Projekt

Surfaces of plastic parts often need a pre-treatment before they can be further bonded or painted. Such treatment procedures are done in separate processing units. It causes additional costs for equipment, handling and logistics. In this project the scientific background of an innovative approach of process-integrated surface modification by surface-reactive injection moulding is investigated and its potential explored. The approach uses the high temperature of the polymer melt in injection moulding for a chemical reaction that binds a polymeric modifier as a molecular layer onto the surface of the plastic part. The modification can be controlled very effectively by tailoring the type of the modifier and in contrast to many of the commonly used methods it may be permanent. The development of this innovation is essentially based on the strong interdisciplinary co-operation between engineers and chemists.

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Mennig

  Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Institut für Allgemeinen Maschinenbau und
  Kunststofftechnik
  Professur für Kunststoffverarbeitungstechnik
  Chemnitz
  

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Gehde

  Technische Universität Chemnitz
  Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  Institut für Allgemeinen Maschinenbau
  und Kunststofftechnik (IMK)
  Professur Kunststoffe
  Chemnitz
  

• Prof. Dr. Gert Heinrich

  Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung
  Dresden e.V.
  Institut für Polymerwerkstoffe
  Professur für Polymerwerkstoffe und
  Elastomertechnik
  Dresden