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University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Workshop on the subject of "In-line Plasma Pre-treatment in Multicomponent Technology"
Enormous future growth is forecast for multicomponent injection moulding technology. Accordingly, there is no question in the opinion of the Department of Plastics Technology (Lehrstuhl für Kunststofftechnik) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH that whoever wants to operate successfully as a plastics processor in the high labour cost economy of Germany must exploit the potential for innovation afforded by special injection moulding techniques, in particular multicomponent technology.
Particularly good market opportunities are emerging, for example, from the ability to combine hitherto incompatible pairs of materials and the functionalisation of plastics. A modern method of improving compatibility between materials, and hence of achieving high levels of composite bonding, takes the form of activation by means of plasma technology.
In the course of two highly successful joint projects in this field a test program was carried out to investigate the potential for improvement in well over 200 of the most varied combinations of materials. The results achieved by these industry groups are exclusively available to the participants who in this way have secured a competitive information advantage.
In order to carry on this successful collaboration and to give new participants the opportunity of profiting from plasma technology, the project "In-line Plasma Pretreatment in Multicomponent Technology" is being extended with effect from 1 December 2006.
Dipl.-Ing. Marcus Schuck
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Department of Plastics Technology
