In the "Technical Electrostatics" laboratory at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the HTW Dresden, studies are carried out on the effects of electrostatic charging on materials and surfaces and their use for process engineering tasks or evaluation in technical processes. This continues traditional research that goes back to around 1960. The laboratory is used by employees of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering as well as employees of the Center for Applied Research and Technology e.V. (ZAFT) for research, training and services, and the facility is operated jointly.

A special focus is the electrostatic coating technology.
In this area, the development of coating equipment and technologies as well as the development of measurement methods for material and product evaluation for a wide variety of applications are implemented in a wide range.

In close cooperation with industry and research institutions, results are usually directly applicable. Often this work is embedded in research projects supported by funding programmes, e.g. the AiF Projekt GmbH and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).