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.

Edison Prize in Silver for the technology-oriented idea Moldsonics. In 2017, we received the Edison Prize in Silver for Moldsonics and the developed optimization solution for injection molding processes using affordable measurement and analysis methods.

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EDISON the prize is a two-stage ideas competition aimed at creative, technology- and innovation-oriented inventors. The competition is organized by tech2b in cooperation with TECH HARBOR, the Linz University of the Arts and CREATIVE REGION.

In the first phase of the competition, ideas are evaluated for their feasibility and potential. In the second phase, the best ideas in each category are developed into a coherent business concept together with experts. Coaches prepare the finalists in workshops for meetings with investors and work with them to define implementation strategies. The aim is to make it easier for participants to take the step toward founding a company and entrepreneurship, and to take away the fear of risk.

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Award for our new simulation and measurement methods. Project: "A look inside the plasticizing unit: new simulation and measurement methods in injection molding."

Best Poster Award for the publication "Ultrasound-based monitoring of the plasticizing process in injection molding machines".