Viktor Kaplan-Straße 2
Wiener Neustadt
2700 Gemeinde Wiener Neustadt
Austria
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 and long-term tests of 3D printed components for space industry in vacuum
- Further education of skilled workers, engineers and designers (workshops, trainings)
Aerospace Engineering
- Electric propulsion for space applications
- Ion emitters for space applications
- Cemical propulsion for space applications
- Energy systems for space applications
- Testing services
Software development
- Webdevelopment
- App development
- Cloud applications
- AR/VR, MR, IoT, Blockchain
- AI
FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH
FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH
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 clean room-like conditions
- Chemical laboratory
- Mechanical workshop
- R&D services
- Simulation-supported design
- Prototyping
- Testing
- Software development