Research Projects

Upgrading of 100% biobased composites
Concrete revalorisation of a 100% biosourced composite material through the use of simple and controlled processes

Development of an autonomous UAV structure for linear inspection

Development of a deformable composite structure for an ankle exoskeleton

Flexpolcond - Flexible conductive polymer for cable application
Flexpolcond aims to develop a flexible and extrudable conductive polymer. The extrusion process will be optimised to allow the use of highly filled materials.

Wear behaviour of plastic gears

Sigma Plast - Application study of hybrid, highly conductive and injectable polymers

Plasma Overmolding
Évaluation de la technologie plasma pour améliorer l’étanchéité et la liaison mécanique d’un assemblage fabriqué par surmoulage

Educational musical box "bam"
Early childhood: “The first music you hear in your life has to be beautiful”.

Lab on a chip for Gram staining
To identify bacterial infections and to provide the appropriate antibiotic treatment, it is essential to determine whether the bacteria responsible for the infection are of the Gram-positive or Gram-negative family. Gram staining is used for this purpose.

Innosuisse CIM++
Ceramic Injection Molding – The impact of variotherm and conformal cooling technology on part quality and process capability.

Development of an industrializable purification box
The iRAP institute supported the team of the Adolphe Merkle Institute for the development of an industrializable purification box.

Assytronic

AREEA - Advanced Rotors for Energy Efficient Actuators
Together with Johnson Electric in Murten the institute iRAP developed and successfully implemented a highly automatized production process.

Hader Easy - Disposable orthopaedic screwdriver

P4P - Process 4 Plastics
L'étude P4P vise à créer une méthodologie d'ingénierie process P4P adaptée à l'évolution "Industrie 4.0" et appliquée au procédé de l'injection plastique.

ASSCO - Application Study of Sensible Component Overmolding
The injection molding process offers an efficient, flexible and economical approach enabling function integration. In fact, the number of production and assembly operations can be significantly reduced. The ASSCO project aims to accomplish exactly that through a plastic overmoulding process.

Rectangular PP box with bistable lid

Design of a self-rotating ceramic edge sharpening tool for skis and snowboards

Creation of a CIM overmoulding

Replacement of a metal pressure chamber of a watch water-resistance tester

Helvitek Labs - Protective masks
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the Lausanne-based start-up Helvitek Labs has developed a solution to prevent injuries caused by the intensive wearing of protective masks used in medical environments. Bruno Bürgisser, professor of mechanical engineering, was actively involved in the project. A model of innovation, developed in the emergency of an unprecedented context.

PublicMask
Development of a disposable protective mask filter for the general public using electrospinning of a biodegradable polymer

Atmospheric plasma (AP) treatment
With the introduction of atmospheric plasma (AP) treatments, the iRAP institute has acquired new expertise.

Development and application for reinforced plastic-microparticle composite material for polymer injection

Super-Moulds: Non-stick mould surfaces
This collaboration of seven Danish and three Swiss partners focuses on the optimization of the plastic injection process by optimizing the mould surface treatments.

OPTIMOULD
The idea for the Optimould project arose from the desire to improve the productivity of companies by using micro-nano texture on plastic injection moulds using laser and EDM technologies.