Oriented to services for an added-value chain of monomers to polymer components, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP and for Mechanics of Materials IWM combine their competencies in polymer material and process development and in polymer processing at the Fraunhofer PAZ under a single roof.
The services offered by the Fraunhofer PAZ cover both polymer syntheses in laboratory scale and their process-based transfer to pilot plants and the technological optimization of processes. Contract synthesizing, consisting of the production of test and sample loads, is also part of the range of services offered by the pilot plant centre. As far as processing is concerned, the Fraunhofer PAZ devotes special attention to the development of fibre-reinforced thermoplasts and prototype components, with particular reference to material-based and technical influences on the characteristics of materials and components during processing. We assist our partners in industry with contract research in order to help them develop new products and processes more quickly. In the process we design and optimize customized processes – both in synthesizing polymers and in producing components.
Address
ValuePark A74
D-06258 Schkopau
Telefon +49 (0) 3461 2598-120
Telefax +49 (0) 3461 2598-105
michael.bartke@iap.fraunhofer.de
www.polymer-pilotanlagen.deYear of foundation
2005
Business activity
Development of polymers
• process development
• contract synthesizing
• process optimization
• physical-chemical
characterization of polymers
• development/adaptation of laboratory-scale polymer systems
• transfer to pilot-scale
Polymer processing
• (long) fibre-reinforced thermoplasts
• injection molding
• extrusion
• compounding
• technology, material and
component assessments