Our facilities

Mechanical tests area

Universal mechanical testing machine Shimadzu AG-X, with 1 and 50 kN load cell, video strain gauge and thermostatic chamber that allows tests to be carried out between -70 and 280 ° C

Universal mechanical testing machine MTS C45-305E with a 300 kN load cell

Ceast Izod / Charpy Resil Pendulum

Ceast's Fractovis Plus instrumented dart impact machine, with attached thermostatic chamber that allows testing between -70 and 100 ° C

Taber 5155 abrasimeter

Shore A/D Mitutoyo durometer

Compression set device

BYK Gardner Cross-cut

Physical properties laboratory

Ohaus Pioneer analytical balance with a density measurement kit

Thermo Scientific Heraeus M110 electric muffle

Thermo Scientific Heraeus UT12 dryin oven

Atlas HVUL2 and HMV flammabilty chambers

Vötsch Industrietechnik VC3 4034 climate test chamber

Karl Fischer Mitsubishi CA 200 titration moisture meter with VA 200 vaporizer

BYK Gardner micro TRI-gloss S brightness meter

BYK Gardner spectro-guide sphere gloss S color meter

Atlas Xenotest Alpha + accelerated artificial aging chamber

LDS laboratory

Laser Direct Structuring (LPKF Fusion 3d 1100)

Chemistry laboratory

Perkin Elmer Spectrum BX Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR)

Pike ATR Miracle Accessory

Ray-Ran Environmental Stress Cracking testing equipment

Soxhlet extraction system

Rheology laboratory

Göttfert Rheo Tester 2000 capillary rheometer

TA Instruments ARES parallel plate oscillatory rheometer

Göttfert MI-3 fluidity index (MFR/MVR) meter

J.P. Selecta rotational viscometer STS-2011 L

Lauda's iVisc solution polymer viscosity measurement system

Thermal properties laboratory

TA Instruments’ Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)

Perkin Elmer Pyris1 thermogravimetric scale (TGA)

Ray-Ran's Vicat/HDT Polytest Equipment

Thermo Scientific Heraeus UT12 drying ovens

Packaging characterization laboratory

C230G Oxygen Transmission Rate Test System (OTR), from Labthink

C390H Water Vapor Transmission Rate Test System (WVTR), from Labthink

Triple Quadrupole Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), GCMS-TQ8040 NX from Shimadzu, with an autosampler for liquid, headspace and SPME injection, AOC-6000 Plus

High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with diode-array detector (HPLC-DAD), LC-2050C 3D from Shimadzu

Microplastics characterization laboratory

Clean room system simulation

Controlled and independent air system

Raman (LabRam HR Evolution by Horiba)

Digital library / database (KIA) and analysis software (ParticleFinder, by Horiba)

Engineering laboratory

Siemens NX

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Ansys

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Cloud based HPC

Geomagic Control X

Geomagic Design X

Scanner 3D Einscan HX

Processing hall

Composites area

Contact Lamination

Vacuum infusion

Low pressure RTM

Permeabilimeter

Paint and heat curing booth

Filament winding

MOTOMAN MH50 Robot

POWERMILL Software

Automated fibre placement

Extrusion area

Coperion ZSK 26 MC laboratory twin screw extruder (Co-rotating)

Temperature range: 80ºC to 400ºC

Speeds: 180 to 1200 RPM

Spindle diameter: 26mm

L/A: 40

Possible couplings:

- Granulation Line;

- Flat Film Line;

- Extrusion head width 40 mm;

- Lip thickness 0.8-3mm.

Note: This line also performs lamination.

Double-screw laboratory extruder (Co-rotating) Leistriz ZSE 27 CC

Temperature range: 80ºC to 400ºC

Speeds: 180 to 1000 RPM

Spindle Diameter: 27mm

L/A: 40

Possible couplings:

- Granulation Line;

- Flat Film Line;

- Extrusion head width 40 mm;

- Lip thickness 0.8-3mm.

Note: This line also performs lamination.

MC15 Twin-Screw Micro-Extruder (Xplore)

- Fiber line (Winder);

- Thermo-stabilization line;

- Carbonization Line.

BEX 1-45-30 single screw extruder (Battenfeld)

Possible couplings:

- Removable extruder 1-30-25 D (Battenfeld) can be connected as a co-extruder.

Dispensers for fibers, granules, powders and nano-loads.

Injection moulding area

Equipments:

Conventional Injection

- 200-ton multi-material injection molding machine Billion with rotary table option

- Vertical injection unit EL0028 (Plasdan)

- Plasdan 230 Ton injection molding machine (IMC- Greenmoulder)

- Ferromatik 110 Ton injection molding machine (Elektra Evolution 110-300)

- ENGEL 45 Ton injection molding machine

- FANUC ROBOSHOT - ALPHA S15A 15 Ton micromolding machine

Non-Conventional Injection

- Physical foaming system (MuCell® from Trexel T100)

- Gas-assisted injection system (FCC 6 from BAUER compressor)

- Coupler for two injection units (Vertical injection unit modified for MuCell®)

Peripherals and Tools:

- Hot-Stamping: Krelus (radiation heating system)

- Laser-assisted welding/finishing processes (MLT LM100)

- Dosing units

- Dehumidifiers

- Water and oil temperature controllers

- Rapid Heat Cycle Moulding (RHCM) systems - Variotherm® P200

- CH5 960 Chiller (Cooling/temperature control system for molds)

- Cartesian robots

- Motoman robot

- Molds with interchangeable cavities for standardized tests (axxicon and plates)

- Sapphire Window Molds

Decorative and Functional Films:

- Semi-automatic screen-printing table (INO Print VS6 500, 495x330mm)

- Thermoforming Formech HD750 (700x500mm)

- Thermoforming Formech 686 (646x620mm)

- Film integration system (IMD-400) from Kurz

- Electrostatic system for film attachment to the mold

Process Digitization:

- High-speed camera Photron fastcam Mini AX100 (4,000 fps)

- Optical set for image analysis (Lower Lens -1.67x 120FL lens)

- Thermographic camera (System Thermovision A320 FLIR)

- Data acquisition system Kistler + temperature and pressure sensors

Softwares:

Moldex 3D: Process simulation software for specific applications such as:

- Conventional Injection

- Gas-Assisted Injection (GAIM)

- Water-Assisted Injection (WAIM)

- Powder Injection Molding (PIM)

- Thermoplastic Foam Injection (FIM)

- Optical Performance - OPTICS + VISCOELASTICITY

- Fiber Analysis (add-on)

- FEA Interface (add-on) for interface with structural analysis software

- DOE (Design of Experiments)

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