Technologies and Competences

Printing Technologies        

• Inkjet Printing (sheet fed and robot-assisted)      
  
• Dispensing (sheet fed and robot-assisted)                                         
  
• Aerosol-Jet printing (sheet fed)                          
  

Laser Technologies 

• Ultra-short pulsed laser systems
  
• Process-controlled laser systems
  
• Highly-focussed laser systems
  

Printing of conductive tracks before and after the forming process on sheet metal parts and plastic components

• Printing of stretchable insulation layers and stretchable conductor lines/cable harnesses
• Packaging and interconnection technologies between printed layers and electronic components
• Printing of refractive and redirecting optical components
• Printing of lighting elements (e.g. control panel lighting in the car door)
• Printed piezo-based operating elements on metal and plastic
• Robot-supported print production of conductor paths on 3D components / free-form parts
• Laser processes for surface deepening of printed layers, adhesives, lacquers and surface pre-treatment
  

Printing of conductive tracks on / in fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) and lightweight components

• Printed passive deformation sensors for impact detection in FRP
• Printed heating elements in FRP
• Technologies for the integration of standard LEDs in FRP
• Technologies for the integration and polarization of piezoelectric sensors in FRP

Technologies for manufacturing of transparent (optical) objects by inkjet printing

• Technology for manufacturing of polymer-based, customized illumination optics by inkjet printing
• Technology for transmission improvement of inkjet-printed polymer-based optical components
• Technology for the integration of functionalities (reflection, scattering and absorption of light) in inkjet-printed polymer-based optical components
• Integration of electronic components (LEDs) via hybrid assembly in inkjet-printed polymer-based optical components