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• Quality Management

• Conditions of purchase

• Laboratory & equipment Expand / Hide

  • Experimental simulation techniques

  • Material and component development

  • Numeric simulation

  • Polymer characterization Expand / Hide

    • Physical Methods

    • Chemical Analysis

    • Imaging Methods

    • Weathering and Aging

  • Elastomer Testing and Manufacturing Expand / Hide

    • Material characterization

    • Part Characterization

    • Cyclic Testing

    • Characterization of Dielectric Elastomers

    • Simulation of Elastomeric Parts

    • Formulation and Manufacturing of Elastomers

• Networks and alliances

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• Digital Engineering

• Lightweight Design

• Smart Solutions

• Circular Economy

• Future Mobility

• Reliability Design

• Overview projects

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• Structural Durability Expand / Hide

  • Lightweight and component design

  • Damage assessment and forecast

  • Load and stress simulation

  • Lifetime assessment and reliability design

• Smart Structures

• Plastics Expand / Hide

  • Project coordination

  • Additives

  • Elastomer technology

  • Lightweight design

  • Digitalization in plastics processing

  • Using renewable resources in plastic applications

  • Characterization of plastics

  • Recycling

  • Troubleshooting

  • Plastics for thermal management

  • CIRCONOMY® Hub

  • K2022 - Biobased plastics for lightweight solutions

  • K2022 - Sustainable plastic components made from recycled plastic

• System Reliability

project examples Expand / Hide

• Efficient drive-file-determination by inverse modelling

• IoT sensor technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance

• Market potential of lightweight containers

• SUMSENS – Structure-borne sound multi-hop sensor network

Press releases Expand / Hide

• SMM: Simulation software for adaptronic systems - Taking the momentum out of vibrations

• Creating sustainable products: Fraunhofer LBF investigates recycling of halogen-free flame retardant plastics

• New Laboratory Makes Kilogram-Scale Chemical Syntheses of Plastics Possible

• Complex Loading versus Hidden Reserves: International Symposium on Structural Durability Provides Information on New Trends

• How effective are bonding agents? Fraunhofer LBF uses liquid chromatography for characterization for the first time

• Bringing the road into the laboratory: Users discuss biaxial fatigue-testing for car and truck wheels

• Come together: teamwork achieves optimum composite design

• Brilliant perspective: Computer tomography analyzes damage to raw materials under load

• Fraunhofer LBF at Compounding World Expo 2018

• Upcycling of PET Bottles

• Smart connections: Intelligent sensors monitor and optimize industrial processes 4.0

• “Future of Composites in Transportation 2018”, JEC Innovation Award for hybrid roof bow

• SMM 2018: Hull coatings, radar, and robots – Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft to present maritime research highlights at SMM in Hamburg from 4 to 7 September

• More range for electric vehicles: functionalized thermoplastic sandwich components within minutes

• New test rig components for faster development and validation

• Fraunhofer LBF and BAM develop faster procedure for flame-retardant plastics

• For EVs with higher range

• Outstanding Achievements in Automotive Lightweight Design

• Efficient Manufacturing Technology: Integrated Sensors Secure and Monitor the Manufacturing of Thick-Walled CFK Structures

• Dynamic plastics testing

• Recycling of plastics

• Fraunhofer LBF supports numerous small and middle-sized entrepreneurs in their competitive

• In-Plane Shear Test

• Hybrid joined multi-material

• Lightweight battery

• failure prediction

• Bubble Inflation

• Fraunhofer LBF organize Forum Plastic Recyclates

• Eliminate Viruses Effectively

• OrganoPor

• Forum Plastic Recyclates

• „InCeight Casting“: Proceedings available, CfP till May 15, 2022

• Fraunhofer LBF improves 2D tensile test and modelling in design of plastic tanks

• Green elastomers

• More than fibers in sight: Fraunhofer LBF develops application-oriented methods for the simulation of plastic components

• Taking chromatography to a new level: Fraunhofer LBF develops modern analytics for polyolefin compounds

• Optimized plastic surfaces for UV disinfection

• K-Fair: Lightweight construction with natural fibre-reinforced plastics used for Li-ion battery housings

• K-Fair: New methods for reliable lifetime estimation of plastic recyclates

• Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative

• Forum Plastic Recyclates, March 29 - 30, 2023

• International Congress for the Foundry Industry

• Poject on the harmonization of a transport-specific Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• Short- and long-term properties in recyclates

• Altosens GmbH launches Fraunhofer technology on the market

• Better recycling of plastic packaging: New process extracts fragrances

• Fraunhofer LBF develops new approach for rapid process stabilization of plastics

• Online workshop discusses challenges and solutions for environmentally friendly elastomer compounds

• Improving the Quality of Recyclate Films by Additivation

• Lightweight and sustainable: Fraunhofer LBF presents innovations for the technical supply industry

• Users deliberate upon biaxial fatigue strength tests for passenger car and truck wheels and hubs

• "6th Forum Plastic Recyclates", March 13 and 14, 2024 in Darmstadt

• Intelligent suspensions using metal cushions with integrated sensor function

• Congress "InCeight Casting C8" interdisciplinary network for the foundry industry, March 5 to 7, 2025

• Fraunhofer CCPE at the ACHEMA 2024

• Recyclable lightweight battery housing

• Standard-compliant flame retardancy for post-consumer recyclates in specific applications

• Polypropylene recyclate more profitable

Events Expand / Hide

• Noise Optimisation EV/HEV 2017

• Clean Sky Forum

• 5th International Conference Advanced E-Motor Technology

• TRANSFORMERS Final Conference

• ALLIANCE Future Lightweighting Day

• JEC World 2019

• Automotive Testing Expo Europe

• InCeight Casting C8

• Forum Plastic Recyclates

• K 2022 Leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry

• Users Conference 2023

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• LBF-Kranichstein

• LBF-Schlossgartenstraße

• Hotel information

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• Editorial

Annual reports

Research Projects Expand / Hide

• High-voltage tracking resistance in flame-retardant engineering thermoplastics

• Plastic compounds

• Fast and reliable quality control for recycled PET materials

• Elastomer seals for use in H2 transport

• Material and long time properties recyclates

• Understanding coupling agents: Analytical and mechanical methods for an optimized use of graft copolymers (HAWC)

• Design for Reliability - Plastic recyclates in technical components

Data protection events