• 소성∙가공
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2007

Thermoplastic elastomer(TPE) can be recycled and molded such as commercial thermoplastic. Therefore TPE has being widely applied on automobile, household and etc. in these days. This study shows the variation of mechanical properties and shrinkage on TPE moldings for variation of injection molding conditions such as injection pressure, holding pressure, melt temperature, mold temperature and etc. Mechanical properties in relation to tensile strength, hardness and shrinkage in connection with precision dimension of part are investigated. The tensile strength and shrinkage of the experimental TPEs are mainly influenced by injection pressure and melt temperature. All injection molding conditions scarcely affect on hardness. To verify the variation of tensile strength and shrinkage, morphology of TPE molding was scanned by the SEM. The morphology showed that as the melt temperature increased, the rubber particles on the TPE became smaller and widely were dispersed. This behavior of rubber particles influenced on the increase of tensile strength.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2018

열가소성 탄성체 (Thermo-Plastic Elastomer-TPE)는 우수한 탄성을 지니면서도 보통의 열가소성 플라스틱과 동일한 성형성과 재생 가능성 때문에 산업계 전반에 걸쳐 사용이 증가하고 있다. 현재 열가소성 탄성체와 관련된 연구는 다양한 소재와의 결합에 의한 복합탄성체 개발이나 이를 구현하기 위한 장비 개발 등에 집중되고 있다. 반면 중소기업 등의 현장에서는 이러한 신소재의 적용뿐만 아니라 저렴한 일축 스크류 장비에서 열가소성 탄성체의 압출이 가능하게 하는 공정조건에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 열가소성 탄성체는 일반적으로 트윈 스크류 방식으로 압출을 하게 된다. 반면에 중소기업 등에서는 단축 스크류 방식의 압출기를 주로 보유하고 있는데 단축 스크류 방식의 압출기에서 압출이 가능하게 하려면 정교한 공정제어를 통해 균일한 두께 유지가 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 열가소성 탄성체 TPE-800L 단축 압출가공에 있어서 압출공정변수인 출력부 가공 온도가 튜브의 성형성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 열가소성 탄성체 TPE-800L의 압출에서는 출력부 온도가 가장 중요한 요소이며 165-170도일 때 가장 우수한 성형성을 확인하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2006

Thermoplastic elastomer(TPE) has many advantages such as high flexibility, high elasticity and high elongation, etc. TPE is easily molded as plastic materials, therefore, many TPE parts are applied as home appliances and mechanical parts. However, its mechanical properties would be changed by injection molding conditions such as melt temperature, mold temperature, injection pressure and holding pressure, etc. In this study, the influences of the injection molding condition on the mechanical properties as tensile strength, hardness of thermoplastic vulcanizates(TPVs), which is one of the TPE, were investigated. By the injection molding experiment, the molding's tensile strength and hardness was influenced on the melt temperature and composition ratio of PP and EPDM. The morphology of moldings were shown by the scanning electron microscope.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.660-666
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• 2009

Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer(PU-TPE) and energetic thermoplastic polyurethane Elastomer(E-PU-TPE) were prepared from Hexamethylene diisocyanate(HDI), 1,4-BD/AA ester polyol and glycidyl azide polymer(GAP-2400) as an energetic material by the addition polymerization. The PU-TPE and E-PU-TPE were characterized by FT-IR and GPC. Viscometer, DSC and UTM were used to investigate the viscose behavior with a various solvent, thermal properties and mechanical properties of PU-TPE and E-PU-TPE, which are of potential interest for the development of high performance binder of energetic solid propellants. It was found that $M_w$ of PU-TPE and E-PU-TPEs are over 100,000 and decreased with increase of GAP-2400 contents. $T_m$ and ${\Delta}H$ as thermal properties decreased and also tensile strength and elongation at break as mechanical properties decreased with increase of GAP-2400 contents.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 2016

In this study, we considered the ignition possibility for the shredded thermoplastic elastomer at the fire ground loaded the waste TPE. The average moisture content of the TPE sample was almost 0.33 wt.% at $110^{\circ}C$ and the range of ignition point was $461.9{\sim}491.9^{\circ}C$ approximately. In addition, we analyzed the change of weight and calorie the TPE sample according to temperature variations using the TG-DTA analyzer. As a result, the weight loss occurred twice in $250{\sim}420^{\circ}C$ and $420{\sim}473^{\circ}C$, and we found the second weight loss temperature range was the ignition point of TPE. Also, we conducted the spontaneous ignition tests of TPE for the wet and dry samples and we confirmed that the possibility of spontaneous ignition of TPE was very low. The elapsed time and humidity had little influence on the spontaneous ignition of TPE in this experimental conditions. In conclusion, the spontaneous of the shredded waste TPE in this study.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.477-482
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• 2016

Airtight containers have been widely used in many industries and household. They need a packing for sealing between the inside and outside. Previous packing materials have some drawbacks like stench, stickiness, and difficulty of applying to automated manufacturing systems. So, a new packing material which is harmless and suitable for automation is needed. This study performed a hot plate welding process of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) as the packing material. The hot plate welding process included a phase change process of solidification and melting. The porosity-enthalpy method was adopted in order to simulate phase change problems. The TPE showed non-Newtonian fluid characteristics during the melting process. Since properties of SEBS are not well-defined, we established TPE properties by observing the melting behavior of TPE. In order to find an optimized condition, a parametric study including packing thickness, shapes, hot plate temperature, and thermal resistance, was conducted.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2007

Recently, the study for filling imbalance in thermoplastic polymer has gradually been increased. However, it is hard to find the researches for filling imbalance of thermoplastic elastomer(TPE). The experiment of filling imbalance was conducted for the three kinds of thermoplastic vulcanizes(TPVs) in the mold with geometrically balanced runner system. In this experiment, the effects of the melt temperature and injection speed on the filling imbalance were investigated. To solve the filling imbalance, Runner Core pin(RC pin) in the experimental mold was adopted and it's effects was tested. In this paper, we present that the insert length of RC pin is dependent to each polymers for optimal filling balance.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.1074-1087
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• 2022

This study reports an optimization of a 3D printed wrist brace (WB) for various tilting angles (0°, 45°, 90°) of the re-entrant (RE) pattern and thickness (2 mm, 4 mm) using thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filaments and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) filaments. The actual printing time, weight, Poisson's ratio, and tensile property of the manufactured samples were analyzed. The results confirmed that the actual printing time and weight increased with increasing thickness, regardless of the filament type. All tilting angles of the WB showed a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR), the largest of which appeared at 90°. The results of the tensile property analysis showed that a 90° tilting angle also had the largest value of elongation and stress. From these results, we conclude that the most suitable wrist brace is one in which the actual printing time is low, the weight is minimized to a thickness of 2 mm, and the tilting angle of the RE pattern is 90° for good shock absorption. The choice of filaments may be decided upon according to the user's preference, since the TPU is stiff and the TPE is elastic.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2013

아민 작용기를 가진 POSS에 toluene diisocyanate(TDI)와 caprolactam(CL)의 반응물을 반응시켜 POSS 기반의 하이브리드 충전제(POSS-(TDI+CL))를 합성하였고 이를 상업용 폴리아미드계 열가소성 탄성체인 PA-TPE에 블렌딩하여 PA-TPE/POSS-(TDI+CL) 복합체를 제조하였다. POSS계 충전제의 화학구조는 FTIR과 $^1H$ NMR을 사용하여 확인하였다. PA-TPE/POSS-(TDI+CL) 복합체는 충전제를 PA-TPE에 7 wt%까지 첨가하여 제조하였고 이들은 순수 PA-TPE와 변성되지 되지 않은 PA-TPE/octaphenyl POSS의 복합체보다 낮은 tension set 값을 보여 탄성회복력이 향상되었다. 또한 하이브리드 충전제의 함량이 증가함에 따라 인장강도와 모듈러스가 증가하였다. 결론적으로 하이브리드 충전제인 POSS-(TDI+CL)는 원래 PA-TPE의 탄성에 나쁜 영향을 미치지 않고도 기계적 물성을 향상시킬 수 있는 적절한 충전제라 볼 수 있다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2001

새로운 TPE(Thermoplastic Elastomer) 블렌드 재료로서 폐 EPDM(Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer)분말의 사용에 따른 환경문제를 해결하고, TPE의 고부가 가치화를 위하여 PP (Polypropylene)와 폐 EPDM분말을 주원료로 하고, 동방향 이축압출기(Co-rotating Twin Screw Extruder)를 사용하여 동적가교를 이루어 TPE재료를 제조하였다. TPE 재료의 인장강도, 파단신율, 탄성율 등의 물성을 향상시킬 목적으로 스크류 조합별로 폐 EPDM/PP를 블렌드하여 기계적물성을 조사하였으며, 모폴로지를 조사하였다. 스크류 조합에서는 혼련판과 역 스크류 엘리먼트의 수가 증가할수록 블렌드물의 전단력과 체류시간이 증가하여 동적가교가 증가하였다.