The European Ceramic Society

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Germany

Fraunhofer Center for High Temperature Materials and Design

Research institute with a focus on ceramic research

Director : Prof. Dr. Friedrich Raether

Email : friedrich.raether@isc.fraunhofer.de

Phone : +49 921 78510-935

Address : Gottlieb-Keim-Straße 62, 95448 Bayreuth

Website : https://www.htl.fraunhofer.de

Research topics :

Thermal Process Technology

  • High temperature characterization of materials and components
  • Optimization of high temperature processes
  • Development of high temperature materials from ceramics or ceramic composites
  • Digital furnace twins

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)

  • Development of ceramic fibres and fibre preforms
  • Development of components made of CMC from component and material design to pilot-scale production

Exceptional facilities :

  • Computer tomograph (225 kV and 450 kV radiation source) with robot for automatic sample change
  • 5-axis machining center
  • Furnaces up to 2400 °C for the heat treatment of oxide and non-oxide ceramics as well as metals in defined atmospheres
  • ThermoOptical Measuring devices (TOM) for copying industrial heat treatment processes
  • Additive manufacturing printer (Stereolithography, LCM, Binder Jetting, Free Flow Structuring, Electrophoretic Deposition)
  • Double rapier weaving machine
  • Fibre pilot plant for the upscaling of newly developed ceramic fibres

Financial support programmes :

  • Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy
  • Bavarian Research Alliance (BayVFP)
  • AiF - German Federation of Industrial Research Associations
  • Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
  • European Commission: Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme

Latest news

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It is a true honor to introduce myself as the new Committee Member of the Young Ceramists Network.

Jun 26, 2025
YCN Newsletter 27 - Expert opinion - Nicola Döbelin, PhD

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In the world of calcium phosphate biomaterials, crystal structure is often the silent driver behind a material’s success—or failure. Whether we are developing bone graft substitutes or studying bioceramic interactions at the tissue interface, understanding the underlying crystal lattice isn’t just helpful—it’s essential.

Jun 24, 2025

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