Equipment

Materials testing

Non destructive testing

Microscopy

  • TESCAN Vega LMU2 - scanning electron microscope (SEM)
  • OXFORD XSight - energydispersive X-ray system (EDX)
  • LEICA DCM 3D - confocal microscope
  • HORIBA XploRA plus - raman microscope
  • OLYMPUS BX53 - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera
  • OLYMPUS BX53 - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera
  • OLYMPUS GX53 -  inverted metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera
  • LEICA DM2500M - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera
  • MOTIC SMZ168 - stereo microscope with 7.5-, 10-, 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-times magnification, digital camera
  • OLYMPUS SZ61 - stereo microscope with 6.7- up to 45-times magnification, digital camera

Plastics processing

  • FRIMO EcoForm 40/55 - laboratory thermoforming machine
  • ILLIG LDFG 23S - laboratory thermoforming machine
  • LANGZAUNER LZ-SO 02 - diaphragm device
  • LANGZAUNER LZT-OK-220-L - laboratory parallel plate mould
  • Laboratory blown film line
  • COLLIN E20Mx25 L/D - singe screw extruder
  • COLLIN CR 136/350 - chill roll flat film line
  • COLLIN 200E - laboratory parallel plate mould
  • BATTENFELD - pipe extrusion line
  • LEISTRITZ ZSE 27 MAXX - co-rotating twin screw compounder
  • Plastics welding devices
    • Heat element welding
    • Heat element socket welding
    • Hot gas welding
    • Extrusion welding
    • Pipe welding

Plastics rheology

Surface technology

Thermal analysis

Tribology

Metallurgy and heat-treatment techniques

Coating technology

Material characterisation

  • SPECTRO GDA ALPHA - glow discharge optical emission spectroscope with HF-source
  • BRUKER D8 Advance - X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis system
  • THERMO SCIENTIFIC Nicolet iS50 FT-IR - infra red spectrometer