Technical Equipment

• Plastics Recycling System with single-screw extrusion technology - INTAREMA 906TE with analysis equipment (material output: 150 - 250 kg/h)
• Twin-screw extruder - Process 11 (material output: 0,5 - 2,5 kg/h)
• Twin-screw extruder - Process 16
• DCIM - Direct Compounding Injection Moulding
• Edelweiss - Multivariable Adaptive Tandem Extruder Line
• Injection Moulding Compounder - 650/4300/CX IMC (closing force: max. 6500 kN)
• Injection Moulding Machine - ALLROUNDER 920S 5000 - 4600 / 400 with MULTILIFT H5 (closing force: max. 5000 kN)
• Injection Moulding Machine - ALLROUNDER 470A 1000 – 290 L2 with MULTILIFT H6 (closing force: max. 1000kN)
• Injection Moulding Machine - BOY XS (closing force: 100 kN)
• Liquid Colour Dosing System - ROWAMETRIC
• Inert gas dosing station with conditioning technique - Linde DSD 500
• Granulate Dryer - CKT500
• Infrarot-Feuchtemessgerät MA100C mit Keramikstrahler
• Mobile Universal cutting mill Wanner 25.38s
• Mobile Power Analyzer PQube 3e
• Härtel Compact Basic waterjet cutting system
• Twin-shaft shredder JBF HD 38/54
• Magnetic Separation
• Flat die pelleting press
• Manual injection molding machine

Thermal analysis

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
• Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Chemical analysis

• FTIR spectrometer with TGA coupling
• FTIR microscope
• Pyrolysis module with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry coupling (Py-GC/MS)
• Gas chromatography with flame ionisation detector and a gas sampling valve (GC-FID-GSV)
• Optical photothermal IR (O-PTIR) and Raman microscope

Migration determination

• Migration cells

Colour measurement

• Spectrophotometer (offline)

Characterisation of polymers

• High Temperature Gel Permeation Chromatography / Size Exclusion Chromatography (HT-GPC/SEC)c

Miscellaneous

• Ultra centrifugal mill - ZM 200

Mechanical and thermomechanical testing

• Static material testing machine ZwickRoell Z030 TEW
• Static material testing machine ZwickRoell zwickiLine Z2.5 TH
• Pendulum Impact Tester ZwickRoell HIT25P
• Creep testing maschine ZwickRoell KAPPA Multistation
• Electrodynamic Testing Machine ZwickRoell LTM3
• Heat deflection temperature testing maschine Amsler HDT/Vicat Allround
• Hardness testing

Rheological testing

• Extrusion plastometer ZwickRoell Aflow
• High Pressure Capillary Rheometer Göttfert Rheograph 75

Imaging Testing

• Cryo scanning electron microscope JEOL JSM-IT510LA
• Digital microscope Leica DVM6 A
• Optical particle and fibre analysis IST PowderShape & FibreShape
• CT Data Analysis Volume Graphics VG STUDIO MAX Material
• Sample preparation microscopy

Sample conditioning

• Sample conditioning

Environmental simulation and testing

• Freshwater and saltwater microcosms
• Freshwater and saltwater mesocosms
• Closed respirometric measuring system Oxitop®-IDS
• Respirometer ER series
• Xenon test chamber Q-LAB Q-Sun XE-3
• Environmental stress chamber ESPEC ARS 1100
• Total organic carbon analyzer Elementar Analysesysteme Enviro TOC
• Analytical sieve shaker Retsch AS 200 DIGIT CA

• Life Cycle Engineering - Gabi