Applied Polymer Technologies
Applied Polymer Technologies

Ireland: Eastern and Midland (Ireland)

Overview

The Applied Polymer Technologies (APT) Gateway Centre is a nationally funded research centre specialised in polymer processing and testing. It offers a full range of activities from part design to pilot production using a suite of industry relevant polymer processing equipment. The APT centre is a member of the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Network which includes 15 specialised Gateways and 3 sectoral clusters delivering innovation expertise and solutions for industry.

The centre has a number of collaborative EU wide links with industry and academia  based on its parent organisations membership of the European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform (https://www.ecp4.eu/) and the Regional University Network (https://run-eu.eu/).  

 
The APT centre has a range of industry relevant equipment which can generally be characterised as: 

Polymer Processing; http://mri.ait.ie/capabilities/processing/

Polymer Characterisation; http://mri.ait.ie/capabilities/characterisation/

Design and additive manufacturing; http://mri.ait.ie/capabilities/additive-manufacturing/

Specific items include: 

Injection  moulding

130 T. Sumitumo Demag with integrated material handling system

130 T. Fanuc

60 T. Arburg

35 T. Arburg

6 T. Babyplast

14 T. Whitman Battenfeld fully integrated micromoulder with cleanroom

Extrusion

27mm  Leistritz (25 kg per hour)

16mm Prism   (20g min batch size)

22mm EUEXMA High temp compounder (10kg per hour)

Q2 2021 planetary compounder

Q2 2021 In line compouner/rheometer

27mm  Leistritz (25 kg per hour)

Labtech 250ml Blow-moulding

3D Filament extruder (12 spools per hour)

40 mm Boston Matthews Tube

EUEXMA Lab Blown Film

EUEXMA Melt-Spinning Fibre line

25mm Betol cast…. The APT centre offers a full range of services including contract testing and collaborative supports through a range of EU funding mechanisms. Services includes: 

Pilot and production-scale injection moulding, blow moulding, thermoforming, extrusion and compounding lines

Advanced analytical facilities for materials research, testing and troubleshooting

Design, rapid prototyping and micro-moulding capabilities
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Sectors
Aeronautics & space - Agriculture - Agro-food - Automotive - Construction & building sector - Consumer goods/products - Discrete manufacturing - Environment - Healthcare - Manufacturing - Medical devices - Pharma - Process Manufacturing
Technology
Advanced Manufacturing - Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Additive manufacturing - Advanced Materials - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Surface engineering and coatings - Polymers, bioplastics - Biobased plastics - Nanotechnology
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