Biology

Materials

  • 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

Chemistry

  • Damage analyses (e.g., chemical causes of faults in adhesion joints)
  • Bonding agent analytics
  • Contaminant emissions in residential and public buildings
  • Determination of wood preservatives in historical building materials and pieces of art

Surface

  • 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

Physics

  • Literature and proprietary right research
  • Preparation of workplans
  • Testing during development
  • Appraisal of data obtained in our work for publication purposes
  • Preparation of damage analyses and expert opinions
  • Design of structural parts
  • Support in building demonstrators
  • Tutorship for apprentices
  • Project coordination
  • Project planning for training courses

Furniture

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

Failure Analysis

  • Recording, measuring, documenting and evaluating damages
  • Identifying causes for damage/failure
  • Simulating images and mechanisms of damage/failure
  • Determining harmful organisms
  • Assessing hygiene
  • Elaborating suggestions for removal of damage and remediation
  • Elaborating suggestions for preventing and estimating consequential damage
  • Preparing investigative reports and expert opinions on damage