Thermal Process Technology

The EU's climate protection goals and the increasing cost of energy require more sustainable thermal treatment processes as well as new or modified industrial furnaces. Fraunhofer Center HTL offers its expertise in this area and, upon request, carries out the planning and design of energy-efficient thermal process devices for customers.

Sustainable thermal processes are a focus of research and development activities at Fraunhofer Center HTL. This includes issues such as the conversion of thermal processes to CO₂-neutral operation, for example through the use of green hydrogen as a heat source, or the general switch from gas-fired heating to electric heating.

Fraunhofer Center HTL has long-established and continuously developed models for thermoprocesses that can reliably predict the behavior of ceramic and powder metallurgical green parts based on the parameters of the thermal treatment.

Fraunhofer Center HTL offers a variety of measurement methods to analyze industrial furnace systems on-site. These methods are suitable for analyzing e.g., pusher plate furnaces, tunnel furnaces, belt furnaces, roller furnaces, ring furnaces, or chamber furnaces.

At Fraunhofer Center HTL, numerous furnaces are available for the thermal treatment of oxide and non-oxide ceramics and metals. The processes can be carried out in different atmospheres and optimized in close collaboration with the customer.