Centers at Fraunhofer IWS

Additive manufacturing technology has led to a paradigm shift in manufacturing engineering. Thanks to the layer-by-layer generation material is only applied at the area where it is needed. The new manufacturing technology allows degrees of freedom for functional optimization and flexibility not seen before, beyond the limits of conventional manufacturing technology.

Lightweight structures, consisting of fiber composite materials and tailor-designed part geometries can excellently meet the demanding requirements to cost and energy-saving products. To reduce the costs for these structures, the scientists of the Fraunhofer IWS Dresden focus their work to optimize this manufacturing process chain.

Any kind of surface – metal, plastic or ceramic – can be coated and refined in a procedure which is unique in Europe.