Morphological Characterisation of Long Glass Fibre Composites for the Thermoforming Process
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S. F. Bush
Abstract
This paper lays out the main procedures for performing morphological characterisations of Long Glass Fibre (LGF) composites with particular reference to the sheet extrusion and thermoforming processes as they may be configured for production. The techniques used, including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and image analysis, are described both with regard to their laboratory application to these materials and to their potential for monitoring the performance of the industrial manufacturing process. Results obtained from the different techniques at the three various stages of the manufacturing route are presented and discussed in terms of the structure property relationships obtained and the reinforcing fibre mat system typical of these types of material.
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Targor for the grades of PP used in this project, Mr. Trevor Jones at UMIST and Dr. Carlos Fosca at The Catholic University of Peru for their help in the SEM work.
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- Contents
- Editorial
- Second of a Series: Pioneering Polymer Industry Developments—The IG Farbenindustrie and the Establishment of Synthetic Rubber
- Screw extrusion/mixing
- Analysis of Mixing in Corotating Twin Screw Extruders through Numerical Simulation
- Melt Conveying in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruders
- The Adjustable Grooved Feed Extruder
- Reactive Extrusion
- Hydrolytic Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Reactive Extrusion
- Effect of Conversion on Chain Addition Copolymerizations Performed in a Backmixed Drag Flow Extruder Reactor
- Fiber and film
- Single and Double Bubble Tubular Film Extrusion of Polybutylene Terephthalate
- Molding
- Viscoplastic Material Modeling for the Stretch Blow Molding Simulation
- The Effects of Compression Pressure on Injection Compression Molding
- Numerical Simulation of Compression Molding of UHMWPE
- Numerical Simulation of Compression Molding of UHMWPE
- Mechanical Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene with Oriented and Cross-hatched Lamellae Structure
- Morphological Characterisation of Long Glass Fibre Composites for the Thermoforming Process
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Contents
- Editorial
- Second of a Series: Pioneering Polymer Industry Developments—The IG Farbenindustrie and the Establishment of Synthetic Rubber
- Screw extrusion/mixing
- Analysis of Mixing in Corotating Twin Screw Extruders through Numerical Simulation
- Melt Conveying in Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruders
- The Adjustable Grooved Feed Extruder
- Reactive Extrusion
- Hydrolytic Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Reactive Extrusion
- Effect of Conversion on Chain Addition Copolymerizations Performed in a Backmixed Drag Flow Extruder Reactor
- Fiber and film
- Single and Double Bubble Tubular Film Extrusion of Polybutylene Terephthalate
- Molding
- Viscoplastic Material Modeling for the Stretch Blow Molding Simulation
- The Effects of Compression Pressure on Injection Compression Molding
- Numerical Simulation of Compression Molding of UHMWPE
- Numerical Simulation of Compression Molding of UHMWPE
- Mechanical Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene with Oriented and Cross-hatched Lamellae Structure
- Morphological Characterisation of Long Glass Fibre Composites for the Thermoforming Process
- PPS News
- PPS News
- Professional news
- New Petrochemical Complexes
