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Study on the Fiber Orientation and Fiber Content Ratio Distribution during the Injection Molding for FRP  

Lee Dong-Gi (조선대학교 메카트로닉스공학과)
Sim Jea-Ki (조선대학교 메카트로닉스공학과)
Kim Jin-Woo (조선대학교 대학원 정밀기계공학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers / v.15, no.4, 2006 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
Injection molding is a very important industrial process for the manufacturing of plastics objects. During an injection molding process of composites, the fiber-matrix separation and fiber orientation are caused by the flow of molten polymer/fiber mixture. As a result, the product tends to be nonhomogeneous and anisotropic. Hence, it is very important to clarify the relations between separation orientation and injection molding conditions. So far, there is no research on the measurement of fiber orientation using image processing. In this study, the effects of fiber content ratio and molding condition on the fiber orientation-angle distributions are studied experimentally. Using the image processing method, the fiber orientation distribution of weld-line in injection-molded products is assessed. And the effects of fiber content and injection mold-gate conditions on the fiber orientation are also discussed.
Keywords
Injection Molding; Fiber Orientation Function; Fiber Content Ratio; Image Processing; One-Gate; Double-Gate; Weld line;
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