TY - GEN
T1 - PROTOTYPE DESIGN AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCTS FROM GLASS-FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER BLENDS
AU - Narh, K. A.
AU - Xanthos, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support for this work was given by the of Center for Manufacturing Systems (CMS) of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and by the Multi-Lifecycle Engineering Research Center of NJIT. The assistance of Prof. D. Sebastian, director of CMS, is much appreciated. Special thanks are due to the following individuals who contributed to the project through both computer simulation at NJIT: Z. Li; and experimental work at the laboratories of the Polymer Processing Institute (PPI) at both NJIT and Stevens Institute of Technology : S.K. Dey, J. Grenci, K. Kamdar, Y. Li, V. Tang of PPI; Q. Zhang of NJIT; A. Anderson of Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Thanks are also due to companies that supplied samples of resins used in this work.
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - In order to minimize the effects of compositional variation in multiphase, multicomponent polymer mixtures equivalent to those found in commingled waste streams, such as those obtained from reclamation/recycling operations of post-consumer containers, several plastic composites containing varying amounts of glass fiber and different compatibilizers/coupling agents are studied. The glass-fiber reinforced composites, based on characteristic compositions simulating post-consumer “curbside tailings”, have been designed and molded into thin-section parts. Structural, and flow analyses were performed with commercial software on different types of plastic parts. Most of the data used in the simulation were experimentally generated on the compatibilized HDPE based polymer blends containing 20% short glass fibers. Issues concerned with injection molding and product performance are discussed.
AB - In order to minimize the effects of compositional variation in multiphase, multicomponent polymer mixtures equivalent to those found in commingled waste streams, such as those obtained from reclamation/recycling operations of post-consumer containers, several plastic composites containing varying amounts of glass fiber and different compatibilizers/coupling agents are studied. The glass-fiber reinforced composites, based on characteristic compositions simulating post-consumer “curbside tailings”, have been designed and molded into thin-section parts. Structural, and flow analyses were performed with commercial software on different types of plastic parts. Most of the data used in the simulation were experimentally generated on the compatibilized HDPE based polymer blends containing 20% short glass fibers. Issues concerned with injection molding and product performance are discussed.
KW - Multicomponent polymer
KW - compatibilizer
KW - prototype design
KW - simulation
KW - skin orientation
KW - weldlines
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE1997-0626
DO - 10.1115/IMECE1997-0626
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127043952
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 151
EP - 166
BT - CAE and Intelligent Processing of Polymeric Materials
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 1997 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1997 - CAE and Intelligent Processing of Polymeric Materials
Y2 - 16 November 1997 through 21 November 1997
ER -