Faculty of Materials Engineering Department of Materials Technology

Composites and Plastics Laboratory

1. Name of laboratory: Composites and Plastics Laboratory
   Plastics and polymer matrix composites team conducts research and didactic activity in the subject field. The detailed area of activity covers the design of structures and the development of fiber reinforced polymer laminates technology, the development and analysis of the applicability of functional composites and nanocomposites, processing of plastics - extrusion techniques, 3D printing, the use of curable resins, as well as the recycling of plastics and polymer matrix composites. Our research and technological equipment allow for the production of metal composite materials based on light metal alloys in the process of gravity casting, centrifugal casting and infiltration as well as research on their structure and properties, e.g.: mechanical and tribological.
   
   
2. Laboratory equipment (list)
   1. FDM 3D printer,
   2. SLA 3D printer,
   3. ZAMAK twin-screw extruder,
   4. BOY 22A injection molding machine,
   5. CEAST weight plastometer.
   6. MicroProf3000 non-contact profilometer with white light aberration head,
   7. Microhardness FutureTech FM-800,
   8. SHIMADZU AGX-50kNV strength testing machine,
   9. Thermal Imaging Camera FLIR E25,
   10. PTA 12 furnace equipment for the production of composite suspensions,
   11. PTA - 8 / PrGC equipment for infiltration of porous structures,
   12. MOV 500 equipment for centrifugal casting,
   13. Stand for the analysis of the metals and composites solidification process with a thermovision system of registration and measurement of temperature mold,
   14. Thermal load testing equipment,
   15. MetalHealth® system for quality control of molten metal and evaluation of technological properties of metals and composites.
3. Research offer and scope of services (research opportunities)
   We provide advisory and opinion-making activities, as well as innovation and research support in the field of plastics and polymer composites technology and recycling of these materials as well as in the field of metal matrix composite materials operating under complex load conditions.
4. Person responsible for Laboratory (contact details)
   Associate Professor Anna Janina Dolata PhD, DSc
   e-mail: Anna.Dolata@polsl.pl
   tel.: +48 32 6034426