Closed tender

Polymer processing equipment

Details

Value
£200,000
Topic
Machinery for working plastics
Published
21 August 2025
Submission
22 September 2025

Tender description

The university is seeking to procure a micro compounder, injection moulder, and platen press to support advanced research into novel nanocomposites-materials that combine nanoscale fillers with polymer matrices to achieve enhanced physical properties. These tools are essential for enabling precise and flexible sample preparation, which is critical for investigating mechanical, thermal, and structural characteristics of newly developed materials. - The micro compounder must be capable of processing very small quantities of polymers and additives, ideal for R&D involving expensive or rare substances. - The injection moulder should allow for the creation of standardised test specimens with tight control over temperature, pressure, and mould geometry. - The platen press must offer programmable pressure and heat settings to form composite sheets or layered samples. The machines will be used in conjunction with each other and must demonstrate their inter-compatibility. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Newcastle-upon-Tyne:-Machinery-for-working-plastics./VRT5426HWS To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/VRT5426HWS

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published21 August 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date22 September 2025

About the buyer

Northumbria University Newcastle buys as a higher education institution, with a central procurement team overseeing all purchasing across the university. Northumbria is one of the 16 member institutions in that consortium. Larger purchases of goods, works and services go through a formal electronic tendering process. Procurement staff vet and approve every new supplier, and develop pre-negotiated contracts and monitor spend against them.

Over the past 5 years, most of Northumbria University Newcastle's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, business services and communications equipment.

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