Study on the Effective of Utilization in Vent-Type Injection Molding

Abstract:

. In this study, characteristics of glass fiber reinforced recycled-PET composites by using direct fiber feeding injection molding (DFFIM) process were studied. The results, when varied processing conditions, indicated that decreasing of matrix feeding screw speed and increasing of number of glass fiber led to the increasing of fiber loading content, respectively. The average fiber length of glass fiber tended to decrease with the increasing of fiber loading content. Tensile modulus and tensile strength exhibited almost linear correlation with glass fiber load content. For study on stability of DFFIM process performance, at earliest stage of DFFIM process, discarding of at least five injected shots must be done in order to prepare the system availability of DFFIM process. The DFFIM machine could uninterruptedly manufacture composites without any problems occurred during 7 hours, which consequently provided high stability of product quality with long-term fabrication.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 728)
• Pages: 277-282
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.728.277
• Online since: January 2017
• Authors: Wiranphat Thodsaratpreeyakul, Akio Kataoka, Hirofumi Ichikawa, Akihiko Imajo, Putinun Uawongsuwan, Takanori Negoro, Hiroyuki Inoya, Hiroyuki Hamada
• Keywords: DFFIM Process, Glass Fiber, Mechanical Properties, Quality Control, Recycled PET

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