Applications Thermoprocessing

The efficiency and cost-effectiveness of thermoprocesses have two essential aspects. On the one hand, in addition to the purchase price of a furnace system, the operating costs arising from energy consumption, rising prices for CO₂ emissions, and component wear are often decisive. Equally important, however, are product quality and reject rates, for which the temperature curves and interactions of the material to be heated with gaseous or solid components during the processes are decisive. At Fraunhofer-Center HTL, both aspects are taken into account to enable sustainable thermoprocesses. To this end, detailed, validated material models, digital twins for furnace systems and thermoprocesses, as well as high-temperature sensor technology and other high-temperature components are being developed.