Facilities and equipment

Polymer processing machines

3 injection machines (Engel 80T, Engel 28T, Demag 80T)
2 single screw extruders 30mm Labtech
1 single screw extruder 20mm Labtech
1 single screw extruder 30mm Brabender
3 single screw extruders19mm Brabender
1 single screw extruder 19mm Haake
1 single screw extruder Axson compounder
2 twin screw extruders (Coperion 18D & 1 reactive extruder)
1 conical twin screw compounder MAS
mini-compounder (Haake)
extrusion blow moulder Bekum
2 thermoset presses
extrusion plate die 150mm (adjustable thickness 0,1mmà2mm)
extrusion blow film die diameter 150mm
extrusion blow moulding bottle 1L
thermoforming mould for packaging applications
injection moulds for research (ISO 527 -2, several different products,…)
co-extrusion 2 layer plate die 150 mm
collaborative equipment of other FEA research groups
co-extrusion plate die 500 mm (1/3/5 layers) and co-extrusion blow film die (1/2/3 layers)
plate & foil co-extrusion unit equipped with 3 single screw extruders

Hercules funding type 1 'Flaminco': co-extrusion and lamination equipment for integration of functional components in advanced multilayer materials.
filament production Unit
different types of feeding systems (gravimetric, volumetric, powder,…)

tensile/flexural testing: dynamometers up to 5 kN (including heating chamber), different clamps for dumbbells, films and filaments and clip-on extensometers
impact testing: Charpy up to 15 J
peel tester
softening temperature: HDT-VICAT
rheology: MFI
ageing: weatherometer
thermal properties:DSC-TGA-STA
identification: FTIR
thermal conductivitiy: Hot Disk TPS 2500s
table top SEM Phenom G1
kyence (polarized) microscopy
microtome Leica RM2245
IR camera

We have several machines at your disposal such as: