Abstract
The three Frauenhofer-Institutes for Production Technology (IPZ), Aachen, for Material Mechanics (IWM), Freiburg and for Nondestructive Tsting (IzfP), Saarbrücken have joint closely to perform the project "Machining and Characterization of Components in Engineering Ceramics". The three individual themes are: "Development and Test of Machining Technologies for selected Components of Engineering Ceramics", "Material Testing suitable for Components and Estimation of Lifetime", "Nondestructive Testing of green and sintered Components of Engineering Ceramics". The results of this joint project are briefly discussed.