Transfer center for plastics technology
| Transfer center for plastics technology | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited Liability Company (Austria) |
| founding | 2008 (from 2001 to 2008 research department of Upper Austrian Research GmbH) |
| Seat | Wels (city) , Austria |
| management | Christoph Burgstaller |
| Branch | Applied research & development |
| Website | www.tckt.at |
The Transfercenter für Kunststofftechnik GmbH (TCKT) is an application-oriented research facility based in Wels (city) . It conducts research in all areas of plastics technology and deals with material development and characterization, plastics processing and composites .
History and organization
From 2001 to 2008 the TCKT was a research department of Upper Austrian Research GmbH and was founded in 2008 as a non-university research company. The owners of TCKT are Upper Austrian Research GmbH (74%), FH OÖ Research and Development GmbH (13%) and Johannes Kepler University Linz (13%). The outsourcing of the research department through the establishment of a public welfare-oriented GmbH was part of a strategic training and research offensive in the plastics area of the province of Upper Austria , further accompanied by institutes and courses in the area of plastics technology at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and the Johannes Kepler University Linz. The purpose of this organization was to make pre-competitive and business-oriented research and development (R&D) accessible to small and medium-sized companies, to expand knowledge and technology transfer and to network research and development competencies with the requirements of business, thereby developing applicable products and processes can be. We work with companies of all sizes from industry and business, research institutions and universities.
Transfercenter für Kunststofftechnik GmbH is located in the areas of innovative materials / lightweight construction and energy efficiency / renewable energies within the Upper Austrian strengths .
Research fields
The main research areas of TCKT include injection molding simulations and component calculation, process technology, fiber-reinforced polymers , natural fiber-filled plastics and biopolymers , additives and fillers, composites and lightweight construction, and the recycling of plastics.
- Material characterization
Mechanical, thermal and rheological properties of the plastics are determined in the accredited test laboratory . Different procedures and methods are used for characterization. For example, tensile, bending and compression tests, ILSS tests (determination of interlaminar shear strength), microscopic examination with a microtome for sample preparation, weathering, aging in a heating cabinet or color and gloss measurement are used.
- Material development
The material development takes place through compounding or compounding . By adding components such as fillers or other additives , the properties of plastics can be optimized and adapted. The focus is on natural fiber reinforced polymers , organic and inorganic fillers and reinforcing materials.
- Simulation / CAE
By finite element based software products, a plastics-oriented design and optimization of injection molded parts, tools and injection molding processes can be achieved, and thus be checked before the first production tests, the tools and optimized. For example, with the help of simulations, solutions ranging from filling studies to sprue balancing and tool cooling to shrinkage and warpage calculations can be worked out.
- Process technology
In process technology , the developed materials are processed on conventional extrusion and injection molding machines. Special processing methods are also being developed, especially in the field of long fiber processing (natural fibers). Another research focus is process development in the field of composites and lightweight construction.
Research successes
TCKT is a partner in several national and international research projects, such as the COMET program of the federal government through the project "Advanced Polymeric Materials and Process Technologies", EFRE (European Fund for Regional Development), or in the program line COIN - "Cooperation & Innovation" the Austrian government, which contributes to the improvement of innovation performance in Austria. A project in this program line in the field of wood-plastic composites researched the use of wood as reinforcement fibers in thermoplastics, which aims to save large amounts of petroleum-based plastics. In another successful COIN project "knittFRP - Knitted Fiber Reinforced Plastics", a unique circular knitting machine for the production of multi-layer circular knitted fabrics was developed through the cooperation of 7 companies, the production of which was previously not possible. These fiber-reinforced plastic components are used in lightweight construction , especially in aircraft, automotive and mechanical engineering. The researchers succeeded in developing a cost-effective and resource-saving technology that can increase the use of fiber-reinforced plastics.
Web links
Transfer center for plastics technology GmbH
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at, " Commercial register data Transfercenter Kunststofftechnik GmbH ", accessed on January 15, 2013
- ↑ State of Upper Austria, state correspondence, information on the press conference of December 12, 2008, Upper Austria starts training and research offensive in the plastics sector ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 139 kB), accessed on February 7, 2013.
- ↑ State of Upper Austria, State Correspondence No. 224 of September 28, 2009, TCKT2242009 New technical center for TCKT opened in Wels , accessed on July 9, 2013.
- ↑ UAR, Medienspiegel , research impulses for SMEs by easy2innovate ( memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Upper Austrian Research, Upper Austrian strength fields drive technological development ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Upper Austrian Research, Beteiligungen ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Transfer center for plastics technology, performance report 2010 " PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ", Accessed on January 15, 2013
- ↑ TCKT, Materialentwicklung Info ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ TCKT, Simulation / CAE Info ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ TCKT, Prozesstechnik Info , accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ^ APMT, website , accessed July 9, 2013.
- ^ The Austrian Research Promotion Agency , COIN - “Cooperation and Networks” program line , accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ↑ The Austrian Research Promotion Agency, 5.Projekt: WPC LFMod - modification of wood long fibers to improve processing and final properties of WPC, PDF , accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Kunststoffcluster, Press Release, Austria: New platform for wood-plastic composites founded, PDF ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Factory of the Future, Wood-Plastic-Composites , accessed January 15, 2013.
- ^ State of Upper Austria, state correspondence, information about the press conference, knitting planes? Research from Upper Austria makes it possible ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 62 kB), accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ^ The Austrian Research Promotion Agency, project: KnittFRP - Knitted Fiber Reinforced Plastics, PDF , accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Upper Austria News, Research: Knitted Lightweight Components for Aircraft , accessed on January 15, 2013.
- ↑ derStandard.at, Auto and airplane parts come from the knitting machine , accessed on January 15, 2013
- ↑ Chef Info. The top 50 innovations in Upper Austria. The plane from the knitting machine. Edition 6/2013.
