Expertise from local research partners – Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV

Fraunhofer IGCV is dedicated to application-oriented research, focusing on engineering, production and multi-material solutions. The institute facilitates end-to-end innovation, from materials engineering and component design through to production technology and the supply chain. Its unique selling point lies in its interdisciplinary solutions spanning the fields of casting, composite and processing technology.

Business and areas of expertise:

Smart connectivity in production
Increasing production flexibility
AI in production
Additive manufacturing
CFRP manufacturing technologies
Sand and permanent mould casting
Multi-material solutions
Materials and testing technology
Modelling and simulation
Online process monitoring and quality-assured process chains
Efficiency and life cycle assessment
Recycling
Technology consultancy and implementation

Business and areas of expertise:

Smart connectivity in production
Increasing production flexibility
AI in production
Additive manufacturing
CFRP manufacturing technologies
Sand and permanent mould casting
Multi-material solutions
Materials and testing technology
Modelling and simulation
Online process monitoring and quality-assured process chains
Efficiency and life cycle assessment
Recycling
Technology consultancy and implementation

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Please contact the Fraunhofer IGCV in Augsburg if you have any questions regarding production engineering.
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Collaboration with the Fraunhofer IGCV

Fraunhofer IGCV is dedicated to application-oriented research with a focus on efficient engineering, networked production and intelligent multi-material solutions. The institute facilitates innovation at the level of manufacturing processes and materials science, machinery and process chains, as well as factory and corporate networks. The aim of Fraunhofer IGCV is to bring together research and development in the fields of lightweight casting technologies, fibre-reinforced composites and automated manufacturing, to generate innovations for industry, and to drive forward more interdisciplinary research in the core industries of automotive engineering, aerospace and mechanical and plant engineering.

The most common forms of collaboration are:

Bilateral projects – The classic example of collaboration: the company identifies a need for research or development. A discussion with us will reveal the available solutions, the most suitable form of collaboration and the level of effort required.
Publicly funded projects – Medium- and long-term research projects carried out in a consortium of research and industry partners.
We offer services in the areas of materials and component analysis, prototype manufacturing, process chain analysis, operational organisation and technology consultancy.

Among other things, the IGCV is a member of the TEA network of transfer centres in the Augsburg region, which is open to cooperation with businesses.

Contact

Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler
Head of the Institute, Executive level

Am Technologiezentrum 2
86159 Augsburg

+49 821 90678-200
+49 821 90678-199
klaus.drechsler@igcv.fraunhofer.de
https://www.igcv.fraunhofer.de/en.html