DEPARTMENT
The internship will be at the department Rigid Packaging Technology, Application Development & Industry Solution, SABIC. One of the challenges is to develop novel material and application solutions to achieve circular economy. Minimize plastic waste.
JOB PURPOSE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Background of the project:
- Replace of metal spring in pump dispensers to enable all plastic design;
- Mono-material design to enable recycling of pump dispensers in plastic waste stream.
- Sustainability and circular economy.
The objective of this study is to:
- Explore and understand about the key material characteristics to enable a durable plastic spring
- Screen, benchmark and identify potential materials from SABIC PP/PE portfolio for potential spring applications.
The main tasks could include
- Literature study of articles/prior arts to create a baseline of material selection and test proposal.
- Identify the suitable material characterization, processing and testing methods.
- Pre-selection of potential PP/PE materials
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Benchmarking of the selected materials to assess the spring performance with representative testing methods, for example
- Material analysis, for example GPC, DSC, DMA, etc.
- Part processing, for example injection molding.
- Mechanical testing, for example tensile test, compression test, flexural test, creep/fatigue test, etc.
- Fatigue testing
- Data analysis and results reporting
REQUIREMENTS
- 3rd or 4th years bachelor students or Master students of Chemical/Material Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Sufficient Dutch and English (spoken and written) are a must
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Most important competencies:
- General knowledge about polymers
- Material characterization
- Mechanical testing
- Excel
- Powerpoint
FURTHER INFORMATION
The start date of the internship is as soon as possible. The Expected duration / period is 6 months or longer. It is preferable an end year project.
Are you interested, please contact Huajie Shi, Huajie.Shi@Sabic.com or mobile number +31(0)612995022
ABOUT SABIC
SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.
SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy.
Production in 2021 stood at 58 million metric tons.
The company has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 10,090 patents and pending applications, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
