Machinery

Overview

The Fraunhofer Project Center Wolfsburg owns two machines within the LightweightCampus "Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V. (OHLF)". Furthermore we have access to numerous laboratories and other machines of the Technical University Braunschweig in the technical center of the Lightweight Campus.

 

Calender Impregnation Plant

The Calender Impregnation Plant enables an efficient production of flat FRP semi-finished products in a continuous process with high variability in the production chain.

 

Low-Pressure-Die-Casting Facility

The LPDC facility with a hydraulically driven clamping unit and an extendable melt and warming furnace serves for the casting of metallic and non-metallic materials.

 

Bolt On Injecion Molding Unit

The "Krauss-Maffei KM/750 Bolt On L" provides the Fraunhofer Project Center with a mobile and flexible injection molding unit that can be combined with the presses of the Open Hybrid LabFactory.