荷蘭熱塑性復合材料應用中心開設了新的實驗室設施
近成立的熱塑性復合材料應用中心(TPAC)的新實驗室由應用科學大學Saxion校長Anka Mulder開放。實驗室配備了新的加工設備，使其能夠專注于成本效益高的熱塑性復合材料的加工和應用。
TPAC對輕量化材料的低成本加工和應用進行了研究，重點研究了熱塑性復合材料。更多有益的特性，如抗沖擊和快速加工，使其成為高端應用的材料，如航空航天，跑車和體育用品。TPAC的目標是降低加工成本，擴大熱塑性復合材料的使用范圍，使更多的部門、企業和人員能夠負擔得起這些材料?；蛘呔拖褓M里·范·哈托姆所說的：“為做復合材料”。
協作
申請中心與100多家中小型公司和機構合作。成立了多個聯盟，以應對各種項目的挑戰。特邀演講者Jac。荷蘭橡膠和塑料工業聯合會(NRK)主席兼塑料制品公司席執行官戈弗斯強調了建立一個應用中心的重要性。
輕量級解決方案帶來了很多好處，但是測試對于理解在使用過程中減輕重量和復合應用的效果是至關重要的。“龐蒂斯工程公司(Pontis Engineering)席執行官Sjef van Breugel強調了與工業的緊密聯系：“TPAC與工業有著很強的聯系，并聽取了該部門的要求，例如，需要負擔得起的加工技術。”
不同學習的學生參與多學科小組、實習和畢業作業.通過這種方式，學生學習輕量級工程應用的設計、材料和生產。
研究領域
TPAC與合作伙伴一起確定了三個研究領域：回收、生產和自動化。在回收領域，人們開發了處理低端聚合物廢物的方法，例如從塑料湯到簡單的產品。此外，還對來自航空航天的高端碳纖維基后工業廢物進行了研究，并將其處理成為航空航天的新應用。開發和測試新的生產方法，以成本效益高的方式加工復合材料，例如將3D打印和磁帶放置結合起來。通過實現自動化，進一步提高了生產速度和魯棒性，降低了成本。
智能工業領域
新的設備，如垂直封閉注射成型機，包括紅外線烤箱加熱預制體和機器人在一個自動化的細胞，強調了實驗室的新的可能性。TPAC與研究伙伴TPRC共同組成TPC NL，并被荷蘭經濟事務部授予智能工業領域實驗室，并被歐洲聯盟委員會列為數字創新中心。
原文如下：
The new lab facilities of the recently founded ThermoPlastic composites Application Center (TPAC) are opened by Anka Mulder, the president of Saxion, University of Applied Sciences. The lab features new processing equipment enabling it’s focus on cost-effective processing and application of thermoplastic composites.
The Dutch ThermoPlastic composites Application Center opens new lab facilities
TPAC
The TPAC performs research on low-cost processing and application of lightweight materials, with particular focus on thermoplastic composites materials. Further beneficial properties like impact resistance and fast processing make it the material of choice for high-end applications like aerospace, sport cars and sporting goods. The goal of the TPAC is to reduce processing costs to broaden the use of thermoplastic composites and make the material affordable for more sectors, business and people. Or like Ferrie van Hattum puts it: ”Composites for the people”.
Collaboration
The application centre works together with more than 100 companies of mostly small and medium size and institutions. Multiple consortiums are formed to tackle challenges in various projects. Guest speaker Jac. Gofers, President of the The Dutch Federation of Rubber and Plastics Industry (NRK) and CEO of Promolding underlines the importance of an application centre.
“Lightweight solutions give plenty of benefits, but testing is essential to understand the effect of weight reduction and composite application during use.” Sjef van Breugel, CEO of Pontis Engineering emphasizes the strong connection to industrie “The TPAC has a strong relation to industry and listens to the requirements in the sector, for example the necessity of affordable processing technologies.”
Students of different studies are involved with multi-disciplinary groups, internships and graduation assignments. In this way students learn about design, materials and production of lightweight engineering applications.
The Dutch ThermoPlastic composites Application Center opens new lab facilities
Research areas
Together with the partners, the TPAC defined three research areas: recycling, production and automation. In the field of recycling methods are developed to process low-end polymer waste, e.g. from the plastic soup, into simple products. Also high-end carbon fibre based post-industrial waste from aerospace is studied and processed into new applications for aerospace. New production methods are developed and tested to process composite material in a cost-effective manner, e.g. combining 3D printing and tape placement. Production speed and robustness is further increased and cost is limited by implementing automation.
Smart Industry Fieldlab
New facilities, like a vertical closure injection moulding machine including an infrared oven to heat preforms and robot in an automation cell, underline the new possibilities of the laboratory. Together with the research partner TPRC, the TPAC forms TPC NL and was awarded the Smart Industry Fieldlab by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands and is listed as digital innovation hub by the European Commission.
