10/16/2026

Symposium "75 Years DRG" with Lectures of LKT

Vom 5. bis 7. Oktober 2026 fand das Symposium der Deutschen Rheologischen Gesellschaft (DRG) anläßlich des 75. Geburtstages der DRG statt.

10/13/2026

The 2026 DAAD Prize is awarded to Maria Paula Gómez Cuervo

The Chair of Plastics Technology congratulates Maria Paula Gómez Cuervo on receiving the 2026 DAAD Prize.

08/20/2026

New publication on Processing of Polyoxymethylene in Fused Layer Modeling

New publication from LKT in "Macromolecular Materials and Engineering".

05/13/2026

New Publication on the Modification of Polylactides by Varying the Degree of Crystallization

New publication from LKT in "Polymer Engineering and Science".

04/17/2026

Excursion to Murtfeldt

Staff members and students at LKT jointly visited the company Murtfeldt in Dortmund.

03/31/2026

Cooperation with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro

Mr. Carlos Correia, PhD Student at the University of Aveiro, recently completed a 3-month mobility program at the Chair of Plastics Technology

12/19/2025

Dortmund Plastics Days 2026

The Dortmund Plastic Days will not take place in 2026, but will be performed again in 2027.

08/05/2025

New publication about the influencing factors for the processing of high molecular weight polyethylene in laser sintering via diode laser

New publication in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.

06/23/2025

New Publication in Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

Publication about Additive Manufacturing in Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing.

06/16/2025

Nordic Rheology Conference und DRG-Symposium 2025

Activities of the LKT at the joint conference of the DRG and the NRS.

05/05/2025

New Publication on the Properties of Biopolymer Blends

New publication in Polymer Engineering and Science.

12/05/2024

Call for Papers for the NRS-DRG-Conference 2025 in Berlin

The joint conference of the Nordic Rheology Society and the German Rheological Society will take place from 10 to 12 June 2025.

10/01/2024

Rheology and Plastics Processing at the Dortmund Plastics Days

On September 24 and 25, 2024, the Dortmund Plastic Days with a focus on processing properties of polymer materials took place for the second time.

09/17/2024

Activities of the LKT on the DRG Symposium 2024

On the 12. and 13. of September the DRG Meeting 2024 took place in Ludwigshafen. The LKT was represented with a lecture about the fatigue properties…

07/15/2024

New Publication in Cooperation with the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Polymer Science and the Chair of Materials Technology

New publication in "Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics".

04/09/2024

New publication in "Polymer"

New publication in cooperation with the WPT with the title "Role of processing procedures and molecular weight and their link to quasistatic and…

01/24/2024

Dortmund Plastic Days 2024

For the second time: Dortmund Plastic Days from 24. to 25. of September 2024

01/02/2024

Outlook on the year 2024

The LKT wishes a happy and succesfull year 2024!

09/25/2023

Annual Meeting of the German Rheological Society

Recent Trends in Fundamental and Applied Rheology: Experiments and Simulations September 21 - 22, 2023

09/21/2023

Call for Papers for the Annual Meeting of the DRG

Recent Trends in Fundamental and Applied Rheology: Experiments and Simulations September 21 - 22, 2023

12/19/2022

Happy holidays and a good start into the year 2023

The Chair of Plastics Technology would like to thank all cooperation partners and students for the very successful collaboration in 2022. We look…

11/11/2022

Doctoral examination of Mr. Fabian Günther

The Chair of Plastics Technology congratulates Mr. Fabian Günther on his successful doctoral examination.

10/06/2022

New Publication in "Advances in Polymer Technology"

In this publication, three experimental methods for determining the glass transition temperature of amorphous polymers under gas and pressurization…

09/19/2022

Successful completion of the 1st Dortmund Plastics Days

We would like to thank all participants and speakers for the successful event!

09/17/2022

50 Years of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University

Celebration gala on September 17, 2022

09/14/2022

Dortmund Plastic Days: Material Characterization for Research and Application

Start: September 14, 2022 End: September 15, 2022

05/03/2022

Joint Online Symposium on Rheology

Start: May 3, 2022 End: May 4, 2022