Polymers

Combine monomers at a broad range of temperatures and pressures

Industry Challenges

There is a continual drive for new or improved properties in polymers. These range from electronic, optical and magnetic capabilities to biodegradabilty and their mechanical traits. The level of plastics recycled and the environmental implications of their presence in landfills and oceans create a pressure on producers to find new solutions. The availability and cost of key monomers can vary strongly, and for many polymers even a few lost days of manufacturing in a year can threaten the economic viability of the product. The surge in natural gas availability has offered new monomer options, which require new investment and research, but could help to support the strong demand for polymers.

Our research tools allow chemists and engineers to find improved processes for existing polymers, or robust and well understood processes for new products.

Our reactors allow our clients to combine monomers at a broad range of temperatures, pressures and other reaction conditions in a safe and controllable manner. We offer seamlessly integrated online data or convenient offline analyses to enable clients to monitor and control their systems to a high precision.

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Case Studies | Polymers

Reactor system for the University of Lyon

High-throughput polyolefins screening reactor for rapidly testing

Parallel Process Optimization Polyolefins Reactor for Evonik

Fully-automated, high-pressure catalyst and co-catalyst injection maximizes reproducibility.

Parallel Catalyst Screening Unit for Total

Testing novel polyolefins synthesis catalysts in a highly parallelized fashion

The ILS advantage

We draw on the skills, experience and knowledge of our highly trained people to off er our clients far more than just hardware.

Technical Innovation to minimize risks

Chemical testing in the ILS in-house laboratories enables to test the most technically risky components early to rapidly prove their viability.

Fully-Integrated Workflow – one solution

By integrating reactors, analytics and software tools with our chemical and engineering knowledge ILS provides a complete solution for your company.

Rapid delivery

We invest a great deal of eff ort to minimise the delivery times of units and continually aim to improve and re-evaluate when to try a new technical approach.

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