Custom High-Temperature Measuring Systems for Material Tests

The Center of Device Development CeDeD at Fraunhofer ISC develops and manufactures high-precision high-temperature measurement systems for in-situ material testing under extreme temperatures and controlled climatic conditions – tailored to specific customer requirements.
Our high-temperature measurement systems (TOM units) enable realistic simulation of industrial heat treatment processes on a laboratory scale – at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 2400 °C.

These systems allow for non-contact and largely non-destructive material testing under defined environmental conditions.
They are used in fields such as energy technology, aerospace, process industry, and materials development.

The Center of Device Development CeDeD develops and manufactures thermo-optical measuring systems (TOM) for the in-situ characterization of materials according to customer-specific requirements. Specially designed TOM systems are able to realize industrial heat treatment processes on laboratory scale. Beside the development of special and customized TOM-systems, we offer service runs for our customers in our application Center to characterize the thermal behaviour of the materials under controlled temperature conditions. Dimensional changes, weight loss, viscosity,  creep behavior, e-modulus, thermal conductivity and other physical values are measured precisely. The non-contact and in most cases non-destructive measurements can be carried out within a temperature range starting with -40 °C up to 180 °C (climate tests) and with room temperature to 2400 °C (high temperature application) for several material classes (e.g. glass, ceramics, metal alloys).

The new developed TOM-systems combine different kinds of heating methods with vacuum technology, laser technology and robotics to achieve high automation level. TOM is a perfect tool for quality control in industrial production processes, applied by several global industry partners.