Murray, J.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4725-6655, Robert, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-6134, Gleich, K. et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Manufacturing of unidirectional stitched glass fabric reinforced polyamide 6 by thermoplastic resin transfer moulding. Materials & Design, 189. 108512. ISSN 0264-1275
Abstract
This study aims to address barriers which remain to adoption of reactive thermoplastic resin transfer moulding in terms of knowledge and equipment. Glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6 composites with ~52% fibre volume fraction and ~1% voids were produced within 5 min using thermoplastic resin transfer moulding by injection of low viscosity monomer precursors and in-situ polymerisation. Unidirectional laminates were produced using injection pressures of around 10% of those required to achieve the same fibre volume fraction and degree of wet-out using a typical thermoset RTM resin, negating the need for expensive equipment. The equipment and process employed are described in detail and the quality and properties of the polymer matrix and composite laminates were characterised extensively in terms of chemical, thermo-morphological and mechanical properties. The paper demonstrates the high quality parts that can be achieved by accurately controlling some of the most important parameters.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Thermoplastic resin; Mechanical properties; Resin transfer moulding; In-situ polymerisation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2024 16:11 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2024 16:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108512 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210449 |