Polymer Technology research equipment
The equipment at Laboratory of Polymer Technology is modern and enables extensive and high-standard research.
Professor Jukka Seppälä heads a national bioeconomy research infrastructure including VTT and Aalto University. A list of the equipment available in that research environment can be found below.
Polymerization reactors
| Slurry/solution polymerization: | Autoclave based on Büchi BEP280. Reactor sizes 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ja 5.0 dm3 |
| Slurry/solution polymerization: | Minireactor system with a glass window, reactor size 20 and 50 ml. |
| Bulk polymerization | Two units: DIT 0.15 and 2.5 dm3 |
| Bulk polymerization | KK Juchheim 2.4 and 6.2 dm3 |
Polymer characterization
| NMR | Bruker AVANCE 400 MHz 5 mm (BBFO) and 10 (BBO) |
| FTIR | Perkin Elmer Spectrum Two FT-IR Spectrometer |
| FTIR | Unicam Mattson 300 FTIR spectrometer |
| UV/VIS | Unicam Helios Beta 9423 UVB 1000E spectrophotometer |
| DSC | Mettler Toledo Star DSC 821 and TA Instruments Q2000 DSC |
| DMA | TA Instruments Q800 DMA |
| TGA | TA Instruments Q500 TGA |
| High temperature GPC | Waters 2000 Alliance |
| Room temperature GPC | Waters |
| Microscope | Olympus BH-2 |
| Rotational rheometer | Anton Paar Physica MCR 301 and TA Instruments AR G2 |
Polymer processing
| Injection molding machine | Engel ES200/40 |
| Mini injection moulding machine | DSM |
| Twin-screw extruder | Werner & Pfleiderer ZSK 25 M9 |
| Twin-screw extruder | Brabender DSK 42/7 |
| Batch mixer | Brabender W 50 E, vol 50 cm3 |
| Twin-screw midiextruder | DSM, volume 16 cm3 |
| Compression molding machine | Fontijne TP 400 |
| Micro-injection molding machine | Babyplast 6/10P |
Testing of polymer properties
| Tensile, flexural and compression | Instron 4204 |
| Electrical Conductivity | Jandel RM3000 |
| Pendulum impact tester | Zwick 5102 |
| Melt flow rate | Ceast MFI 6542 |
| Shore hardness tester | ATS Faar |
| Hardness tester | Zwick 3106 |
| Elastomer testing equipment |
Rapid prototyping
| Stereolithography | EnvisionTEC Perfactory SXGA+ Mini Multi Lens |
| Fused Deposition Modeling | Bits from Bytes 3D Touch Printer and Solidoodle3 |
The team also collaborates with Professor Jouni Partanen and Aalto University Digital Design Laboratory (ADDLab) regarding 3D printers.
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