Sheet-to-sheet Competence Centre

The Fraunhofer FEP offers sheet-to-sheet coating technologies with high deposition rates that are specially designed for large-area vacuum coatings and the deposition of precision coatings.

With innovative processes such as electron beam and plasma technology, the institute enables the homogeneous deposition of a variety of materials on large substrates such as glass, ultra-thin glass, ceramics or metal. These technologies ensure a uniform layer thickness and high process stability, even with complex materials and demanding layer systems.

The sheet-to-sheet processes are characterized by their high environmental compatibility and an almost unlimited variety of depositable coating materials, which goes far beyond conventional surface finishing processes.

Our focus is on developing customized solutions for a wide range of industrial applications where precision, efficiency and scalability are crucial, for example in optics, electronics and environmental technologies.

Fraunhofer FEP offers comprehensive expertise in process and technology development for coating technologies and layer systems according to your application along the entire value chain:

• Feasibility studies
• Development of the coating technology and coating system for your product
• Sample coatings
• Development of key assemblies
• Technology transfer to production
• Support with system realization for our customers
• Licensing

This development work is supplemented and supported by

• Acquisition and coordination of projects subsidized by the state, the federal government and the European Union
• Economic feasibility studies
• Studies on the state of the art, e.g. literature and patent research