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Compression Molding: Thermoplastics and Thermosets

The document describes four methods for producing plastics and composites: Compression molding involves placing polymer and additives in a mold cavity, heating and applying pressure to shape the fluid polymer. Injection molding involves forcing molten plastic under pressure into a mold cavity to assume the shape. Extrusion involves pushing polymer pellets through a heated screw to force molten polymer through a die to form the final product. Pultrusion pulls continuous fibers through a resin tank then through preforming and curing dies, while filament winding continuously winds filaments onto a mandrel.

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Compression Molding: Thermoplastics and Thermosets

The document describes four methods for producing plastics and composites: Compression molding involves placing polymer and additives in a mold cavity, heating and applying pressure to shape the fluid polymer. Injection molding involves forcing molten plastic under pressure into a mold cavity to assume the shape. Extrusion involves pushing polymer pellets through a heated screw to force molten polymer through a die to form the final product. Pultrusion pulls continuous fibers through a resin tank then through preforming and curing dies, while filament winding continuously winds filaments onto a mandrel.

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Compression Molding

Thermoplastics and thermosets polymer and additives placed in mold cavity mold heated and pressure applied fluid polymer assumes shape of mold

Fig. 14.29, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 14.29 is from F.W. Billmeyer, Jr., Textbook of Polymer Science, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1984.)

Injection Molding
Thermoplastics and some thermosets
when ram retracts, plastic pellets drop from hopper into barrel ram forces plastic into the heating chamber (around the spreader) where the plastic melts as it moves forward molten plastic is forced under pressure (injected) into the mold cavity where it assumes the shape of the mold
Fig. 14.30, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 14.30 is from F.W. Billmeyer, Jr., Textbook of Polymer Science, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1971.)

Barrel
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thermoplastics

Extrusion

plastic pellets drop from hopper onto the turning screw plastic pellets melt as the turning screw pushes them forward by the heaters molten polymer is forced under pressure through the shaping die to form the final product (extrudate)

Fig. 14.31, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 14.31 is from Encyclopdia Britannica, 1997.) 3

Composite Production Methods (i)


Pultrusion
Continuous fibers pulled through resin tank, then to preforming and curing dies

Fig. 15.13, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. 4

Composite Production Methods (ii)


Filament Winding
Ex: pressure tanks Continuous filaments wound onto mandrel
Adapted from Fig. 15.15, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. [Fig. 15.15 is from N. L. Hancox, (Editor), Fibre Composite Hybrid Materials, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1981.]

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