Steinbeis Transfer Center
Institute for Plastics and Development Technology
| Florianstr. 15 | ||
| D-72160 Horb | ||
| Phone: | 07451/521-131 | |
| Fax: | 07451/521-111 | |
| E-Mail: | SU0374(at)stw.de | |
| Internet: | Homepage | http://www.iket-horb.de/impressum.htm |
- Management:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gundrum
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Rief
Services
- Applied research
- Development of new products
- Services in the field of plastics testing and processes
- Introduction and testing of new technologies
- Writing of expert reports
- Continuing professional development, seminars and training
Key Areas
- Plastics technology
- Quality experiments on plastic products using micro/macroscopic methods, microtome sections in transmitted light and cut/polished samples in reflected light
- Photoelastic investigation of plastic components (under stress)
- Determination of viscosity levels/intrinsic viscosity (K value) by measuring solution viscosity
- Measurement of melted viscosity using a rotation type rheometer
- Melting index measurement (MFR and MVR)
- Thickness measurements
- Test piece prototyping
- Determination of shear using plastic test pieces
- Tension, pressure and bend testing of plastic test pieces to determine tensile strength, elongation properties, elasticity, secant modulus etc.
- Impact and notch impact resistance of plastic test pieces
- Dampness testing of plastic test pieces
- Determination of filling and reinforcement material content
- DSC measurement
- Component development
- FEM analysis of plastic parts
- Filling studies (using Moldflow) based on 3D plastic component data
- Consulting on tooling issues (selection of tool suppliers and supervision)
- Factory planning for plastic processors
- Consulting on the setting up of plastic processing centers (departments)
- Design
- Systematic development of concept based on analysis of key values (requirement lists, functional hierarchies, solution searches, concept evaluations)
- Detailed designs using CAD
- Drafting of technical documentation
- Drafting of solution catalogs
- Rheology/viscometry
- Measurement of the viscosity and rheological properties using capillary viscometers, rotation viscometers and quartz viscometers (low and high shear measurement, low and high temperatures)
- Evaluation and interpretation of viscosity measurements
- Development of viscosity measurement systems for process applications in the laboratory
- Thickness measurements and assessments
- Tribological/lubrication technology
- Tribological investigation of lubricated material pairs, examining temperature, pressure and shear rate dependencies (structural influences)
- Lubricant experiments under high pressures up to 10 kbar
- Development of tribological measurement systems
- Production technology
- Consulting on automation and networking projects relating to assembly, machining, IT and plastics technology
- Quality management
- Continuing professional development, training and seminars
- Seminars on:
- Introduction to plastics technology
- Quality assurance in plastics technology
- Construction of plastics
- In-house company seminars
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