Professional competence in the field of thermal analytics
for research and industry

The Center for Applied Analytics ZAA and the Center for Plant and Equipment Development (certified according to ISO 9001:2008) are specialized in the development of scientific research plants and their analyses, which are used both for the characterization of new materials and for quality control in the production process.

Knowledge of the thermal behaviour of materials is important not only for components that are obviously used at higher temperatures, but also for everyday applications. Temperatures of up to 120 °C can be caused by solar radiation alone. In contrast, temperatures down to -40 °C are possible in winter. In both cases, composite materials and material combinations are particularly critical, as different thermal properties can lead to different damage phenomena.

More information

• You can find out more about our analytics services on the german website of our analytics services
• You can find out more about the development of thermo-optical measuring systems on the website of the Center of Device Development.
• You can find out more about the development of high-temperature measurement methods on the website of our Fraunhofer Center for High-Temperature Lightweight Engineering HTL.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC has developed an analytical device for the real-time characterization of materials and material combinations under changing temperature and relative humidity – the KlimaTOM.