FFG Spin-off Fellowship
The research project
The goal of the program
The Spin-off Fellowship funding program, run by the BMBWF and the FFG, aims to transform suitable research findings into marketable products in a relatively short period of time. The program allows spin-off fellows to spend 18 months preparing to launch their startups within the familiar university environment. In addition to product development, training sessions and workshops provide fellows and future founders with the necessary foundational knowledge in the areas of startup creation and management.
Our Project
After submitting our project proposal, we had the opportunity to present our project to a distinguished jury at a hearing and, along with seven other projects from the first submission group, were accepted into the Spin-off Fellow Program—to this day, we remain the only project from Upper Austria to have been selected.
The prototype
Sensor: Can be positioned at any distance from the cavity. No direct contact with the melt is required.
Base Module: Includes the developed ultrasonic hardware for 4 sensor positions and analog signal processing of the received signals. The system can be used for flow front detection, determining the flow front velocity, and the boundary layer growth rate. In addition to these parameters, the internal mold pressure profile, the sealing point, and the shrinkage time of the molded part can be displayed.
Digitizer Module: If other applications—such as those implemented in the Base Module—are required, this optional module can be used to digitize and process the ultrasonic data from the tool.
Analyzer Module: This module can read data from the Base and Digitizer modules and display the data—organized by cycles or cavities—in a browser for further analysis.
