Research and services with format

Services

For you, we develop innovative solutions for plastics applications and their industrial implementation in a customized, flexible and fast manner.

We act as a comprehensive development partner and offer our broad expertise as a customer-oriented service. From the first idea to concrete concepts, component and process design, their validation and optimization up to first samples and small series, we can take over the entire development for a partner with the modern equipment of our institute or contribute a customized development module at the right time.

Überprüfung einer Leiterplatte mit Mikrokunststoffbauteilen im Reinraum

IDEAS competently implemented

Research

The challenges of our customers are impulses for our common developments. As a branch institute of the plastics industry, we have many years of experience in project work and develop competitive, sustainable solutions. Exclusively for you or by bringing together several industrial and/or research partners, we are committed to your technological progress. With our application and market-oriented research on direct orders or with the support of public funding, we increase your ability to innovate.

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Engineering in der Kunststofftechnik - Konstruktionsarbeitsplatz

Along the value chain

Engineering

We accompany you from the initial idea to the ready-to-implement concept. For competitive innovations in plastics technology, material, process and application must be ideally matched to each other. That is why our engineering services include material selection and modification, molded part development and mold design, virtual validation using all common simulation methods, process development including process automation, through to intelligent process control, digitization and the use of machine learning.

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Beratung in der Kunststoffverarbeitung vor einer Spritzgießmaschine

Solution-oriented assistance

Consulting

An efficient and robust value stream is the key to competitiveness. We analyze your processes and advise you on all levels. From error analysis and process optimization to tailor-made quality assurance methods, we bring your processes into a robust process window. New and innovative digitization & data science tools help you to understand your processes and adapt them flexibly to changing challenges. Both serve - more relevant than ever - for resource and energy efficiency, which we make measurable and tangible for you with various forms of sustainability assessment.

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Ermittlung mechanischer Kennwerte von Kunststoffen an der Zugprüfmaschine

Plastics testing

We have more than 60 years of experience in testing plastics and plastic products. Since 1991, we have also the status of an accredited testing laboratory. Our range of services includes mechanical, thermal, rheological, electrical, optical and climatic testing as well as damage analysis. Thanks to the great competence of the KUZ, we can also offer you customized component and special tests - including design and manufacture of the test setups.

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Handentnahme eines Spritzgießprototypen aus Kunststoff

We bring your ideas into series production!

Small batch production

Convince with tangible innovations. At the end of the development process, it is important to convince and inspire decision-makers and customers about the innovations. This is best achieved with tangible demonstrators, samples or with process verification via a small series. The wide range of machinery in the technical centers in the KUZ enables you to display many manufacturing processes under industry-related boundary conditions.

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Further training offers

Messgerät für die Transparentmessung im KUZ.

Seminar

20.06.2023

Professional color measurement in the industry

Learn more about the basics and limitations of color detection as well as the goals and benefits of color measurement. We will explain suitable color measurement techniques and introduce you to colorimetric evaluation on products. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Nahaufnahme eines grünen Fehlerteils aus dem Fehlerkatalog

Seminar

04.07. - 05.07.2023

Injection molding defects: avoid + eliminate

Unfavorable settings and fluctuations in process parameters during injection molding result in constellations that can lead to molded part defects and cause high economic losses. We provide you with comprehensive knowledge in the recognition and systematic elimination of defects in injection molded parts. In the practical part, we will deepen the process-engineering correlations with you. You will find further information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script in our download box at the top right.

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Collage einer Formteilauslegung des Forschungsprojektes GipRis mit Konstruktionsbildern im Hintergrund.

Seminar

20.09. - 21.09.2023

Plastics selection in product development

Plastics are highly interesting materials with further increased potential for product development. A multitude of requirements to which the product is subjected in the application must be reconciled with the most efficient processability possible and a limited cost budget for the material. This seminar explains some basic tools for solving this complex problem. The content of the seminar is to underline the practical approach from the material selection to the real use of the product. Using a housing made of semi-crystalline material with/without filler and a lens made of amorphous material, the seminar content will be taught in a practical way. For further information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Spritzgießmaschine in grün.

Seminar

26.09. - 27.09.2023

Optimization of the injection molding process 4.0

How do you optimally achieve a quality-compliant component? We will teach you strategies for time- and cost-efficient adjustment and optimization of the injection molding process, taking into account defined boundary conditions. These strategies will be applied in the subsequent workshop. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Darstellung der Mikrotechnik durch sehr kleine Linsen, elektronischen Plättchen und einem 1-Cent-Stück.

Seminar

28.09.2023

Micro injection molding

The development of plastic micro-molded parts is one of the more demanding operations in the field of injection molding of polymer materials. The demands on the production processes increase to the same extent, because small dimensions mean the highest precision. We will give you a practical introduction to the subject and an overview of the possibilities and limitations of micro injection molding. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Material und Sonotrode für das Ultraschall-Nieten.

Seminar

17.10. - 18.10.2023

Ultrasound - plastic welding

Welding by means of ultrasound is a fast and reliable variant for joining plastic components. In this course, we provide you with the necessary knowledge from the basics to practical application. To deepen your knowledge, we will demonstrate the processes in the practical part. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Anschnitt eines von außen blauen Sandwichformteils mit schwarzer Füllung.

Seminar

24.10. - 25.10.2023

Basics of thermoplastic foam injection molding

Demands for more sustainable solutions and increased functional integration can be met by foaming thermoplastics. The resulting lightweight construction due to the lower density is also a topic that is more topical than ever. This seminar will provide an overview of various processes, the associated machine and mold technology and, above all, the further processing of foamed plastics. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Durchsichtiger Prüfstab mit Spritzgieß-Fehler im Gehäuse.

Seminar

26.10.2023

Injection molding defects - Recognition and assessment

Injection molding is comparatively complex due to the many processing parameters involved. Unfavorable settings and fluctuations in the process parameters result in constellations that can lead to quality defects and damage to injection molded parts. In this seminar, we will give you an overview of defect patterns and their causes and discuss the background and possible elimination strategies with you. For more information on the agenda, how to get there, parking facilities and an insight into the script, please see our download box at the top right.

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Blaues Granulat in einer Hand, das herunterfällt-

Seminar

01.11.2023

Use recycling cleverly! - Seminar

The recycling of plastics is an essential part of closing material cycles in order to save fossil resources and waste in significant dimensions. In times of raw material shortages and rising prices, it can thus become an integral part of a sustainable and economically viable material supply. When it comes to practical implementation in injection molding operations, it is important to know the special requirements of the material and the processing technology. The seminar will provide the necessary know-how to find climate-friendly, economically advantageous and process-reliable solutions adapted to the respective application. For more information on the agenda, how to get there and where to park, please see our download box in the top right-hand corner.

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