Non-Destructive Testing
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is used in process monitoring, quality assurance, and material characterisation for fiber-plastic composites. Identifying quality issues at an early stage is important to save costs and material during the production process. NDT covers various methods such as... mehr
Recycling & Sustainability
Recycling and sustainability play a major role in material development. The Fiber Institute is investigating the use of recycled carbon fibers on the one hand and the use of bio-based, degradable and recycled materials for fiber development on the other.... mehr
Fiber and Filament Development
Fiber Development focuses on research in the field of technical yarns made from new polymer raw materials and functionalized polymers for special applications in the technical sector as well as the corresponding process development. For this, standard, technical, high-performance and... mehr
Overmolding
With overmolding, a combination of processes is used to combine the advantages of (short fibre reinforced) injection molding with those of continuous fibre reinforced structural carriers. For this purpose, load-bearing fibre composite structural elements with thermoplastic matrix are functionalized by... mehr
Liquid Composite Molding
Liquid Composite Moulding (LCM) processes are a widely used manufacturing techniques for fibre reinforced plastics. During the manufacturing process a dry preform gets impregnated by the liquid resin. The material is cured after the wetting process. The term LCM covers... mehr