Call for Application: Bachelor’s Thesis or Master’s Thesis
Topic of the Thesis:
Recycling is an indispensable part of a circular economy. In this context, technical molded parts, among other things, must be fed into a recycling process. However, (repeated) recycling leads to cumulative damage to the material, as a result of which the properties of the recyclates decrease significantly with an increasing number of recycling cycles. A promising approach to minimizing degradation is the DCIM process, which combines compounding and injection moulding in one process. A major advantage of this process is that, in contrast to conventional processing, the material is only melted once. The resulting reduction in thermal and mechanical stress generally leads to less damage to the material, which in turn has a positive effect on its properties.
© Yizumi Germany GmbHThis Thesis is related to this Research Project:
This work is part of a research project with an industrial partner, which is being carried out in the Special Materials working group. The project aims to develop and optimize a new DCIM system.
Objective:
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the influence of different process parameters and the machine configuration on the resulting properties of recycled materials. The results of the thesis contribute to the optimization of a new DCIM system and its marketability.
Your Tasks:
| For a Bachelor's thesis, you will work on the following tasks: | For a Master's thesis, you will work on the following additional tasks |
| Thematic familiarization with the topics of compounding, material degradation mechanisms and injection moulding | Comparison of the influence of different plastics on the resulting properties |
| Identification of relevant machine and process variables | Deduction of processing recommendations and system improvements |
| Derivation of a test plan | |
| Production of test specimens/components | |
| Testing of the manufactured test specimens/components |
Your Profile:
- Structured and independent way of working
- Interest in working on industry-related research projects
- Interest in the research and development of a new system
- Enjoy practical tasks
Preferred degree programs
- Mechanical engineering / industrial engineering, specialising in mechanical engineering
- General mechanical engineering
- Computational Engineering Science (CES)
- Materials science
- Industrial engineering, specializing in materials and process engineering
- Applied Polymer Sciences (M.Sc., FH Aachen)
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.