Steinbeis Transfer Center Center Plastics Center

• Consulting and development
• Software development in the field of injection molding
• Process optimization and automation
• Production of micro- and nano-structures on polymer substrates using recently developed highly dynamic vario-thermal injection molding technology
• Component and tool optimization using CAE
• Material and component testing
• Damage analysis using the very latest equipment and devices
• Factory planning and machine commissioning
• Expert reports
• Fast-track courses and seminars

• Materials and testing procedures
• Manufacturing and layout of ceramic heating elements (RCH) for flash heating of tools and elements
• Material analysis and identification as well as composition definition using DSC, TGA, and FTIR spectroscopy
• FEM component analysis under different loads
• Manufacture of control specimens using CAMPUS with thermosetting plastic
• Determination of plastic values according to official standards, for thermosetting plastic and elastomers
• Experimentation on chemical resistance, stress cracking, and residual stresses
• MVR and MFI viscosity measurement
• Light microscopy (incident light and microtome sections for assessing structures)
• REM and EDX experimentation in damage analysis and composition definition
• Molded part and tool design in injection molding
• CAE/CAD construction matched to materials and production
• Molded parts and tool design using MOLDFLOW, etc.
• Gate geometry and optimization
• Engineering design and layout of highly dynamic tempering systems for tools
• Injection molding process engineering
• PC-based project planning of machine dimensions, plasticizing units, and cavity filling
• Software for rapid determination of cooling and cycle times
• PC-based automated machine settings using PROset 
• Production of micro- and nano-structures on plastic surfaces using special highly dynamic vario-thermal injection molding technology
• Processing of pourable thermosetting plastics in injection molding
• Special processes such as internal pressure, back injection, TSG processes, 2K processes
• Material and damage analysis, expert assessment
  • Complete damage analysis of molded part and tools
  • Expert assessment in the field of plastics, plastic technology, injection molding, and tooling
• Seminars and conventions
• Seminar on professional machine settings for injection molding
• Seminars, fast-track courses, and work experience/internships, including on site

• Development and launch of PROset PC software for project planning and automated machine settings with injection molding
• Thermal and rheological tool design with contraction and warpage calculation for injection molding
• Industrial manufacturing of nanostructures (e.g., moth-eye patterns) on PMMA and PC for antireflection coating and improved transmission of lenses
• Damage analysis and troubleshooting of injection molded parts

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Innovative, Accurate, Efficient (Transfer 1/2024)
  Steinbeis experts help develop a new method for cross-linking liquid silicone rubber in the injection molding process