Ultrasound

Software Development

• development environments for professional software development of complex systems from measurement technology to App-development
• development systems for industrial image processing (orientation, position, OCR, pattern matching)
• IT infrastructure for standard-compliant software development
• commercial software tools for analysis and processing of image data (e. g. Amira) and signal processing (e. g. Matlab)
• simulation software: ANSYS, PZFlex, PiezoCAD, Wave 2000 Pro
• software for hydrodynamic simulations (ANSYS-FLOTRAN and CFX)
• software PiezoCAD for the design of ultrasound transducers on the basis of the KLM model
• own software SCALP for the calculation of the sound fields and EVOLUTI for optimization on the basis of genetic algorithms
  

Electronics Engineering

• single channel systems and beamformer systems for the development of beamforming technologies and imaging
• assembly technology: SMD fine pitch assembly
• computer-aided development environment for electronic boards (ORCAD)
• DSP and microcontroller development environment (microchip, Motorola)
• FPGA development environment
  
• micro-soldering station, wave soldering system, reflow soldering system
  

Measurement Technology

• acoustic microscope systems SASAM
• biological and chemical laboratory
• photolithography, mask aligner
• laboratory measurement stations for flows (Speckle Tracking, propagation time difference; fluid: 7 m/s, DN 50/100/200; gas: variable up to 30 m/s, DN 200)
• laser interferometer measurement station: UHF vibrometer, 1,2 GHz (Polytec)
• laser systems of various wavelengths for optoacoustic applications
• 8-channel propagation time difference measurement system for airborne sound applications
• airborne sound measurement station
• climate chamber measurement station
• cryostat measurement station for sensor characterization and zero-flow measurements
• measurement technology: pygnometer, 3D sound field scanner, impedance measurement station, surface quality measurement station, contact angle measurement device
• opto-acoustic laboratory
• plasma cleaning facility
• electromagnetic and optical position detection systems
  
• test stand for static and dynamic pressure resistance
• scanning electron microscope with EDX
• scanning probe microscopes (AFM, STM, MFM)
• clean room, PCD, PECVD
• sputter systems
• ultrasound measurement basin (0,8 m x 1,5 m x 0,9 m and 6 m x 8 m x 6 m)
• precision lapping and polishing machines (Wolters)
  

Manufacturing Technology

• CNC diamond saws (Disco DAD 321)
• CNC flat and profile grinding machine (Amada Meister G3)
• CNC laser cutting and welding centre (Trumpf)
• CNC micro drilling-milling-grinding machine (Kern), WR: 220 x 160 x 200 mm, swivelling NC turntable, five-axis
• production system for ultrasound sensors in small and medium quantities
• lapping machine
• 5-basin ultrasound cleaning facility
• fully parametrical 3D CAD systems (SolidWorks)