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Engel technology for the AZL

AZL at RWTH Aachen University is installing a new Engel injection moulding system at its technical centre.

3rd September 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Aachen

Construction, Industrial, Transport/​Aerospace

From left to right: Dr Norbert Müller, head of the Engel Technology Centre for Lightweight Composites, Dr Michael Emonts managing director of the AZL, Rolf Saß, general manager of Engel Deutschland and Dr Christoph Steger, Engel’s chief sales officer. © AZLThe Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University is installing a new Engel injection moulding system at its technical centre.

Engel Deutschland GmbH – in cooperation with the Engel Centre for Lightweight Composite Technologies in Austria – will install the two-component system with a turning plate and 17,000 kN clamping force in 2019. This machine setup is the basis for further developments of efficient inline-combination technologies using different kinds of polymer performance materials.

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