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A study on the improvement of impregnation on the surface of injection-molded thermoplastic woven carbon fabric composite  

Jeong, Eui-Chul (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dankook University)
Yoon, Kyung-Hwan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dankook University)
Lee, Sung-Hee (Department of Molding & Metal Forming R&D, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
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Design & Manufacturing / v.15, no.3, 2021 , pp. 39-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
In molding of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, it is very difficult to impregnate between the reinforcements and the matrix since the matrix has a high melting temperature and high viscosity. Therefore, most of composite molding processes are divided in the manufacturing processes of intermediate materials called prepreg and the forming of products from intermediate materials. The divided process requires additional facilities and thermoforming, and they increase the cycle time and cost of composite products. These problems can be resolved by combining the continuous fiber-reinforced composite molding process with injection molding. However, when a composite material is manufactured by inserting woven fabric into the injection mold, poor impregnation occurs on the surface of the molded product. It affects the properties of the composites. In this paper, through an impregnation experiment using cores with different heat transfer rates and pore densities, the reason for the poor impregnation was confirmed, and molding experiments were conducted to produce composite with improved surface impregnation by inserting the mesh. And also, the surface impregnation and deformation of composites molded using different types of mesh were compared with each other.
Keywords
Impregnation; Injection molding; Mesh; Thermoplastic composite; Woven fabric;
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