
Materials engineering/New materials
The Kunststoff-Institut stands out by its many years of material engineering expertise. A main field of activity apart from expert counselling is industry- and company-specific material development for industrial applications. The interdisciplinary cooperation of the Institute’s specialist departments offers the advantage of comprehensive product development facilities. Keywords are: heat management (heat conductivity), flame protection, filler and reinforcement materials, functionality of materials systems, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), antibacterial surfaces, environmental stress cracking, tribology, acoustics, regrind, bioplastics.
The Kunststoff-Institut offers you its support in solving your problems in all of these areas:
- application-oriented material development
- evaluation, development and validation of functional materials for industrial solutions
- use of bio-based materials and renewable raw materials
- development and modification of special materials
- material-Upcycling
- introduction of recycling concepts/use of regrinds in plastics processing
- selection of materials, definition of requirements profiles
- minimisation of material types
- resource efficiency
- materials engineering training courses
- fundamental research
- joint and development projects
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