Project work or research laboratory
© IKVTopic of the work:
The evaluation of processing-related surface layers is of great importance in plastics analysis. Since edge layers can lead to reduced mechanical component properties, among other things, depending on the material, suitable investigations are to be carried out. Within the scope of the work, test specimens of a material are produced with varying SG process parameters (e.g. mold wall and melt temperature) in order to produce surface layers of different thicknesses. Microscopic microstructural analyses will be used to visualize and measure the surface layers in a process-specific manner. In order to assess the effect on the mechanical properties and to be able to describe a final correlation with the microstructural characteristics, mechanical tests are to be carried out.
Objective:
The aim of this research laboratory or project work is to investigate the influence of the production-related surface layers on the mechanical component properties. The aim here is to evaluate factors influencing the process control during injection molding on the final properties.
Your task:
The work is divided into the following steps: literature research (testing and analysis methods, material used, influencing factors, etc.), joint development of an experimental and test plan, injection molding of the test specimens, analysis of the morphology and testing of the mechanical properties, as well as the final evaluation of the factors influencing the final properties.
Preferred study programs:
- General mechanical engineering
- Materials science
- Applied chemistry
- Applied Polymer Science
- Industrial engineering, specialising in mechanical engineering
These are your benefits:
- Working with a motivated team
- Independent work with intensive support
- Co-design of current research projects
- Individual coordination of tasks and time frame
- Fast processing, direct contact for questions during processing
- Varied mix of research, experimental work in the lab and analytics
- Immediate start possible
If you are interested in writing your thesis at IKV and in this task, please get in touch with me. We agree on the exact scope of content and schedule individually.