Effect of mold design, melting temperature and pulling speed on impregnation quality of carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene pellet.

Autor: Fatahillah, Budiyantoro, Cahyo, Nugroho, Aris Widyo
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2023, Vol. 2837 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p
Abstrakt: Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a composite that has excellent potential to replace conventional metal use in the automotive world. CFRP has better specific stiffness, specific strength, and fatigue properties than conventional metals. Using a thermoset-based matrix is dominant in the manufacture of CFRP while using a thermoset-based matrix can cause consumable life and process waste, where thermoset resin cannot be recycled. In the manufacturing process, the process parameters used can affect the product, where the optimum process parameters can produce a high-quality product. This study aimed to determine the effect of manufacturing process parameters on the impregnation quality of carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene pellets. This experiment was carried out using extrusion-pultrusion methods. The product was characterized by a pull-out test to determine the impregnation quality between fiber and matrix. The Taguchi method was used to analyze and determine the effect of the process parameters. The results of the ANOVA show that the mold design has the most significant influence among the other parameters. The optimum impregnation quality was obtained using a melting temperature of 230 oC and a pulling speed of 2.5 m/min. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index