The research project
Aim of the program
The Spin-off Fellowship funding program of the BMBWF and the FFG aims to transform suitable research results into a marketable product in a relatively short time. The program allows Spin-off Fellows to prepare for the start-up in the familiar university environment for 18 months. In addition to product development, the fellows and future founders are provided with the necessary basic knowledge in the field of business start-up and management through training courses and workshops.
Our project
After submitting the project application, we were allowed to present our project to a top-class jury at a hearing and were accepted into the Spin-off Fellow Program together with 7 other projects of the first submission group - until today as the only project from Upper Austria.
The prototype
Sensor: Can be positioned at any distance from the cavity. No direct contact with the melt necessary.
Base module: Contains the developed ultrasonic hardware for 4 sensor positions and analog signal evaluation of the received signals. The system can be used for flow front detection, flow front velocity detection and boundary layer growth velocity detection. In addition to these variables, the cavity pressure curve, the sealing point and the shrinkage point of the molded part can be displayed.
Digitizer module: If other applications - such as those implemented in the Base Module - are desired, this optional module can be used to digitize and further process the ultrasound data from the mold.
Analyzer module: This module can read the data from the Base and Digitizer modules and display the data, related to the cycles or cavities, in a browser for further analysis.
