FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH
FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH

Austria: Lower Austria

Overview

FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH is the research subsidiary of the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt/Austria and has been founded in 1998. FOTEC initiates and implements R&D projects with intent to support the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt in the realization of its R&D strategy for the bachelor and master study programmes. FOTEC acts in a highly interdisciplinary environment and has access to a network composed of national and international companies, research organisations, universities, intermediary organisations as well as funding agencies.

FOTEC offers R&D services in the following areas:

Additive Manufacturing

Profitability studies
Simulation-supported design and topology optimization of complex components
Production of prototypes, pre-series and small series via additive manufacturing including heat treatment
Electrochemical post treatment via hirtisation (automatic removal of support structures and automatic smoothening of surfaces)
Short… Additive Manufacturing

EOS M280 laser beam melting system for metals
EOS M400 laser beam melting system for metals
EOS P396 laser sintering system for plastics
Rena H3000 Hirtisieranlage (automatic removal of support structures and automatic smoothing of surfaces)
various CAx tools (design and simulation-based topology optimization)
FARO Quantum M 3D Scanner
Horiba LA-950 Laser Diffractometer
Carbolite Gero GLO 210-11 heat treatment furnace
Alicona Infinite Focus SL surface profilometer
Hitachi TM-1000 REM
Mechanical workshop

Aerospace Engineering

Several smaller vacuum chambers (from 10 dm3 to 1.3 m3) for component development
3 medium size vacuum chambers (~3 m3) for the development and characterization of thrusters
1 large vacuum chamber (~25 m3) for plasma diagnostics including class 6 clean room tent
Test facility for chemical thrusters
Equipment for environmental tests (vibration test stand, shock table, thermal vacuum tests)
Assembly laboratory under….
R&D services
Simulation-supported design
Prototyping
Testing
Software development

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Sectors
Aeronautics & space - Automotive - Electronics - Environment - Machinery - Manufacturing - Measurement - Telecommunication - Transport & Logistics
Technology
Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Monitoring and control - Additive manufacturing - High-performance production (flexibility, productivity, precision and zero defect) - Industrial materials (incl. catalysts, membranes, adhesives, filters) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Materials for energy storage and generation - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Mixed Reality - Artificial intelligence - Block chain - Cloud - IoT
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