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Best Technical Paper Award am KTP
Felix Knaup was honored with the Best Technical Paper Award in the Extrusion category at the Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC25) of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) in Philadelphia. His paper: “Improving an Analytical Model of Melting in Single Screw...
Laura Austermeier completes her doctorate at the KTP
Laura Austermeier successfully defends her dissertation with the topic: ‘Prediction model of the spatially resolved energy input in close-coupled co-twist twin-screw extruders’ at the KTP. Examination committee:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elmar...
SIGMA 15.0 user meeting
The simulation software SIGMA is a joint research project of leading industrial companies and Kunststofftechnik Paderborn. The program is used to simulate compounding and processing operations on co-rotating twin screw extruders. As...
Dorte Trienens completes her doctorate at the KTP
Dorte Trienens successfully defends her doctorate with the topic: ‘Method development for the prediction of melt quality in the extrusion process’ at the KTP. Examination committee:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bäck, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Julia Riese,...
REX/PSI user meeting 2024
This year's REX/PSI user meeting (REX = computer-aided extruder design, PSI = Paderborn injection moulding simulation) brought together numerous representatives from industry and science, including company representatives from Arburg GmbH & Co. KG, BASF SE,...
Multilayer pipe system put into operation at KTP
KTP has recently been provided with a state-of-the-art multi-layer pipe system from Georg Fischer, which was recently handed over successfully. The multi-layer pipe system will make significant contributions to research and development in the field of pipe technology.
Matthias Altepeter completes his doctorate at the KTP
Matthias Altepeter successfully defends his doctorate with the topic: ‘Material degradation of polypropylene on the co-rotating twin-screw extruder’ at the KTP. Examination committee:Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Puch, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Iris...
Nordic Rheology Conference (NRC)
At this year's Nordic Rheology Conference (NRC), Felix Hanselle represented Kunststofftechnik Paderborn and presented his research in the field of modeling the pressure dependence of melt viscosity. The NRC took place for the 33rd time
ANTEC 2024
This year, 5 KTP employees attended the ANTEC24 (Annual Technical Conference) of the SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers) in St. Louis. Christian Elsner presented his research in the field of additive manufacturing, Laura Austermeier, Jan Landgräber and...
Best Technical Paper Award at ANTEC24
Laura Austermeier wins "Best Technical Paper Award" at ANTEC24 (Annual Technical Conference) of the SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers) in St. Louis. In her research, Laura Austermeier deals with the energy input in co-rotating,...
SIGMA User-Meeting 2024
The simulation software SIGMA is a joint research project of leading industrial companies and Kunststofftechnik Paderborn. The program is used to simulate compounding and processing operations on co-rotating twin screw extruders. As...
Maximilian Frank completes his doctorate at the KTP
Maximilian Frank successfully defends his doctorate with the topic: "Simulation-based determination and optimization of mixing quality in single-screw extrusion" at KTP. Board of Examiners: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner,
New REX/PSI project partner NGR
Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) has been a new member of the REX/PSI joint research project user group since October last year. NGR, headquartered in Feldkirchen an der Donau (Upper Austria), develops and builds intelligent, future-oriented plastics
Christoph Schall completes his doctorate at the KTP
Christoph Schall successfully defends his doctorate with the topic: "Material-friendly processing of thermoplastics on wave screws" at the KTP. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.mont. Gerald R. Berger-Weber
PhD: Florian Brüning successfully defends his dissertation at KTP
Florian Brüning successfully completed his doctorate at KTP with the topic: "Modellierung der Feststoffförderung im Einzug von Nutbuchsenextrudern mit Hilfe von DEM-Simulation" (Modelling of solids transport in the feed of grooved barrel extruders using DEM simulation).
REX 17.1 / PSI 15.1 User-Meeting 2023
This year's REX/PSI user meeting (REX = computer-aided extruder design, PSI = Paderborn injection molding simulation) brought together numerous representatives from industry and science, including company representatives from Arburg GmbH & Co. KG, Arenz GmbH, BASF SE
Review Kuteno 2023
Also this year Kunststofftechnik Paderborn was represented with a booth at this year's fair Kunststofftechnik Nord (KUTENO) in Rheda-Wiedenbrück from May 09 - 11. We look back on numerous interesting discussions on various topics...
Ohne Kunststoff läuft hier nichts
Strong participation of Kunststofftechnik Paderborn at the 75th Paderborner Osterlauf on Easter Saturday in Paderborn. Ohne Kunststoff läuft hier nichts! And the motto doesn't just apply to our research. In the modern world, very little works without plastics.
KUTENO 2023
Kunststofftechnik Paderborn will be represented with a booth at this year's Kunststofftechnik Nord (KUTENO) trade fair in Rheda-Wiedenbrück from May 9-11. The KTP informs the fair participants about current research activities and...
New contact person for PAM
On 01.01.2023 Felix Hanselle took over the project management of PAM from Dennis Kleinschmidt. From now on Dennis Kleinschmidt is working as group leader extrusion at KTP.
New Member in SIGMA-Project
Since the beginning of the year, C.A. Picard has been part of the group of industrial companies that can use SIGMA and participate in its further development. The C.A.PICARD Group, headquartered in Remscheid, Germany, manufactures highly...
SIGMA User-Meeting 2023
The simulation software SIGMA is a joint research project of leading industrial companies and Kunststofftechnik Paderborn. The program is used to simulate compounding and processing operations on co-rotating twin screw extruders. This...
New contact person for REX and PSI
On 01.10.2022 Felix Knaup took over the project management of REX. Maximilian Frank will leave the KTP at the end of the year after more than four years as a research assistant. We wish him...
Plastics engineers from Paderborn at the 2nd International Symposium on Plastics Technology in Aachen
From 5 to 6 September 2022, plastics engineers from all over the world presented their current projects and research results at the 2nd International Symposium on Plastics Technology which was hosted by the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) Aachen...
REX/PSI Next Generation
Recently, the new versions REX 17 and PSI 15 were delivered. A special feature of this project phase is that the customers have received two versions, including the well-established REX/PSI classic, as well as a completely revised design prototype, the so-called REX/PSI Next Generation.
XIII. KTP ALUMNI REUNION 2022
After the last alumni meeting had to be cancelled due to corona, the meeting of the former employees and graduates of the KTP took place on 23.09.2022. In addition to technical presentations by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elmar Moritzer, Prof ...
Change of management at KTP gGmbH and new chief engineer at the Kunststofftechnik Paderborn (KTP)
After 5 years as senior engineer and before 4 years as scientific assistant at the Chair of Polymer Technology, Dr.-Ing. Matthias Hopp leaves the University of Paderborn and moves from research to the plastics processing industry. He also...
REX training Windmöller und Hölscher
Recently we had the pleasure to welcome three employees of Windmöller und Hölscher KG in our company and to train them in the software REX. The training, which is specially adapted to the customer's wishes, is part of the project membership and in this case covered e.g. REX3D,...
New software protection alternative to hardware dongle - Sentinel SL (Software Licensing)
In addition to hardware-based software protection (hardware dongle), we have recently started offering software-based application protection for our REX, PSI, SIGMA and PAM products. Here, the software license keys are stored in the secure storage on the end user's computer...
Dissertation modeling of carbon fiber length reduction
Last week, Ms. Malatyali successfully defended her thesis entitled: "Modeling of Carbon Fiber Length Degradation" at the Department of Polymer Engineering. The model developed within the dissertation to predict the ...
REX / PSI annual meeting 2022
This Year the annual user meeting of the simulation software REX/PSI (REX = Computer Aided Extruder Design, PSI = Paderborn Injection Molding Simulation) developed in Paderborn was held again this year - but digitally via the online conference platform BigBlueButton. Thus, on Mai 31, numerous representatives from industry and science...
General Meeting of the Verein zur Förderung der Kunststofftechnologie e.V. 2022
On May 19, the members of the Verein zur Förderung der Kunststofftechnologie e.V. (Association for the Promotion of Plastics Technology) gathered for a joint exchange of information and experience at the annual members' meeting in Paderborn. As in the previous year, the meeting was held as a hybrid event due to...
KUTENO 2022
Kunststofftechnik Paderborn will be represented with a booth at this year's Kunststofftechnik Nord (KUTENO) trade fair in Rheda-Wiedenbrück from May 10-12. The KTP informs the fair participants about current research activities and...
SIGMA User Meeting 2022
The simulation software SIGMA is a joint research project of leading industrial companies and Kunststofftechnik Paderborn. The program is used to simulate compounding and processing operations on co-rotating twin screw extruders. This...
Formnext 2021
Formnext is one of the most important trade fairs for additive manufacturing. This year, companies from all over the world again presented their equipment and technologies. Here, it ranged from established manufacturers with their new equipment generations to newcomers with...
KUTENO 2021
Kunststofftechnik Paderborn will be represented with a booth at this year's trade fair Kunststofftechnik Nord (KUTENO) in Rheda-Wiedenbrück from September 07 - 09. The KTP informs the fair participants about current research activities and services in...
Review Practical Workshop - Use of Recyclates in Industrial Production
On Monday, June 14, 2021, this practical workshop took place at Zukunftsmeile 2 in Paderborn. Recycled materials, especially post consumer recycled (PCR) materials, are excellent in terms of...
"Use of recyclates in industrial production"
Practical Workshop: Use of Recyclates in Industrial Production - Opportunities and Risks / Introduction and Practical Experiences Mon, 06/14/2021, 2:00-5:30 p.m. InnoZent OWL e.V., Zukunftsmeile 2, 33102 Paderborn, Room ZM2.A.00.07 (first floor), Recycled materials...
SIGMA User Meeting 2021
The simulation software SIGMA is a joint research project of leading industrial companies and Kunststofftechnik Paderborn. The program is used to simulate compounding and processing operations on co-rotating twin screw extruders. The annual user meeting took place on February 23...
REX / PSI User Meeting 2021
Despite the ongoing Corona pandemic, the annual user meeting of the simulation software REX/PSI (REX = Computer Aided Extruder Design, PSI = Paderborn Injection Molding Simulation) developed in Paderborn was held again this year - but digitally...
SIGMA User Meeting 2020
The simulation software SIGMA of Kunststofftechnik Paderborn is used for the evaluation and improvement of processing operations on co-rotating twin screw machines and was presented to the project partners on March 3 in its current version 12.1. At...