Article
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Modeling and evaluation of the filling process of vacuum-assisted compression resin transfer molding

  • EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: April 4, 2013
Become an author with De Gruyter Brill
Submit Manuscript Author Information
Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 33 Issue 3

Abstract

In the present study, a modified vacuum-assisted compression resin transfer molding (VACRTM) process has been developed to reduce the cycling period. The process uses an elastic bag placed between the upper mold and the preform to replace the mobile rigid mold in compression resin transfer molding. During resin injection, the bag is pulled upward by the vacuum applied in between the upper mold and the bag, and a loose fiber stack is then present. Resin is easily injected into the mold. Once enough volume of resin is injected, the compression pressure is applied on the bag, which compacts the preform and drives the resin through the remaining dry preform. Numerical results show that the bag compression phase is much longer than the resin injection one. A multistage compression strategy can be used to control the compression time. Due to inherent process defects, a higher volume of the injected liquid is essential and thus leads to a longer injection and compression phase in order to inject and squeeze the excess resin. The late compression is very slow in draining the residual resin. As compared with resin transfer molding, VACRTM can reduce the mold-filling time/injection pressure.

Keywords: compression resin transfer molding; filling process; resin transfer molding; simulation; vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding
Corresponding author: Chih-Yuan Chang, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Kao Yuan University, Lu-Chu, Taiwan 82101, Republic of China

References

[1] Cai Z. J. Compos. Mater. 1992, 26, 2606–2630.Search in Google Scholar

[2] Hourng LW, Chang CY. J. Reinfor. Plast. Compos. 1993, 12, 1081–1095.Search in Google Scholar

[3] Trochu F, Gauvin R, Gao DM. Adv. Polym. Technol. 1993, 12, 329–342.Search in Google Scholar

[4] Bruschke MV, Advani SG. Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids 1994, 19, 575–603.10.1002/fld.1650190704Search in Google Scholar

[5] Voller VR, Peng S. Polym. Eng. Sci. 1995, 35, 1758–1765.Search in Google Scholar

[6] Wu CJ, Hourng LW, Liao JC. J. Reinfor. Plast. Compos. 1995, 14, 694–722.Search in Google Scholar

[7] Yoo YE, Lee WI. Polym. Compos. 1996, 17, 368–374.Search in Google Scholar

[8] Lin M, Hahn HT, Huh H. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 1998, 29, 541–550.Search in Google Scholar

[9] Liu XL. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2000, 31, 1295–1302.10.1016/S1359-835X(00)00007-5Search in Google Scholar

[10] Ngo ND, Tamma KK. Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 2001, 50, 1559–1585.Search in Google Scholar

[11] Bechet E, Ruiz E, Trochu F, Cuillere JC. J. Reinfor. Plast. Compos. 2004, 23, 17–36.Search in Google Scholar

[12] Abbassi A, Shahnazari MR. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2004, 24, 2453–2465.Search in Google Scholar

[13] Soukane S, Trochu F. Compos. Sci. Tcchnol. 2006, 66, 1067–1080.Search in Google Scholar

[14] Zhang F, Cosson B, Comas-Cardona S, Binetruy C. Compos. Sci. Tcchnol. 2011, 71, 1478–1485.Search in Google Scholar

[15] Young WB. Polym. Compos. 1994, 15, 118–127.Search in Google Scholar

[16] Trochu F, Boudreault JF, Gao DM, Gauvin R. Mater. Manuf. Process. 1995, 10, 21–26.Search in Google Scholar

[17] Lim ST, Lee WI. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2000, 60, 961–975.Search in Google Scholar

[18] Shojaei A, Ghaffarian SR, Karimian SMH. Compos. Sci. Tcchnol. 2003, 63, 1931–1948.Search in Google Scholar

[19] Lee SH, Yang M, Song YS, Kim SY, Youn JR. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2009, 114, 1803–1812.Search in Google Scholar

[20] Han K, Ni J, Toth J, Lee LJ, Greene JP. Polym. Compos. 1998, 19, 487–496.Search in Google Scholar

[21] Kang MK, Lee WI. Polym. Compos. 1999, 20, 293–304.Search in Google Scholar

[22] Bickerton S, Abdullah MZ. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2003, 63, 1359–1375.Search in Google Scholar

[23] Shojaei A. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2006, 37, 1434–1450.Search in Google Scholar

[24] Simacek P, Advani SG, Iobst SA. J. Compos. Mater. 2008, 42, 2523–2545.Search in Google Scholar

[25] Bhat P, Merotte J, Simacek P, Advani SG. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2009, 40, 431–441.Search in Google Scholar

[26] Merotte J, Simacek P, Advani SG. Compos. Sci. Technol. 2010, 70, 725–733.Search in Google Scholar

[27] Pham XT, Trochu F. Polym. Compos. 1999, 20, 436–459.Search in Google Scholar

[28] Chang CY. Adv. Compos. Mater. 2011, 20, 197–211.Search in Google Scholar

[29] Chang CY, Hourng LW, Chou TY. J. Reinfor. Plast. Compos. 2006, 25, 1027–1037.Search in Google Scholar

[30] Aurrekoetxea J, Agirregomezkorta A, Aretxaga G, Sarrionandia M. J. Compos. Mater. 2012, 46, 43–49.Search in Google Scholar

[31] Michaeli W, Wessels J, Pohler M, Winkelmann L. J. Polym. Eng. 2011, 31, 63–68.Search in Google Scholar

[32] Sun X, Li S, Lee LJ. Polym. Compos. 1998, 20, 807–817.Search in Google Scholar

[33] Han K, Jiang S, Zhang C, Wang B. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2000, 31, 79–86.Search in Google Scholar

[34] Dai J, Pellaton D, Hahn HT. Polym. Compos. 2003, 24, 672–685.Search in Google Scholar

[35] Li W, Krehl J, Gillespie Jr. JW, Heider D, Endrulat M, Hochrein K, Dunham MG, Dubois CJ. J. Compos. Mater. 2004, 38, 1803–1814.Search in Google Scholar

[36] Ni J, Li S, Sun X, Lee LJ. Polym. Compos. 1998, 19, 818–829.Search in Google Scholar

[37] Bickerton S, Advani SG, Mohan RV, Shires DR. Polym. Compos. 2000, 21, 134–153.Search in Google Scholar

[38] Heider D, Simacek P, Dominauskas A, Deffor H, Advani Jr. SG, John W. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2007, 38, 525–534.Search in Google Scholar

[39] Allende M, Mohan RV, Walsh SM. Polym. Compos. 2004, 25, 384–396.Search in Google Scholar

[40] Alms J, Advani SG. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2007, 38, 2131–2141.Search in Google Scholar

[41] Alms JB, Catry A, Glancey JL, Advani SG. SAMPE J. 2009, 45, 54–63.Search in Google Scholar

[42] Schmachtenberg E, Heilmann S. J. Polym. Eng. 2004, 24, 259–269.Search in Google Scholar

[43] Chang CY. J. Reinfor. Plast. Compos. 2012, 31, 1630–1637.Search in Google Scholar

[44] Chang CY. Lin HJ. J. Polym. Eng. 2012, 32, 539–546.Search in Google Scholar

[45] Chen B, Lang EJ, Chou T-W. Mat. Sci. Eng.A 2001, 317, 188–196.10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01175-3Search in Google Scholar

[46] Saunders RA, Lekakou C, Bader MG. Compos. Sci. Tcchnol. 1999, 59, 983–993.Search in Google Scholar

[47] Chen B, Cheng AH-D, Chou T-W. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2001, 32, 701–707.Search in Google Scholar

[48] Bickerton S, Buntain MJ, Somashekar AA. Compos. Pt. A – Appl. Sci. Manuf. 2003, 34, 431–444.Search in Google Scholar

Received: 2012-11-25
Accepted: 2013-3-1
Published Online: 2013-04-04
Published in Print: 2013-05-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. Masthead
  3. Original Articles
  4. A comparison of two metamodel-based methodologies for multiple criteria simulation optimization using an injection molding case study
  5. Modeling and evaluation of the filling process of vacuum-assisted compression resin transfer molding
  6. The effect of fiber-reinforced interleaves on the interlaminar shear strength of continuous glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene laminates
  7. The effects of magnesium oxide on the thermal, morphological, and crystallinity properties of metallocene linear low-density polyethylene/rubbers composite
  8. Comparison of chemical fractionation method and 1H-NMR spectroscopy in measuring the monomer block distribution of algal alginates
  9. Effect of brake pad waste powder incorporation on the performance of styrene-butadiene rubber vulcanizates
  10. Natural weather ageing of starch/polyvinyl alcohol blend: effect of glycerol content
  11. Tailoring the magnetic behavior of polymeric particles for bioapplications
  12. Novel proton exchange membranes with dimensional stability and permeability resistance based on sulfonate polynorbornenes
  13. Synthesis, characterization and separation properties of novel PU membranes crosslinked by β-cyclodextrin
https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2012-0160
Keywords for this article
compression resin transfer molding; filling process; resin transfer molding; simulation; vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. Masthead
  3. Original Articles
  4. A comparison of two metamodel-based methodologies for multiple criteria simulation optimization using an injection molding case study
  5. Modeling and evaluation of the filling process of vacuum-assisted compression resin transfer molding
  6. The effect of fiber-reinforced interleaves on the interlaminar shear strength of continuous glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene laminates
  7. The effects of magnesium oxide on the thermal, morphological, and crystallinity properties of metallocene linear low-density polyethylene/rubbers composite
  8. Comparison of chemical fractionation method and 1H-NMR spectroscopy in measuring the monomer block distribution of algal alginates
  9. Effect of brake pad waste powder incorporation on the performance of styrene-butadiene rubber vulcanizates
  10. Natural weather ageing of starch/polyvinyl alcohol blend: effect of glycerol content
  11. Tailoring the magnetic behavior of polymeric particles for bioapplications
  12. Novel proton exchange membranes with dimensional stability and permeability resistance based on sulfonate polynorbornenes
  13. Synthesis, characterization and separation properties of novel PU membranes crosslinked by β-cyclodextrin
Downloaded on 14.4.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/polyeng-2012-0160/html
Scroll to top button