Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology

Equipment

Basic equipment of microbiology laboratory

  • Climate test chamber -42 °C / +180 °C
  • Cooling unit and freezing unit
  • Autoclave
  • Preparation table
  • Fume hood
  • Cutting table
  • Low-vibration test station
  • Visualization hardware and work station

Mechanical testing

  • Materials testing machine for tension, compression and torsion: combined tests up to 10 kN and 200 Nm; temperature chamber -40 °C – 200 °C; media bath; static and cyclic tests up to approx. 1 Hz
  • Tension-compression testing machine: tests up to 20 kN; temperature chamber -80 °C – 250 °C
  • Servo pneumatic tension-compression testing machine; tests up to 20 kN; cyclic tests up to 30 Hz; tension testing machine Zwick/Roell
  • Tekscan 471 x 471 mm: system for analyzing pressure distribution

Optical testing

  • GOM PONTOS: dynamic detection of dynamic or quasi-static movements / deformations, e.g. for creating movement models
  • GOM TRITOP Deformation: portable, optical 3D coordinate measuring machine
  • Thermographic analysis (128 x 96 pixels) within a temperature range from 10 °C to 350 °C
  • LEA O2C: diagnostic tool for determining circulation parameters
  • Polytec PSV4003D: 3D laser scanning measuring system for determining dynamic properties of components, e.g. for verifying numerical models
  • Microcomputer tomography
  • Inspection technology and software

Design, modeling and simulation

  • 64bit multicore computation server with solid state drives
  • ANSYS: calculations of structural mechanics
  • FEMTools: calculations, comparison and optimization of structural mechanics
  • CATIA, Pro|Engineer, Autodesk Inventor: design
  • AnyBody: calculation of structural mechanics, e.g. for implant-bone interface
  • TOSCA: structural optimization of mechanically loaded components
  • Comsol Multiphysics: mechanical, thermal and acoustic simulation of structure and flow
  • 3-matic: implant construction based on CT data, processing of FEA and CFD, CAE post-processing

Topology and morphology

  • Mimics: Segmenting data of CT/MRI
  • VG Studio Max: 3D analysis for evaluating µCT data sets

Visualization and segmenting

  • GE v|tome|x s 240 high-resolution computed tomograph: microfocus tube 240 kV / 15W, nanofocus tube 180 kV / 320 W, 420 mm x Ø 260 mm maximum probe size, 2D / 3D inspection
  • Scanning electron microscope using EDX