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Experimental Study of Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate(MVTR) for Breathable Film  

Choi, Man Sung (School of Mechatronics Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education School)
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Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology / v.15, no.2, 2016 , pp. 81-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
Moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) is an important item for many applications of polymer breathable thin film. To determine the optimum values of the process parameters, it is essential to find their influence on The significance of six important process parameters namely, extruder cylinder temperature, extruder speed, extruder dies temperature, cooling roll temperature, stretching ratio, stretching roll temperature on breathable film strength of polymer extrusion was determined. Moreover, this paper presents the application of Taguchi method and analysis of variance (ANOVA) for maximization of the breathable film MVTR influenced by extrusion parameters. The optimum parameter combination of extrusion process was obtained by using the analysis of signal-to-noise ratio. The conclusion revealed that extruder speed and stretching ratio were the most influential factor on the film strength, respectively. The best results of film MVTR were obtained at higher extruder speed and stretching ratio.
Keywords
Breathable film; MVTR; Taguchi method; Process parameter; Optimization;
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