Materials and Modelling

Head of the Department: Dipl.-Ing. Claus Thomy
Phone +49(0)421 - 218 5037
The departement of materials and modelling is conducting basic and
applied research in the field of joining of similar and disimilar
materials, structuring and forming components and materials by
conventional and laser-based processes as well as simulating material
behavior in various processes. The aim is to establish new processes
and methods on the basis of systematic research, which will then be
transfered into industrial applications.
The departement of materials and modelling consists of four groups:
Joining
- Hybrid structures
- Novel Processes
- Brazing
- Micro welding
Simulation
- Welding processes
- Distortion
- New strategies
Structuring
- Thermochemical etching
- Photochemical etching
- Laser ablation
- Micro-deep-drawing
Proving ground and logistics
- techical support and operation of the maschines and equipement