BMM3643 Manufacturing Process: 7.0 Forming and Shaping For Plastics and Composites
BMM3643 Manufacturing Process: 7.0 Forming and Shaping For Plastics and Composites
BMM3643 Manufacturing Process: 7.0 Forming and Shaping For Plastics and Composites
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Manufacturing Process
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Lesson Objectives:
After todays lecture, students should be able to:
Differentiate the process of:
A. Processing Reinforced Plastics
B. Processing Metal-matrix Composite
A. Processing Elastomers
Commonly shaped by extrusion or injection
moulding.
Extruded parts such as tubing, hoses & inner
tubes.
Injection-moulded parts mostly used for
automobiles.
Also can be shaped by blow moulding &
thermoforming.
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B. Calendering
For rubber & some thermoplastic sheet.
A warm mass of the compound is fed into a
series of rolls and then stripped off in the form
of a sheet.
Sheets produced are subsequently used in
thermoforming.
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B. Calendering cont
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C. Dipping
Discrete rubber
product likes
glove.
Metal form
repeatedly dipped
into a liquid
compound.
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(b)
(a) Manufacturing process for polymer-matrix composite tape. (b) Boron-epoxy prepreg
tape. These tapes are then used in making reinforced plastic parts and components with
high strength-to-weight ratios, particularly important for aircraft and aerospace applications
and sports equipment.
Source: (a) Courtesy of T. W. Chou, R. L. McCullough, and R. B. Pipes. (b) Courtesy of Avco Specialty Materials/Textron.
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(a)
(b)
(a) Single-ply layup of boron-epoxy tape for the horizontal stabilizer for an F-14 fighter aircraft.
(b) A 10-axis computer-numerical-controlled tape-laying system. This machine is capable of
laying up 75- and 150-mm (3- and 6-in.) wide tapes on contours of up to +/- 30 degrees and at
speeds of up to 0.5m/s (1.7 ft/s).
Source: (a) Courtesy of Grumman Aircraft Corporation. (b) Courtesy of The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company.
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Schematic illustration of the manufacturing process for producing fiber-reinforced plastic sheets.
The sheet still is viscous at this stage and later can be shaped into various products.
Source: After T. W. Chou, R. L. McCullough, and R. B. Pipes.
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2. Vacuum-bag moulding/Pressure
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Open-Mold Processing
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Filament-Winding
(b)
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Pultrusion
(b)
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2. Solid-phase processing
Powder-metallurgy techniques including cold and hot
isostatic pressing.
Products examples, tungsten-carbide tools and dies with
cobalt as the matrix.
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Design consideration
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