Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP 
Growing demands for resource efficiency, sustainability, and security of supply are increasing the need for industry-ready solutions to ensure a functioning circular economy. Materials, components, and products should be used for as long as possible, reliably assessed, and, whenever possible, reused, repaired, or recycled into high-quality products.
At the same time, complex material flows, new material combinations, and high quality requirements present companies with major challenges. To make informed decisions about reuse, refurbishment, recycling, or alternative recovery methods, the condition, composition, and quality of materials and products must be precisely assessed.
Therefore, non-destructive testing methods, smart sensor technology, data fusion, and AI-supported evaluation methods are becoming increasingly important, particularly for plastics, secondary metals, solar modules, machine components, and composite materials.
