Chair for Polymer Engineering - University of Bayreuth

Company profile

Polymer Engineering is an academic research group in the field of application-oriented solutions for lightweight plastics, fiber-reinforced composites and innovative thermoplastics.

The unique advantage of Polymer Engineering lies in its industrial scale production machinery. With our cutting edge modern machinery we provide development of novel materials or variants and the respective processing targeted at high efficiency.

It also offers a broad spectrum of services for material analysis and component testing with state of the art processes and laboratory technology.

Innovations in composites

• Complete process chain from UD-tape to final composite part
• Preforming with new Tape Laying Machine and double belt press

Technologies / Research

• Hybrid fibre-reinforced thermoset/thermoplastic composites
• Prepreg Machinery
• Special injection moulding processes
• Bead foams
• Additive manufacturing
• Thermal arc spraying for multi-material systems

Services

• Process development
• Prototyping and small-scale production
• Analysis and Component testing

Markets of applications

• Polymer Industry
• Automotive, Aviation, Consumer, Sports, Electronics
• Public funded research projects

Cooperation interest

In addition to R&D in direct cooperation with industrial partners or within public projects, we accept orders for prototypes and small series productions, as well as mold validations.

Chair for Polymer Engineering University of Bayreuth www.polymer-engineering.de