Plastic and Composite Materials Manufacturing Unit
DESCRIPTION
Thermoset and thermoplastic materials manufacturing and processing unit, using SMC, RTM/CRTM, infusion, pultrusion, compression, multi-layer lamination, filament winding, casting, injection and thermoforming technologies.
MOST OUTSTANDING EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS
Composite moulding cell by RTM, CRTM, infusion, compression and techniques microwave ovenRTM injectors for epoxy, polyester and phenolic resins: Cjet One, MVP Venus Gusmer Pro, Ultramax IMG-FM; Hoesch press with 300 Tn capacity and 1 m2 plate, Hidrotecno press with 80 Tn capacity and 1 m2 plate. Hephaistos VHM 100/100 microwave processing oven with 0.9 m3 volume.
Hidrotecno pultrusion equipment to obtain prototype batches of 100-200 linear metres of tape/profiles up to 150 cm wide and 10 mm thick; and Atcom filament-winding equipment with mandrel carrier up to 2 m long and 50 cm of diameter, and Baer fibre tensioner.
Rotary Koater unit for lamination and functional printing (gravure printing, flexography) of inks and coatings (UV and thermal curing) with maximum speed of 100 m/min, coils with internal diameters of 75 mm and length of 300 mm; and ExpertPrint 41 IMP-50 screen printing table. CEINSA facility for preparation (18 m3), painting (33 m3) and drying (9 m3 and up to 150 ºC ) with YASKAWA Motoman EPX 1250/NX100 airbrushing application robot.
SMC Schmidt & Heinzmann machine (800 mm width with production capacity of 600 to 1000 kg/week) and Phoenix Pi6000 fabric and reinforcement resin impregnation system (for up to 1200 mm width). Reliant Powerbond equipment to obtain multi-layer structures and thermoplastic composites (maximum width of 100 cm, maximum operating temperature of 250 ºC, compression pressure of 6 bar and maximum speed of 5 m/min).
Haake PolyLab, Haake MiniLab, DSM Xplore Microcompounder, Leistriz Micro-27/GL 360 double-spindle extrusion machine , Anton Paar MCR501 rotating viscometer with CTD 450 TwinDrive , EXACT 80E Three Roll Mill , Sammie planetary mixer , Iqaluit Lt 10 powder turbo-mixer , DISPERMAT CN10, ULTRA-TURRAX T 25, Spray Dryer B-290.
SERVICES OFFERED BY THE ASSET
Design, structural calculation and production of composite material parts
Development of thermoset and thermoplastic polymer functional compounds and composites
Development, application and characterisation of functional coatings and paints for polymer products
Process sensoring, monitoring and automation
Sustainability and recyclability assessment of polymer composite materials
ENTITY MANAGING THE ASSET
GAIKER
Contact person: Koldo Gondra Zubieta
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