• Continuous manufacture of defined wood particles (e.g. chips, strands, particles and fibres)
• Hydrothermal disintegration of lignocelluloses
• Defined disintegration of different raw materials with a horizontal turbo mill with the possibility of active cooling
• Continuous classification of fibres
• Morphological analysis of particles by screening (vibrating sieve for chips, strands and particles, air jet sieve fibres and fines) and digital image analysis (Camsizer) of particles and fibres
• Determination of the bulk density
• Analysis of the wettability of particles and different test fluids with a Force-Tensiometer (contact angel, surface and interfacial tension)
• Industrial analogue fibre production and adhesive application (blowline)
• Air stream fibre mat forming for the manufacture of thin uniform mats

• Manufacture of wood-based composites applying various adhesives and additives
• Optimisation of production technology for e.g. combination gluing, raw material use, fibre pulping grade, chip and strand geometry, press conditions
• Automatic particle mat forming station for single- and multilayer mats
• Evaluation of duration of load and creep behaviour of wood based materials
• Evaluation of dimensional stability of wood based materials in different climatic conditions
• Determination of density profile
• Outdoor weathering
• Micro tension device for single fibre measurement
• Determination of dielectric loss of particles, fluids and solids

• Performance of investigations and analyses on quality assessment and the evaluation of damage patterns in various materials and products
• Elaboration of product-specific test concepts
• Characterisation and testing of new powder-lacquering systems and application techniques
• Evaluation of the application behaviour of lacquers and other coating formulations
• Selection of suitable technological parameters in UV, UV-LED or electron-beam crosslinking as well as characterisation of uniform curing

• Modification of coatings by adding suitable additives, e.g., regarding protection from light or scratch strength, and their proof of effectiveness
• Development and characterisation of suitable printing base materials for various substrates as well as evaluation of the printing quality
• Selection, application and characterisation of protective layers for printing on various substrates
• Structural design of floorings and wall claddings with enhanced fire behaviour

We provide development-accompanying services in the fields of requirement research, concept and structural design as well as technology development and testing.

USEability Lab (in cooperation with WohnXperium)

• User analysis and requirement research
• Concept design, execution and evaluation of interaction experiments
• User-oriented concept design of products
• Determining and implementing design specifications

Processing laboratory

• Development of technologies
• Development of modular product architectures

• Determination of characteristics of structural parts and assemblies
• Prototyping

Furniture testing laboratory

• Development-accompanying testing (carcass furniture seating furniture, tables)
• Strength testing, functional fatigue and durability testing for various requirements of environments (e.g., offices)
• Development of testing algorithms of furniture for special points of attention
• Microclimatic upholstery testing
• Simulations of use
• Structural analysis by wax of the finite element method
• Foam and mattress specification