Mobility

The automotive industry faces a variety of challenges such as the development of sustainable and efficient technologies and the demand for individual and highly integrated equipment.

With the innovative surface technologies of the Fraunhofer FEP, a wide variety of functionalities for bodywork, optics or interior can be realized and our solutions contribute to the optimization of many vehicle components for the mobility of tomorrow.

Car body

• Anti-corrosion coatings for bodywork, rims and brake disks
• Anti-reflective coatings, anti-freeze and scratch-resistant coatings
• Headlight coatings
• Coatings and surface modifications for transparent car roofs and windows (hydrophobic, anti-reflective, hydrophilic, easy-to-clean, thermochromic)

Vehicle assembly and production process

• Contamination analyses in the production process and development of customized cleaning processes
• Tool processing

Communication and sensor technology

• Coatings for sensor systems (electrical insulation layers, energy harvesting)
• Optical precision coating for holographic displays
• TCOs as transparent conductive electrodes and electromagnetic filters for displays
• Sensor systems for engine diagnostics

Interior and bodywork

• Surface modification and surface treatment 
  • hydrophobic, hydrophilic, dirt-repellent coatings,
  • Broadband, angle-independent colorless and antistatic anti-reflective coatings
  • Antibacterial surfaces
• Cross-linking of polymers and textiles
• Sun protection films
• Curing of printing inks and decorative films using electron beams

Powertrain and battery technologies for electromobility

• Wear protection for transmission components and bearing shells
• Component-integrated sensor technology, active and passive sensor materials
• Energy harvesting
• Innovative technologies for lithium-based and alternative battery systems

Hydrogen applications

• Highly productive coating technologies for fuel cells
• Electron beam surface treatment: cross-linking of polymers to increase thermal stability, e.g. for innovative bipolar plate materials
• Electron beam plasmas for the efficient, scalable plasma chemical synthesis of energy storage materials, e.g. ammonia and methanol

The Fraunhofer FEP offers various technologies, coatings and consulting in the field of cleaning processes for the aerospace industry. 

Turbine blade coating

• Development of high-performance coatings for turbine blades, in particular thermal barrier coatings
• Research into the thermal and mechanical properties of coatings
• Optimization of coating processes such as PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) and CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
• Carrying out service life tests and damage analyses

Technical cleanliness and hygiene

• Damage analysis
• Development of customer-specific cleaning processes for special applications:
  • Cleaning processes incl. quality assurance for aircraft parts in the manufacturing process
  • Increasing the efficiency of cleaning processes in turbine maintenance
  • Technology development for cleaning processes in aircraft maintenance
  • Cleaning and hygienization in the cabin area
  • Cleaning and sanitization of waste water systems, fresh water and ventilation systems
  • Cleaning of heavy incrustations in exterior areas

Cadmium-free corrosion protection for aviation

• Innovative coatings based on aluminum alloys with cathodic protection function

We offer innovative exhaust gas purification solutions for maritime mobility. In a field test, it was demonstrated that the exhaust gases from marine diesel engines, which are contaminated with pollutants such as sulphur and nitrogen oxides, can be cleaned using a new type of hybrid technology. Mobile electron beam systems from Fraunhofer FEP are used to efficiently treat the exhaust gases and convert the pollutants into water-soluble compounds before they are removed by wet-chemical gas scrubbing.

Research focus of the Fraunhofer FEP:

• Development of exhaust gas purification technologies for the maritime industry
• Use of electron beam technologies to reduce pollutants
• Mobile solutions for use in real ship conditions
• Further development and scaling of innovative hybrid processes