Institute of Technology, Resource and Energy-efficient Engineering (TREE)
Materials and Processes - equipment
In the research field of Materials and Processes, material testing and investigations are carried out in the following areas:
- Biopolymers
- Biomedical materials
- High temperature materials
- Power electronics
- Sustainable construction materials
- Optimization of packaging materials
- Water purification
using the most modern characterization methods and analytical equipment. For a better overview, these are categorized as follows:
Material analysis
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Dielectric Analysis (DEA)
- Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)
- Mirkoskopy (incident-light /
transmitted light) - Micro-CT
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Rheometry
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
- Thermomechanichal Analysis (TMA)
Material and part testing
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
- Hardness testing, Nanoindentation
- Pulse excitation up to 1500 °C
- Charpy impact tests (also impact tensile test)
- Universal testing machine (100 kN)
- Universal testing machine for small loads
- 3-axis sample milling machine
Spectroscopy and diffractometry
- Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)
- Infrared spectroscopy (IR)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis (NMR)
- X-ray fluorescence analysis (RFA)
- X-ray diffractometer (D2, D8)
Material Processing
- Laboratory extruder for rheological investigations
- MFI/MFR Melt flow index determination
- Injection moulding machine with 100 kN clamping force