Manufacturing Processes Labs

Injection Moulding

• Arburg AllRounder 370A injection moulding machine
• BOY XS injection moulding machine
• Engle e-motion 160 injection moulding machine
• Ferromatik Milacron K60 injection moulding machine
• Nissei THM7 vertical injection moulding machine

Extrusion

• Thermo Scientific HAAKE PolyLab system dural-screw extruder
• Thermo Scientific EuroLab 16 XL Twin-Screw Extruder
  

Other Plastic Processing and Tester

Precision Machining

• 5-axis milling machines & Micro EDM milling machine
• Hexapod robot
• Dry moulding/forming test setup
• Three high speed spindles (electrically and air turbine driven)
• Multisensor frame for spindle characterization
• On-machine confocal sensors
• Laser triangulation sensors
• Several high-sensitivity piezoelectric and strain-gauge based dynamometers
• Camera based sensors for on-machine tool wear characterization
• Infrared thermal camera 

Metal Forming

• Custom-built 150 kN servo electric presses
• 2500 kN hydraulic press
• 320 kN excenter press, allows for test punching, blanking and bending operations at a stroke rate of up 150 strokes per minute.
• Universal Sheet Tribotester: performs bending under tension testing to simulate sliding contact over the die radius in deep drawing and strip reduction testing to simulate ironing.
• Four-ball tester: carries out standardized lubricant tests.

Metrology

The laboratory is equipped with advanced instruments for tactile and non-tactile geometric measurements and characterization of a wide range of objects and materials. The equipment ranges from basic tools such as calipers, micrometers, and stereo microscopes to advanced systems including:

• Surface roughness testers and optical 2KMM

• Focus variation, confocal, and interferometry microscopes

• Optical scanners and profilometers

• Coordinate measuring machines (CMMs)