis and sensorics as well as biotechnological and environmental techniques.