Warpage Reduction of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Using Microcellular Foaming Process Applied Injection Molding
School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
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Polymers 2019, 11(2), 360; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020360
Received: 19 January 2019
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Revised: 15 February 2019
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Accepted: 17 February 2019
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Published: 19 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foaming and Injection Moulding in Polymer Processing)
This study analyzes the fundamental principles and characteristics of the microcellular foaming process (MCP) to minimize warpage in glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP), which is typically worse than that of a solid polymer. In order to confirm the tendency for warpage and the improvement of this phenomenon according to the glass fiber content (GFC), two factors associated with the reduction of the shrinkage difference and the non-directionalized fiber orientation were set as variables. The shrinkage was measured in the flow direction and transverse direction, and it was confirmed that the shrinkage difference between these two directions is the cause of warpage of GFRP specimens. In addition, by applying the MCP to injection molding, it was confirmed that warpage was improved by reducing the shrinkage difference. To further confirm these results, the effects of cell formation on shrinkage and fiber orientation were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, micro-CT observation, and cell morphology analysis. The micro-CT observations revealed that the fiber orientation was non-directional for the MCP. Moreover, it was determined that the mechanical and thermal properties were improved, based on measurements of the impact strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, and deflection temperature for the MCP.
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Keywords:
fiber orientation; cell morphology; injection molding; microcellular foaming process; warpage; shrinkage; mechanical properties
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Kim, H.K.; Sohn, J.S.; Ryu, Y.; Kim, S.W.; Cha, S.W. Warpage Reduction of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Using Microcellular Foaming Process Applied Injection Molding. Polymers 2019, 11, 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020360
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Kim HK, Sohn JS, Ryu Y, Kim SW, Cha SW. Warpage Reduction of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Using Microcellular Foaming Process Applied Injection Molding. Polymers. 2019; 11(2):360. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020360
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Hyun K., Joo S. Sohn, Youngjae Ryu, Shin W. Kim, and Sung W. Cha. 2019. "Warpage Reduction of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Using Microcellular Foaming Process Applied Injection Molding" Polymers 11, no. 2: 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020360
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