Applied Polymer Technologies
APT Technology Gateway
APT Technology Gateway is an open industry access point providing applied research expertise and access to specialist equipment through managed projects.
APT Technology GatewayAthlone, Westmeath, TUS Midlands
About this workspace or facility
APT Technology Gateway is an open industry access point providing applied research expertise and access to specialist equipment through managed projects.
Capabilities
- Polymer materials testing and troubleshooting
- Polymer product development
- Pilot-scale polymer processing
- Injection moulding and micro-moulding
- Extrusion
- Compounding and thermoforming
- Blow moulding
- 3D additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping
- Polymer recycling and sustainable materials
- Composite materials development
- Production optimisation and technical consultancy Pilot and production-scale injection moulding
- micro-moulding
- Thermoforming
- Compounding
- 3D additive printing
- materials characterisation equipment Industry-focused researchers and engineers R&D collaboration
- Testing
- Innovation
- Prototyping facility
Equipment
- Applied R&D
- Product and process development
- Testing
- Prototyping facility
Who it is for
- Startups
- SMEs
- Large companies