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Polymer Processing
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Processing Method– Choice is dictated by the product desired and
the quantity desired.• Fiber, film, sheet, tube• Cup, bucket, car bumper, chair.
– Fiber manufacture is different, it is continuous.– Large quantities usually use extrusion or
injection molding– Smaller quantities use compression molding or
transfer molding
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Processes for Thermoplastics:• Extrusion• Blow Molding• Injection Molding• Thermoforming• Calendaring• Spinning
Forming Processes for Thermosetting polymers:• Compression Molding• Transfer Molding
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Thermoplastic: the resin is heated to make a viscous liquid and then processed into a usable object without much additional chemistry. Example: polyethylene, polystyrene.
Thermoset: upon heating, further reaction occurs to make molecules “set up” into a useful product. Chemistry occurs, so these are sometimes called “reactive polymers”. The resin may be provided as either small molecules or “prepregs”—partially polymerized stuff. Example: polyurethanes, phenol-formaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde, epoxy glue.
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Compression Molding
Platen
Mold Plunger
Guide Pins
Mold Cavity
Platen
Hydraulic Plunger
Heat and Cooling
Heat and Cooling
Hydraulic Pressure
Compound to be molded
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Injection Molding
Hydraulic Pressure
Nozzle Feed hopper,contains polymer pellets
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• Polymer is heated, mixed, the then forced to flow into a mold cavity
• Similar to extrusion– Hopper, barrel, screw
• Screw rotation is the principal motion only in one part of the cycle– Mixes, compacts, plasticizes, and heats
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• In the injecting stage, the screw is driven axially by a piston to generate the working pressure– 150 – 250 MPa (21,756 – 36,260 psi)
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Injection Molding Sequences
(1) Close the mold (2) Inject the melt
(3) Retract the screw (4) Open mold – eject part
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Two Plate Mold• The mold here is closed• The mold is position
between two platens– One stationary– One moveable
• Note the water channels for quickly cooling the mold and its polymer load.
Sprue: channel from die nozzle
Into the mold
Runner: channel from SprueInto the cavity
Gates: restrict the polymer
Flow into the cavity
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Two Plate Mold2• The mold here is open• The ejector pins push the
rather fragile plastic from the mold cavity
• The sprue and runners are waste..
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Blow Molding—e.g. milk bottle
Extruded Parison-Mold Open
Mold Closed and Bottle Blown
Finished Bottle Removed from Mold
Plastic
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Four-roll calender Wad of plastic
To conditioningequipment
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Extrusion
• This process is fundamental to both metals and ceramics as well as polymers.
• Definition– Extrusion is a compression process
• Material is forced to flow through a die orifice• Cross-sectional shape determined by the shape of
the orifice• Product is long and continuous
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A Plastics Extruder
Feed hopper
HeatersCores for
cooling water
Die
Screw
Drive shaft
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• Rarely used for thermosetting polymers
• Products• Tubing, pipes, and hose• Window and door moldings• Sheet and film• Continuous filaments (as we saw in module 3A)• Coated electrical wire and cable.
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• The extruder consists basically of– a hopper and – a barrel and – a screw.
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Fiber Drawing
Drive roll
Heater (Optional)
Drawn yarn to bobbin
Undrawn pretwisted yarn
Control rolls
Snubbing pin
Skewed idler roll1
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(2 > 1)
Stretching Zone
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Dry Spinning: From solution
Melt Spinning: From Melt
Nylon 6,6 & PETECellulose Acetate
Wet Spinning: From solution into solution
Kevlar, rayon, acrylics, Aramids, spandex
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Mel
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Bobbin
Extruded Fiber Coolsand Solidifies Here
Metered Extrusion(controlled flow)
Melting Zone
Polymer Chips/Beads
Pump
Filter and Spinneret
Air Diffuser
Heating Grid
Pool
Lubrication by oil disk and trough
Packaging
Bobbin drive
Yarn driver
Feed rolls
Moisture Conditioning Steam Chamber
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Melt spinning
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Feed
Filtered polymer solution
Metered extrusion Pump
Filter and spinneret
Solidif ication by solvent evaporation
Heated chamber
Lubrication
Air inlet
Feed roll and guide
Yarn driving
Balloon guide
Packaging
Ring and traveler
Bobbin transverse
Spindle
Dry Spinning
Dry
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Wet Spinning (e.g. Kevlar)
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Thermoforming
• Three major types of thermoforming
– Vacuum• Pressure limit of 1 atmosphere
– Pressure • Higher allowable pressures
– Mechanical
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Vacuum Thermoforming
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Pressure Thermoforming
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Mechanical Thermoforming
• In (1) the polymer is pre stretched• In (2) the polymer is draped over the positive mold and pressure applied to
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Mechanical Thermoforming
• In (1) the polymer is pre heated• In (2) the polymer is forced into place in the negative mold.
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