Introduction
From september we have an internship available for a student with a bachelor or master in Control/Software engineering. In consultation with the department this can be a graduation study. Challenge of this internship is the development of a calculation tool for torque.

Department
The product department R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx is responsible for the development of flexible machines for breaker and body-ply materials for the tire building industry. Using extrusion technology is emerging in this industry. The development of this is an important part of the production process of breakers and body-plies and with the strip wrapping process of car tires.

This department is also responsible for the management and maintenance of the "standard" of our machines in our portfolio. We support other departments such as Sales and Production and we work together with different R&D departments on projects in cross-functional teams. Within R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx we work with 25 professionals. The team consists of Mechanical Engineers, Software Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Engineers and a Technical Writer.

VMI R&D offers a enthusiastic and inspiring working environment. VMI will provide the required software and ICT requirements (laptop) to work on the problem. VMI R&D provides multiple extruders which can be used for testing. Together with a software / test engineer, test can be executed.

What are you going to do?
VMI is using a lot of extruders for making rubber components for the Tire industry. The screws in the extruders are driven by an AC drive. Up till now it’s hard to calculate the torque of the screw and to develop the right motor and drive.

What is your challenge?

Develop a tool in which the torque can be calculated (free drive and in combination with rubber).

Test the tool in on different types of extruders and at different speeds, different temperatures and with different compounds.

What do we offer?
You are given the change to learn within a cosy team for 6 months. Your research will be of added value for the organization. You will receive a compensation for this internship and compensation for travel costs. Other benefits:

VMI R&D offers a enthusiastic and inspiring working environment.

VMI will provide the required software and ICT requirements (laptop) to work on the problem.

VMI R&D has a workshop to do software tests on existing types of extruders