As a trade fair for quality assurance, Control is unique worldwide and a meeting place for international market leaders. At the joint Fraunhofer Vision stand, Fraunhofer IKTS will be presenting non-destructive measuring and testing technology for a wide range of applications.
Hall 7, 7301
Stuttgart
Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH
Messepiazza 1
70629 Stuttgart
Halle 7, 7301 (Gemeinschaftsstand Fraunhofer Vision)
May 06, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Non-destructive methods of component testing (NDT) and material diagnostics can be used throughout the entire product life cycle, from development to testing in the production process. New sensor concepts, robot-assisted measurements, cloud-based methods of data acquisition and linking as well as data evaluation using the latest AI developments are expanding the range of applications for conventional testing technology.
Laser speckle photometry (LSP), developed at Fraunhofer IKTS, is a new method for inline monitoring of industrial processes. Systems based on LSP are cost-effective, analyze surface properties and draw conclusions about surface defects, porosity or thermal properties for almost all material classes.
With laser speckle photometry, the porosity and surface defects of a wide range of materials can be determined non-destructively without great effort. It is now possible to detect changes in porosity of 2% and surface defects in metallic materials smaller than 10 µm using correlation function and AI analysis. The LSP system presented at Control consists of sensors, electronics, hardware and software as well as the evaluation algorithm. During the measurement, the surface heats up by a few Kelvin due to a short laser pulse. This creates a dynamic speckle pattern whose characteristic change over time allows defects in the material to be detected without affecting the component. Thanks to its modular design, the test method can be adapted to a wide range of tasks. Due to the extremely short measuring times of the LSP, the method is well suited for inline use in industrial production and for in-situ measurements during maintenance and repair tasks.
Another focus is the development of customer-specific ultrasonic testing systems, components and algorithms as well as their validation. The latest developments in the PCUS® prodevice family, which is optimized for fast automated and, if required, robot-assisted testing, will be presented at Control.
The PCUS® pro series is a modular platform for ultrasonic testing that enables NDT during production, maintenance or in the test laboratory, using both conventional ultrasonic methods and phased array techniques. The add-on for the devices in the PCUS® family enables 3D visualization of the inspection results. To do this, the real test data is projected onto the real test specimen using AR systems such as the Microsoft Hololens. This new type of visualization is stable in terms of viewing angle and movement and can be adapted for almost all ultrasonic testing applications.
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS