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K2022 - Sustainable plastic components made from recycled plastic
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SMM: Simulation software for adaptronic systems - Taking the momentum out of vibrations
Creating sustainable products: Fraunhofer LBF investigates recycling of halogen-free flame retardant plastics
New Laboratory Makes Kilogram-Scale Chemical Syntheses of Plastics Possible
Complex Loading versus Hidden Reserves: International Symposium on Structural Durability Provides Information on New Trends
How effective are bonding agents? Fraunhofer LBF uses liquid chromatography for characterization for the first time
Bringing the road into the laboratory: Users discuss biaxial fatigue-testing for car and truck wheels
Come together: teamwork achieves optimum composite design
Brilliant perspective: Computer tomography analyzes damage to raw materials under load
Fraunhofer LBF at Compounding World Expo 2018
Upcycling of PET Bottles
Smart connections: Intelligent sensors monitor and optimize industrial processes 4.0
“Future of Composites in Transportation 2018”, JEC Innovation Award for hybrid roof bow
SMM 2018: Hull coatings, radar, and robots – Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft to present maritime research highlights at SMM in Hamburg from 4 to 7 September
More range for electric vehicles: functionalized thermoplastic sandwich components within minutes
New test rig components for faster development and validation
Fraunhofer LBF and BAM develop faster procedure for flame-retardant plastics
For EVs with higher range
Outstanding Achievements in Automotive Lightweight Design
Efficient Manufacturing Technology: Integrated Sensors Secure and Monitor the Manufacturing of Thick-Walled CFK Structures
Dynamic plastics testing
Recycling of plastics
Fraunhofer LBF supports numerous small and middle-sized entrepreneurs in their competitive
In-Plane Shear Test
Hybrid joined multi-material
Lightweight battery
failure prediction
Bubble Inflation
Fraunhofer LBF organize Forum Plastic Recyclates
Eliminate Viruses Effectively
OrganoPor
Forum Plastic Recyclates
„InCeight Casting“: Proceedings available, CfP till May 15, 2022
Fraunhofer LBF improves 2D tensile test and modelling in design of plastic tanks
Green elastomers
More than fibers in sight: Fraunhofer LBF develops application-oriented methods for the simulation of plastic components
Taking chromatography to a new level: Fraunhofer LBF develops modern analytics for polyolefin compounds
Optimized plastic surfaces for UV disinfection
K-Fair: Lightweight construction with natural fibre-reinforced plastics used for Li-ion battery housings
K-Fair: New methods for reliable lifetime estimation of plastic recyclates
Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative
Forum Plastic Recyclates, March 29 - 30, 2023
International Congress for the Foundry Industry
Poject on the harmonization of a transport-specific Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Short- and long-term properties in recyclates
Altosens GmbH launches Fraunhofer technology on the market
Better recycling of plastic packaging: New process extracts fragrances
Fraunhofer LBF develops new approach for rapid process stabilization of plastics
Online workshop discusses challenges and solutions for environmentally friendly elastomer compounds
Improving the Quality of Recyclate Films by Additivation
Lightweight and sustainable: Fraunhofer LBF presents innovations for the technical supply industry
Users deliberate upon biaxial fatigue strength tests for passenger car and truck wheels and hubs
"6th Forum Plastic Recyclates", March 13 and 14, 2024 in Darmstadt
Intelligent suspensions using metal cushions with integrated sensor function
Congress "InCeight Casting C8" interdisciplinary network for the foundry industry, March 5 to 7, 2025
Fraunhofer CCPE at the ACHEMA 2024
Recyclable lightweight battery housing
Standard-compliant flame retardancy for post-consumer recyclates in specific applications
Polypropylene recyclate more profitable
Forum Plastic Recyclates 2025
“InCeight Casting C8” from March 5 to 6, 2025
Online event: New methods for accelerated reliability assessment
Bio-based polyesters for demanding long-term applications
Sustainable plastics containing flame retardants for use in closed-loop applications
High-performance elastomers and plasma polymer coatings to replace fluoropolymers in technical applications:
Constant optimization of materials and products made from polyolefin recyclates for sustainable solutions
Events
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Events
Noise Optimisation EV/HEV 2017
Clean Sky Forum
5th International Conference Advanced E-Motor Technology
TRANSFORMERS Final Conference
ALLIANCE Future Lightweighting Day
JEC World 2019
Automotive Testing Expo Europe
InCeight Casting C8
Forum Plastic Recyclates
K 2025 Leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry
Users Conference 2023
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High-voltage tracking resistance in flame-retardant engineering thermoplastics
Plastic compounds
Fast and reliable quality control for recycled PET materials
Elastomer seals for use in H2 transport
Design for Reliability - Plastic recyclates in technical components
Bio-based polyesters for demanding long-term applications
NaFiTech - Reliable use of natural fiber-reinforced thermoplastics in technical plastic components
Elastomers for electrolysis and fuel cells
Cost savings in formulation development with online rheology
Deposit formation and wear during injection moulding with recycled plastics
ReStreams - Material flows from recyclates: sources, availability and quality
Design for reliability – Weld lines in structural components
Polyolefin Recyclates: Securing Constant Quality
Sustainable and closed loop solutions of flame retarded plastics in electric and electronic, automotive and cable applications
CompoPFAS - Compounding without PFAS in flame retardant formulations
MinaStab - Minimization of the content of aminic stabilizers in elastomers
FlowTech - Flow improvement of highly filled engineering plastics
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In 2017 the institute had 396 employees (including research assistants, apprentices, trainees, graduate students and borrowed workers).
In addition 53 personswere employed by the Technical University Darmstadt (all numbers refer to persons).
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