Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 147-154Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.02.003
Keywords
A. Wood; C. Anisotropy; E. Injection molding; CTMP orientation; Melt processing
Funding
- VINNOVA through BiMac Innovation excellence center (FA) [FORMAS 2014-144]
- FORMAS [2014-144]
- SSF [GMT14-0036]
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) [GMT14-0036] Funding Source: Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
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Although the anisotropy of wood fibers is reasonably well established, the anisotropy of injection molded wood fiber composites is not well understood. This work focuses on chemo-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites. A kinetic mixer (Gelimat) is used for compounding CTMP/PP composites, followed by injection molding. Effects from processing induced orientation on mechanical properties are investigated. For this purpose, a film gate mold was designed to inject composites in the shape of plates so that specimens in different directions to the flow could be evaluated. Observations from tensile tests were complemented by performing flexural tests (in different directions) on discs cut from the injected plates. SEM was used to qualitatively observe the fiber orientation in the composites. At high fiber content, both modulus and tensile strength could differ by as much as 40% along the flow and transverse to the flow. The fiber orientation was strongly increased at the highest fiber content, as concluded from theoretical analysis. (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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