• 한국의류학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2016

This study explores and selects an appropriate material that considers light and soft physical properties as well as activity for impact absorption pads that can be used to develop practical impact protective clothes worn during daily life by the elderly to reduce the impact of falls. Physical properties, impact absorption performance, and compression characteristics were evaluated on 5 types of foam, 2 types of 3D spacer fabric, and 3 types of polymer gel to select a material appropriate for the pad to be inserted into impact protective clothes. The evaluation of the physical properties showed that 3D spacer fabrics had lower density compared to other materials and polymer gels had the highest density. The elongation percentage was higher in foams than 3D spacer fabrics and EPDM foam had the highest elongation percentage. The impact absorption performance of honeycomb polymer gel was better than foams and 3D spacer fabrics. As a result of looking into compression energy and compression characteristics of materials, 'CR foam A' was found to absorb the largest amount of compression energy, 24.1%, among foams and polymer gels. A high energy absorption rate of 50.0% (or above) was indicated by 3D spacer fabrics; however, foams and polymer gels showed a progressive deformation of energy compression / recovery curve with 3D spacer fabrics that showed drastic deformation. Based on characteristics of materials, 'CR foam C' and EPDM with relatively high absorption performance can be used as protective pad materials among foams. Among polymer gels, 2 open-type polymer gels that have relatively low impact protective performance but a relatively lighter weight on human body (compared to closed-type) are considered appropriate protective pad materials.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2019

The dimensional quality of flexible foams is often difficult to be evaluated through general machine vision inspection methods due to the free deformation of the outer shape. For the evaluation of the dimensions of flexible foams, methods of estimating the size of the product through the expansion rate of the product surface are evaluated. Specimens with various dimensions and surface gratings are prepared, and the degree of surface expansion is measured through machine vision. The correlation, between the measured surface grid size and the actual size of test specimens, is analyzed. We further analyze the correlation between the size of test specimens and the position of the surface grid. This study provides a basis for estimating the actual dimensions of specimens by measuring the surface expansion of flexible foams.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.562-570
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• 2018

고분자 단독으로는 얻을 수 없는 다양한 물성을 얻기 위하여 두 가지 이상의 고분자를 블렌드하는 기법을 많이 사용하고 있다. 폴리올레핀계 TPE(Thermoplastic Elastomer)는 디스플레이, 자동차, 가전제품 등에 널리 사용되고 있다. 소비자는 고감성이고 고급화된 자동차 내장부품을 요구한다. 높은 폼형성도와 흐름성이 있는 고분자소재 개발이 필요하다. 내부에 폼층이 있는 TPE은 좋은 고분자소재이다. 두 종류의 TPE 소재를 개발하였다. 첫번째 소재는 Homo-PP(PolyPropylelne)에 SEBS/Oil을 혼합하였고, 두 번째 소재는 Co-PP와 SEBS/Oil을 혼합하였다. 혼합온도는 $180^{\circ}C$, $190^{\circ}C$. $260^{\circ}C$(두번째 소재), 혼합속도는 50rpm, 혼합시간은 5분이다. TPE의 MI(Melt Index)는 PP의 MI에 영향이 있고, 혼합온도의 영향은 미미하였다. 경도와 인장탄성률은 PP의 MI와 혼합온도의 영향은 적었으나, SEBS/Oil의 비율이 높아지면 낮아졌다. 소프트터치감은 SEBS/Oil의 비율이 증가하면 증대하였다. TPE릉 자일렌으로 SEBS/Oil 층을 녹여내어 IPN(Interpenentration polymer network) 구조를 확인할 수 있었으며, Strain-harding 현상도 확인하였다. 제조한 TPE가 고무현상을 보이고, 생성된 closed cell이 안정한 상태임을 알 수 있다.