| Fields of activity |
- Component and process development with reinforced composites
- Processing of thermosetting and thermoplastic matrices
- Mould design and construction
- Prototype and small scale production
- Material and component testing
- Contract manufacturing
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| Software equipment |
- CAD system: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, AutoCAD, Inventor
- FEM analysis: Patran, Nastran
- LCM simulation: PAM-RTM
- CAM software: Mastercam X3
- Filament winding simulation: CADWIND
- Grey scale value correlation: VEDDAC
- Waterjet software including nesting tool (IGEMS)
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| Fibre composite technologies |
- Injection moulding (RTM)
- Infusion processes
- Filament winding
- Autoclaving
- Injection moulding
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Compression moulding
- Hand lay-up
- Ultrasonic sealing
- Robot based stitch technology for preforming
- Heat treatment (circulating air oven, vakuum furnace, muffle furnace,
infrared heating section)
- Adhesive sealing
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| Mechanical processing |
- CNC milling
- Water-jet cutting
- Universalized metal, wood and plastic machining
- Sand blasting
- CNC cutter for textil pre-cutting
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| Material research methods |
- Static material testing (tension, compression, bending)
- Dynamic material testing (tension, compression, bending, fatigue test)
- Fibre volume content analysis via incinerate
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