Plastics technology (subject)

The plastics engineering deals with the study and application of physical , chemical , biological and physiological properties of the plastics and is made of chemical engineering emerged as an independent, engineering and scientific research branch.

The aim of this research is to develop or select plastics that have the properties required for a specific application. With the intention of technically realizing innovative plastic products in an environmentally friendly and marketable manner, the plastics engineer therefore focuses on the interactions between material , construction and processing . This means that the content of plastics engineering activity is not only components and semi-finished products made of plastic, but also the generation and processing of plastics and the machines, processes and development processes required for production and for meaningful further use after the use phase.

For the scientific and professional promotion of plastics technology, the university professors of plastics technology have come together in the "Scientific working group of university professors in plastics technology WAK".

Locations

In Germany , plastics technology can be studied as part of a mechanical engineering degree at the following universities:

Technical colleges / universities

Aachen: RWTH Aachen , Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV)
Amberg: OTH Amberg-Weiden (independent course Amberg Department)
Berlin: TU Berlin
Senftenberg: BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg , degree in mechanical engineering - major in plastics technology
Chemnitz: TU Chemnitz
Clausthal: TU Clausthal
Dresden: TU Dresden
Erlangen: University of Erlangen
Ilmenau: TU Ilmenau , specialization in plastics technology
Kaiserslautern: Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Kassel: University of Kassel
Rosenheim: TH Rosenheim (independent course)
Paderborn: University of Paderborn
Saarbrücken: Saarland University , chair for polymer materials
Stuttgart: University of Stuttgart , Institute for Polymer Technology

University / technical colleges

Aachen: FH Aachen (course: Applied polymer science)
Aalen: Aalen University (independent course)
Darmstadt: Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (separate course)
Hamburg: University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
Horb: Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart Horb campus
Merseburg: University of Merseburg (FH)
Mosbach: Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach
Osnabrück: Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Pirmasens: University of Kaiserslautern (course: Product and Process Engineering - Plastics Technology)
Schmalkalden: University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden , (course: Applied plastics technology)
South Westphalia: South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences with Lüdenscheid Plastics Institute
Wolfsburg: University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel
Würzburg: University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (course: plastics and elastomer technology)

In Austria , plastics technology can be studied at the following universities:

TGM Vienna

Technical colleges / universities

Leoben: Montan University Leoben
Linz: Johannes Kepler University Linz

University / technical colleges

Wels: University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

In Switzerland , plastics technology can be studied as part of a mechanical engineering degree at the following universities:

Freiburg / Friborg: University of Technology and Architecture ( FH Western Switzerland )
Rapperswil SG: University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil HSR ( FH Ostschweiz )
Windisch: Windisch University of Applied Sciences ( FH Northwestern Switzerland )

Winterthur: Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Apprenticeship in Austria

In Austria, plastics technology can also be learned as an apprenticeship with a training period of four years. The teaching profession focuses primarily on the practical components of work in workshops and workshops.

literature

Dietmar Morgner among others: specialist knowledge of plastics technology. Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel, Haan-Gruiten 2009, ISBN 978-3-8085-1380-4 .
Christian Bonten: Plastics technology introduction and basics. Hanser Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-446-44093-7 .