Recycled plastics make it difficult to manufacture high-quality plastic components due to impurities, inhomogeneities, and increased mold wear during injection molding. The ROBUST project is developing wear-resistant, optically textured mold coatings to improve surface quality and reduce scrap.
Recycled materials often exhibit inconsistent properties. Contaminants lead to visible surface defects and compromise process stability in injection molding.
Especially for visible parts - such as those in automotive interiors - even the smallest defects are unacceptable.
The project is developing coatings specifically designed for processing recycled materials:
Targeted surface design reduces the visibility of defects and ensures a uniform component appearance.
The optical quality of plastic components depends heavily on the mold surface and process conditions.
The visual appearance (gloss, haze) of the components is primarily determined by four factors:
Grant Number: 01IF23382N
Partners
Fraunhofer IST, IWM, and LBF are pooling their expertise in coating technology and plastics engineering.
Would you like to improve the surface quality of your plastic components or use recycled materials reliably in your processes?
The coating solutions and evaluation methods developed in this project can be directly applied to industrial applications. Especially when working with challenging recycled materials, we support you in designing stable and cost-effective processing methods.
Our services include:
We’d be happy to discuss specific use cases with you and identify opportunities for your production. Together, we’ll develop practical and cost-effective solutions tailored to your specific requirements.
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