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Since 2009 NTG has taken part in the world's leading trade fair for components, systems and applications of photonics.This year we again presented our speciality: IBF plants.Beside this, we also had a lot of interesting discussions about all the other solutions and...

June 27 - 30, 2023 Messe MünchenExactly 50 years ago, today's world's leading trade fair for photonics components, systems and applications was held for the first time under the name LASER 73. NTG is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year and we are looking...

As an electrical engineering student at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Marcel Paul, who is currently completing his dual studies at NTG, has chosen a very special case study:Together with a fellow student, he is building an electric Bobby-Car that can reach...

Due to increasing order volume for our IBF systems, an expansion of the spatial capacities was inevitable. We therefore decided to invest in the construction of a new assembly building at the end of 2021. The new building with a total area of 565 m² and a ceiling...

For more than 30 years, NTG has been involved with ion beam fuguring systems for the production of ultra-precise freely defined optical surfaces. The editable diameters of the optics range from 0.5 mm - 2000 mm and enable the market for micro-optical components as...

IBIC is dedicated to exploring the physical and technical challenges of beam diagnostics and measurements for particle accelerators worldwide. IBIC 2022 is hosted by the National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, in...

LINAC will come to England, the birthplace of accelerator science, and will be held at the Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) in Liverpool from 28 August to 2 September 2022. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for the global community of experts in the...

Last week NTG received the order for the 100th IBF plant from a well-known long-term customer in Germany. This is the continuation of our 30-year success story: "Ion beam processing from NTG".  For our company, this is a reason to celebrate, but also an incentive...

  Our new 5-axis milling Centre for the machining of our graphite products has arrived. With a spindle speed of up to 30000 rpm and a machining area designed for graphite machining, the D200Z complements our equipment park in terms of graphite production.In the...

After several decades of operation, some components of GSI's accelerator complex are being renewed, including this spiral buncher for extremely low RF frequency (36 MHz). Because of the low frequency and the corresponding long wavelength, the support stem of the drift...

The 25th World's Leading Trade Fair and Congress for Photonics Components, Systems and Applications will be held as a face-to-face event from April 26. to 29. 2022 in MunichLASER World of PHOTONICS is the world's leading platform for the laser and photonics industry....

Disorientation in the world of “too much”The world of unlimited possibilities not only offers freedom, it also provides disorientation.As a company that provides apprenticeships, we have already noticed for years that this is also becoming apparent in the choice of...

The 12th High Level Expert Meeting (HLEM) will be held online again this year - on MARCH 15 and 16, 2022. In the field of asphere metrology, many new advancements were achieved, new measurement procedures were developed and precision was noticeably improved. In...

With a little delay, our new multi-function machine for the processing of large workpieces has arrived! With this acquisition NTG has extended the process integration in the turning and milling area by a considerable amount. What distinguishes the INTEGREX e-H series...

The system manufactured, shipped and installed by NTG consists of 22 mirror chambers mounted on a steel rack or granite block, optical tables (breadboards) for each chamber which are mechanically decoupled and independently adjustable in height, 103m of DN500 pipe,...

Diffusion-bonded vacuum windows can exhibit severe deformation and stress after finishing. However, special applications require a high optical quality with diffraction-limited resolution. Mechanical post-processing or polishing of the optical window is not possible...

It was developed as part of the accelerator chain for the eponymous project for the conversion of radioactive fission products under the leadership of SCK CEN as part of the European funding programme MYRTE. The 4 m long vacuum tank made of aluminium houses a 4-rod...

CF cubes are often used for special applications in the UHV sector. Since aluminum is becoming increasingly popular in the vacuum industry due to its very low outgassing rate, low magnetizability and very good machinability, our bimetallic CF cubes can be applied...

Complete ROSE System available at NTG under license of GSIThe detector system ROSE, allowing to perform 4D emittance measurements on heavy ion beams independent of their energy and time structure, has been built and successfully commissioned in 2016 at GSI in...

NTG has fulfilled a long-cherished dream with the purchase of a vacuum brazing furnace. Our new addition to the machine park goes by the name of XVAC 4374, was created by the company XERION and follows the principle of a bell furnace. We enjoy the qualities of a very...

In the anniversary year >> 50 years of NTG << the NTG organized its 2nd International IBF Conference with 70 participants from 10 countries. Many high-ranking speakers presented innovative ideas and novel areas of application for our IBF and IBE systems.In...

In addition to the previously introduced new developments in the field of ion beam processing and ion sources, our standard ion sources RF40 and RF60 provide excellent service. Both systems are rf-driven ion sources with argon as the standard working gas. By avoiding...

This multi-functional new machine tool enables multi-function machining of long shaft parts (3,000 mm) and large workpieces in a single setup using the done-in-one principle.NC tailstock with MK 6 center punch and 3 t contact pressure. High productivity due to...

Design, fabrication and on-site installation were part of this project. This is a system for the 1PW test area with steering and focusing optics. The system consists of 3 chambers. Two large, height adjustable rectangular chambers made of stainless steel, one chamber...

In the field of beam diagnostics, a new test method has been established at NTG. For the second time, we are supplying capacitive position probes, in one case Beam Position Monitors and in the other linear-cut Shoeboxes, which have been calibrated by means of a wire...

DN 63DN 200CF flanges are a standard for UHV applications. They can be heated out and are suitable for pressures less than 1x10-12 mbar. In many cases 1.4301/1.4307 is sufficient, but if higher requirements are needed, e.g. regarding material strength or lowest...

Last Wednesday we received the news of the sudden death of our esteemed colleague and consultant Dr. Peter Strehl. For decades, Dr. Strehl was in close contact with NTG through his many professional positions and functions. In 2011 NTG had taken over the company PET,...

The IBF 700R was designed for processing large-format optics. The compact design requires minimal space. As with all systems in the R series, this system is supplied without an loadlock; however, thanks to an innovative pump concept including a Meissner trap with...

A veteran of accelerator technology is currently with us for initial service work after 15 years and approx. 100,000 hours of continuous operation in clinical use for the treatment of tumour diseases with heavy ion beams. More precisely, it is a radiofrequency...

Manufacturing of vacuum components, cleaning and installation on site The system consists of 22 mirror chambers mounted on a steel frame or granite block, optical tables (breadboards) for each chamber which are mechanically decoupled and independently adjustable in...

Design, fabrication of racks, towers, pipe supports and installation on site The project involves a vacuum system which will house the assembled high-power rotating mirrors of the 1 petawatt, 30 J, 30 fs, 10 Hz, 820 nm, ELI L3 laser. The laser will be guided from the...

Im Spätsommer 2020 unternahmen wir die ersten Schritte um auf großen Teilen unseres Firmengeländes eine Heimat für heimische Vogelarten, Kleintiere und vor allem Insekten zu erschaffen. Wir pflanzten über 200 Stauden, etliche Heckengehölze und es wurden einige Meter...

Our IBF 5 represents a milestone in our company history. The use of our new RF 5 µB ion beam source with a smallest tool size of 40µm at ablation rates >40nm/s opens up new fields of application in micro-optics. Maintenance intervals of 2000 hours enable long-term...

For further informations click here: Faraday CupsThe Faraday cup is used to measure the current of an ion or electron beam and follows a very simple principle. The charged particles hits an electrically insulated metal body, the charge is conducted to ground via an...

Here is the large viewIn addition to feasibility studies and process developments, we also carry out IBF contract machining in our laboratory. An IBF200 and in future also an IBF500 are available for this purpose, so that workpieces up to 500mm can be machined. For...

VEBTVS100 for ELI-NP This project included the design, fabrication, on-site installation and commissioning. In this case it involves a system to redirect and focus 100-TW-laser-beams. It consists of two large, height-adjustable rectangular chambers – one of them...

If you enjoy scientific subjects such as mathematics and physics, are talented in both computer technology and craftsmanship, and have a desire to work independently, then the cutting machine operator apprenticeship is worth a closer look. Our company is active in the...

Our latest generation of the IBF200 is specially designed for industrial series production of workpieces with a diameter of 200mm and a weight of 15kg. Likewise, components up to 300mm, depending on the process up to 350mm, can be machined by direct loading and...

We offer design, manufacturing, assembly and commissioning at customer's site of machines and complete plants. We are not committed to any particular industry and are happy to listen to our customers' ideas to examine the feasibility of the projects. Furthermore, we...

NTG develops and manufactures components to complete the Wendelstein 7-X at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald. In this experimental facility for researching nuclear fusion technology, built on the principle of the stellarator, plasmas are...

Welding: In the welding area, manual arc welding, TIG, MIG and MAG welding are used to weld unalloyed, low-alloyed and high-alloyed steels, aluminum, high-nickel materials and other special materials. Single parts and series can be produced according to customer...

Pushing the Limits II In addition to the new development of small optics ion beam figuring by means of a 40µm ion beam last year (for more Informations click here), we are currently extending the range of our ion beam sources to the processing of large optics.In...

NTG is also active in the service sector of contract manufacturing in the areas of turning, milling, welding, component assembly and special machine construction. The main focus is on stainless steel and aluminum processing. However, other materials such as titanium,...

Alumina ceramic chambers are widely used in accelerator units for injection, fast extraction and beam excitation. These components are placed in fast pulsed (range of nanosecond) deflector magnets as kicker, buncher or scanner application. Unlike metallic components,...

The production area in Hall 1 of NTG's main building is brightly illuminated.288 old fluorescent tubes with conventional ballast (CCG) of 36 watts each and 7 watts of power loss for the CCG have been replaced by 121 new LED luminaires with daylight-dependent control...

  The 11th High Level Expert Meeting (HLEM) will take place from March 16 to 18, 2021. In order to manufacture ultra-precise and high-tech optical components and to be capable of further miniaturization, reliable and extremely precise measurement technology is...

The latest and largest investment in terms of dimensions has recently been integrated into our machine park. With the successful commissioning of the Correa Magna-75 travelling column milling machine, even the largest components can now be manufactured at NTG....

We are very honored to have been invited to participate in the workshop "Experiences During Hadron LINAC Commissioning", which was organized by CIEMAT and GSI in the framework of ARIES-ADA.Dr. Alexander Bechtold represented NTG with a presentation titled "LINAC...

The Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) is an European Centre of excellence for high-level research in ultra-high intensity laser, laser-matter interaction and secondary radiation sources with unparalleled possibilities worldwide. The laser...

Our contribution to the EU-funded project MYRTE for the transmutation of radioactive fission residues was the engineering construction of a 4 m long RFQ structure to reduce protons to an energy of 1.5 MeV for further acceleration in subsequent structures. This RFQ has...

… is the smallest and also the newest Ion Beam Figuring plant from NTG. Optical Components between 0.5mm and 5mm diameter can be treated in highest accuracy. Our new developed RFdriven ion source with pentode extraction system which is operating at 3kV can provide...

This was the title of Dr. David Schäfer's presentation at the 10th Wetzlar Autumn Conference on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - one of the few face-to-face events that took place this year.For 30 years we have been dealing with ion beam processing systems for the...

Inspired by the “Main-Kinzig-blüht” nature protection campaign sponsored by the government of Hessen, we began the first step in late summer 2020 with the planting of hedges in 15 different species, which were specifically chosen for the needs of native bird species...

This is the title of the lecture which Dr. David Schäfer will give on November 25th in Aachen. The Photonics HUB GmbH in cooperation with the Fraunhofer IPT offers the seminar “Replicative Manufacturing of Glass Optics”. Further information about this seminar can be...

What do I do in case of burns, a tick bite or poisoning? And above all: How can I help others in an emergency? The sponsoring association of the Christoph 2 air rescue station in Frankfurt am Main e.V. and the KIM publishing group have set themselves the goal of...

… is a campaign by Caritas and INTERSEROH Product Cycle GmbH. It helps the environment and raises money for projects that support people in need. Since 2006, more than 709,793.88 euros have been raised for local social projects as a result of the campaign.Around 120...