Equipment

Together with our colleagues of Thünen Institute we conjointly use several well-equipped laboratories for the processing and evaluation of wood, other lignocellulosic materials, wood-based panels, and other wood comprising products like wood-plastic composites.  

Production equipment:

Thermoplastic Procedures

• Leistritz ZSE MAXX 27D -                                         Compounder with pelletizing head
• Arburg Allrounder 420C golden edition -          Injection moulder
• Siempelkamp laboratory press -                          Computer-controlled laboratory hot press
• Thermo-Fisher MiniJet -                                          Laboratory injection moulder
• HAAKE Rheomix 3000 OS -                                    Measuring mixer with Banburry rotors
• Prodigy F&B rapidproduction-                              3D printer for filaments and granules

Specimen Preparation

• Retsch type SM 2000 -                                             Cutting mill with different sieve sizes
• Motan Luxor CA 30 -                                                 Compressed air dryer
• Haase -                                                                           CNC-router, 1 m x 0,8 m working area
• Joos Basic EU 70 -                                                       Hydraulic veneer press
• F&B rapidproduction Pro³digy -                            3D printer for filaments and granules
• Different rotary blenders for gluing of
  particles and fibers
• Several dryers, kilns and climate chambers

Evaluation equipment:

• Zwick-Roell Z050 -                                                      Universal testing machine equipped with video
                                                                                            extensometer (load cells 5 kN and 500 N)
• MTS ReNew -                                                                Universal testing machine, max load 250 kN
• Zwick-Roell HIT5.5P -                                                 Pendulum impact tester with pendulum of 0.5, 1, 2, 5J
• Mohr Pendelschlagwerk -                                       Pendulum impact tester 15 mkg
• MTS 322 -                                                                       Dynamic mechanical testing machine, max. load 150 kN
• Doli testing machine -                                              Dynamic mechanical testing machine, max. load 2 kN
• KRÜSS DSA100S -                                                        Drop Shape Analyzer equipped with KRÜSS TC21
                                                                                            high temperature chamber
• Taber Abraser, model 174 -                                       Rotary platform abrasion tester
• proUmid SPSx-1µ Advance -                                    Multisample Sorption Analyzer
• Cox Analytical Systems ITRAX -                              Wood density scanner
• Zwick Mod. Z425 -                                                       Brinell durometer
• PCE-DD-A -                                                                    Durometer Shore A
• PCE-DD-D -                                                                    Durometer Shore D
• Different sieve analysis for assessing
  particle size distribution
• IKA RV8 V-C -                                                                 Rotary evaporator                              
• Adhesive Evaluation Systems Inc. ABES -            Automated Bonding Evaluation System

Microscopic and chemical analysis related to our fields of research (like FTIR, DSC, NMR) can be conducted in the wood biology and wood chemistry departments.