Processing of High Pressure Die Casting Alloys and Engineering Polymers to New Hybrid Metal/Plastic Products in a Combined Process

Matthias Jakob; Yann Queudeville; Uwe Vroomen; Andreas Bührig-Polaczek

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.419

Paper Titles

Mechanism of Improved Hydrogen Absorption Kinetics in Cast Mg-Ni Alloys
p.391

Overview of Lightweighting Materials Research & Development in the United States Freedomcar and Fuel Partnership
p.395

Perspectives for Nanostructured Light Metals and Alloys
p.405

Mass Decompounding and Vehicle Lightweighting
p.411

Processing of High Pressure Die Casting Alloys and Engineering Polymers to New Hybrid Metal/Plastic Products in a Combined Process
p.419

Selective Enhancement of Tensile/Compressive Strength and Ductility of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy via Nano-Al₂O₃ Reinforcement Integration Method Alteration
p.423

Nucleation and Growth during Reactions in Accumulative Roll Bonding of Ti/Al Multilayers
p.429

Influence of Ultrasonic Processing on Nano-Sized Particle Dispersion in Magnesium Matrix Nanocomposites
p.433

Effect of Structure Relaxation on the Plastic Deformation Behaviour in a Zr-Based BMG under Indenter
p.437

HomeMaterials Science ForumMaterials Science Forum Vols. 618-619Processing of High Pressure Die Casting Alloys and...

Processing of High Pressure Die Casting Alloys and Engineering Polymers to New Hybrid Metal/Plastic Products in a Combined Process

Abstract:

Within the project “Advanced Processes for Hybrid Metal/Plastic Products” which is part of the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries”, established and financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG), new hybrid processes for the production of metal/plastic-composites will be developed. The activities of the Foundry Institute focus on the processing of structural parts with excellent mechanical properties and special integrated functions by combining two original mould operations. In the long term, the metal/plastic-composites are to be produced in a single step process, using one mould and one machine. Beside the combination of the two processes, high pressure die casting and injection moulding, preliminary test geometries will be manufactured in separate moulds. The operation using the two moulds consists in the production of the aluminium metal part in a pressure die casting mould, and subsequently the injection of the plastic component into an injection mould. The basics needed to define the adhesion mechanism between metal and plastic were investigated under experimental conditions in order to determine appropriate results for tests, carried out under the process conditions of high pressure die casting. It is proposed to find and to develop new concepts to join these two different materials. The best bonding mechanism will be chosen to obtain the first metal/plastic hybrid products in the so-called One-Step-Process. A selection of promising results concerning the bond strength of different joining concepts under application terms are presented in this paper.