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At present, the Institute of Polymer Technology employs about 20 people in the scientific and about 20 people in the technical and organizational area.
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The research areas include the areas of additive manufacturing, light construction and FRP, materials and processing as well as joining technology and tribology.
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We are happy to announce that Prof. Drummer has been reappointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)!
In consultation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), he has been reappointed as a member of the BAM's “...
We presented our latest research findings at the international conference “Technomer” in Chemnitz!
In his presentation, our research assistant Felix Kerling discussed the potential of variothermal injection compression molding for processing highly filled polymers. Injection compression molding c...
We are happy to announce that our scientific assistant Anke Kaufmann has been awarded the REHAU Preis Technik by REHAU group for her master's thesis.
Anke Kaufmann’s work focused on an interdisciplinary topic from the fields of medical technology and additive manufacturing of polymers, which dea...
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Netzsch-Gerätebau. As of today, we have a TCT 716 Lambda measuring device at our disposal.
The TCT716 Lambda enables precise determination of the thermal conductivity of solids with a thermal conductivity of 0.1 to 30 W/(m·K) – in a temperature ...
Together with students from the Faculty of Engineering, our institute had a two-day visit to the K 2025 Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, the world’s leading exhibition for plastics and rubber.
The opportunity to experience state-of-the-art manufacturing systems live was a valuable practical complement t...
