AMPlify Expertise FlexKapG

Peter Tunner-Straße 19, 8700 Leoben, Austria

https://amplifyexpertise.at/

Number of employees: 2

Contact information:

Michael Berer; Tanja Stiller

michael.berer@amplifyexpertise.at

+43 699 12660444 (Michael Berer)

AM Technologies

Polymer AM technologies:

Material Extrusion (MEX):

Fused filament fabrication (FFF)
Fused granulate fabrication (FGF)

Powder Bed Fusion (PBF):

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
Multi Jet Fusion (MJF)

Materials and characterisation

Materials:

Polymers:

Thermoplastics (focus on engineering polymers), reinforced polymers

Testing equipment:

Characterisation methods via partners:

Mechanical: tensile, compression, bending, fatigue, creep, impact, and others
Rheological: MFR, intrinsic viscosity, melt viscosity
Thermal: DSC, TGA, DMA, TMA
Optical: light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, confocal microscopy;

Services

Key competences:

Polymer material selection, material & process development, and interdisciplinary approaches

AM-related projects:

The company was recently founded.
However, the founders participated in and coordinated many AM-related projects within their long careers at the following research institute: https://www.ammap.eu/location/polymer-competence-center-leoben-gmbh/

Key publications and patents:

Powder ageing of Polyamide 6 in Laser Sintering and its effects on powder and component characteristics (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102987)
Polyamide 12 powder ageing in laser beam-based powder bed fusion and its combined effects on powder and component characteristics (https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-08-2024-0351)
Systematic analysis of the mechanical anisotropy of fibre-reinforced polymer specimens produced by laser sintering (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101671)
Functional mechanical metamaterial with independently tunable stiffness in the three spatial directions (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2021.100155)
Determination of Cyclic Load Limits for Plasma‐Sprayed Copper Tracks on Material Extrusion‐Based Printed Surfaces (https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202200567)

Services offered:

Technical Consulting
Access to AM Equipment
Polymer Engineering

Target groups:

Start-ups
Scale-ups
Established SMEs
Large Companies
Research Institutions

Material recycling capabilities

Specialized equipment for recycling is planned in the near future.