Fact Sheets

IMI concentrates its R&D efforts on advanced materials design that are used in the manufacture of parts, as well as on modelling and diagnostics. Its activities encompass many advanced technology sectors.

Learn all about each of these sectors.

General Information

• Crossroads for Industrial Materials Innovation (CIMI)

Advanced Materials Design

• Ceramic-Based Thermal Spray Coatings from Nanostructured Feedstock Powders
• Innovation in Biomaterials: Titanium Foams for Tissue Attachment
• Facilities for the Development of Metallic and Ceramic Medical Devices
• Functional Nanomaterials
• Polymer Composites
• Polymer Films
• Polymer Nanocomposites
• Powder Formulation and Forming
• Powder Injection Moulding and Micromoulding: Net Shaping of Metallic and Ceramic Components for Biomedical Applications
• Surface Engineering Technology Group - SURFTEC
• Surface Technologies
• Technology Group on Polymer Nanocomposites - PNC-Tech
• Thermoplastic Composites

Modelling and Diagnostics

• Balloon-Catheter Systems and Scaffold Structures
• Biomedical Polymers Laboratories
• In-Line Ultrasonic Measurements: A Powerful Tool for Process Diagnostics of Extrusion and Injection Moulding
• Intelligent Forming Technologies
• Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
• Laser Ultrasonic Inspection of Materials and Structures
• Numerical Modelling of Processes
• On-line Ultrasonic Technology for Monitoring of Polymer Processing
• Optical Sensor Development for the Industry
• Real-Time Diagnostics of Polymer Processes Using Non-intrusive and Non-destructive Ultrasonic Techniques
• Research Activities in Balloon Angioplasty
• Research Group in Cartilage/Bone Scaffold Design
• Software Technologies for Surgical Simulation
• Special Interest Group in Blow Moulding (SIGBLOW)
• Special Interest Group in Thermoforming (SIGFORM)

Aluminium Technology Centre

• Aluminium Technology Centre - General Information
• Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
• FSW Welding Technology – Friction Stir Welding
• Metal Casting Expertise at the Industrial Materials Institute (IMI)
• Semi-Solid Metal (SSM) Casting