Plastics technology

The subjects in plastics technology include the processing areas of extrusion, injection molding, additive manufacturing (3D printing) and fiber composites.

Current or completed projects are:

• Injection molding: Mold inserts produced using 3D printing, processing influences for temperature conductive thermoplastics.
• Extrusion: Filament production for the 3D printing process from various polymers (ABS, PLA, PA, PC, TPU), setup of an online measuring unit for quality control of the filaments
• Additive manufacturing: Building a multicomponent printer (currently for 3 filaments), developing printing strategies, etc.
• Fiber composites: Influence of sandwich structures on component strength, investigation of novel sandwich structures (project InSeL).

In addition, we offer assistance with material selection for plastic products.