Hydraulic injection molding machine
- Clamping force: 600 kN
- Screw diameter: 35 mm
- with handling unit
Hydraulic injection molding machine
- Clamping force: 800 kN
- Screw diameter: 35 mm
- Injection molding machine to implement alternative drive concepts
Two-component injection molding
- Clamping force: 1600 kN
- Screw diameter 1: 45 mm; Screw diameter 2: 25 mm
- sandwich plate included
Twin-screw extruder ZSK 40
- Screwdiameter: 40 mm
- Screwlength: 38 D
- Variable screw elements, various nozzle inserts, twin-screw feed screws
Twin-screw extruder ZSK 25
- Screw diameter: 25 mm
- Screw length: 36 D
- Variable screw elements, twin-screw feeding screw
Single-screw extruder ES 45
- Screw diameter: 45 mm
- Screw length: 25 D to 35 D
- Modular
Blown film line
- Self-made
- BlowMaster
Mixing and weighing stations
- Koch-technology
- Automatically feeding of extrusion and injection molding machines with adjustable granulate mixtures
Dry strand granulator
- Maximum diameter: 10 mm
- maximum speed: 5 m/min
Schneidmühle (loan from Rapid)
- Maximum component size: 50x 50x 50 mm3
- Granule size: 6 mm
Cast film line
- Maximum speed: 5 m/min
- Maximum widthness: 300 mm
Strand cooling bath
- 2000x 300x 300 mm3
- ZSK25
Strand cooling bath
- 2500x 340x 340 mm3
- ZSK40
- Special manufacture Rinn Rutschen
Extrusion blow molding line
- Technical data: single station (shuttle)
- Description/intended use: with tool for shampoo bottles
Air blowing test stand
- Technical data: self-made
- Description /intended use: stretch behaviour of preforms
Thermoforming system
- Hydraulic 4-column upstroke press 430 kN
- Integrated preheating station and material transfer
- Vacuum pump 3 mbar, 13 m³/h
Direct extrusion line
- Production of continuous fiber reinforced organic sheet from granules
- Width: 25 cm, three-layer
- Central plant control
- Inline-trimming included
Miniature indoor mixer
- Transparent mixing chamber
- Model fluids to simulate mixing processes of plastics containing fillers
- chamber volume: 53,3 cm³
Piston injektion system
- Maximum pressure: 10 bar
- Vacuum-supported: 950 mbar
- Mixing system for epoxy resins and polyester resins
Drop tower
- Experimental investigation of crash relevant components regarding deformation behaviour
- Maximum drop level 3 m or rather 28 km/h
- Determination of force-displacement curves
- Optival evaluation using a high-speed camera
Gear pump metering system
- Volume controlled
- 100:100 up to 100:20
- Maximum Temperature: 80 °C
- Mixing system for epoxy resins and polyurethanes
Hydraulic press
- Maximum Force: 1000 kN
- Temperatur from 20 °C to 250 °C
- Force-controlled/position-controlled
- Electric heating
Laboratory press
- Maximum Force: 300 kN
Muffel furnace
- Maximum Temperature: 1500 °C
Vakuum pump
- Maximum pressure: 800 mbar
- Vacuum infusion
Laminating table
- 1,5 m x 2,0 m
Permeability measuring cell
- Area: 335 mm x 335 mm
- HD-camera
- Measurement of semi-finished product properties
Test specimen tool
- 335 mm x 335 mm
- various sprue systems
- Production of test panels
- process tests
Water-cooled diamand saw
- special composite design to produce specimens
Burst pressure test stand
- Self-made
- Maximum pressure 16 bar
- Burst pressure measurments at PET-bottles, deformation and expansio behaviour
Hardness tester
- Shore A, Shore D, Shore A0
- Ball impression hardness
- Microhardness
HDT Vicat testing device
- Maximum temperature 300 °C
- Heat deflection and softening temperature
Rougness and waviness testing
- Single measurement: 20 mm
- Hight profile: +/- 300 µm
- Output: Rz, Ra, AMax; waviness
Pendulum impact testers
- Maximum 7,5 Joule
- Charpy, Izod
Universal tension-compression machine with heating chamber
- Maxiumum force 20 kN
- Maximum temperature 280 °C
- Stress-strain curves, mechanical parameters, flexure tests, peel tests, temperature-dependent tests
Universal tension-compression machine
- Maximum force 50 kN
- Stress-strain curves, mechanical parameters, flexure tests, peel tests, temperature-dependent tests
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Temperature range: from -180 °C up to 700 °C
- Determination of transition temperatures and enthalpy changes
Dielektric analysis device
- Maximum temperature: 220 °C
- Analysis of the cross-linking behaviour and curing process of resins
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) / FTIR-Spektroskopy
- Analysis of the thermal decomposition behavior
ATR unit for FTIR spectrometer
- Analysis of solid compositions
Dynamic-mechanical analysis (DMA)
- Recording of dynamic mechanical properties
Extension module for DMA
- Analysis of liquid to pasty samples
Thermomechanical analyzer (TMA)
- Detection of temperature-dependent dimensional changes
Electonic Moisture analyzer
- Determination of the moisture content of a sample
Analysis scales
- Various laboratory and precision scales
- Density determination
High pressure capillary viscosimeter
- Maximum temperature: 400 °C
- Maximum speed: 7000 1/s
- Viskosity curves, shear rates
Rotation and oszillation type rheometer
- Tempartature from 20 °C up to 450 °C
- Maximum speed: 1000 1/s
- Flow curves, hardening of resin systems, plate/plate, cone/plate
Light Flash-Apparature (LFA)
- Thermal conductivity
- Temperature range: from room temperature up to 500 °C
Water vapour transmission permeation
- Barrier properties of foils, bottles and thin plates against water vapour
Oxygen transmission permeation
- Barrier properties of foils, bottles and thin plates against oxygen
Melt flow tester
- MFR, MVR
Portable thermal camera
- Measuring range from -10 °C up to +900 °C
- Resolution: 160 x 120 pixel
Infrared thermal sensors
- Masuring range from -50 °C up to +1200 °C
- Resolution: 12:1
Transmitted light polariscope
- Photoelastic analysis
Stereomicroscope
- Magnification factors from 0.65 up to 100
- Working distance 92 mm
- Detailed and overview pictures
Computer tomograph
- Detail detectibility: 1 µm
- Measuring timet: 2 to 30 min
- Resolution: 1024 x 1024
- refer to Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität
Scanning electron microscope
- Resolution: 1.4 nm
- Magnification from 25 to 1,000,000
Contact angle measurement
- different test liquids
- Sessile-Drop-Method
- Pendant-Drop-Method
Microtome cutter
- Diameter from 0.5 µm to 100 µm
- Thin-cuttings
Grinding and polishing machine
- Diameter 250 mm
- Sample preparation for high resolution micrographs and emulsions
Five-axis robot
- Range of motion: 800 mm
Our technical equipment can be used for services within its capabilities.

Contact person for services:
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Michel Schlosser
Phone: +49 3677 69-1883
michel.schlosser@tu-ilmenau.de
Staudingerbau, Room 1009