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In a moulding process, in particular in a bladder inflation moulding (BIM process) a thin walled mould is machined to the exact shape of the part to avoid any post machining of the part after stripping. The heating is performed in a liquid tin bath, used t ...
The present thesis deals with new composite photoresists for the UV-LIGA and microstereolithography microfabrication processes. The aim is to build functional 3D objects, with high aspect ratio. Two projects have been investigated in parallel for each micr ...
In automotive engineering, the main load bearing structure (Body-in-White, BIW) has traditionally been manufactured using metals such as steel and light alloys. In order to satisfy upcoming European regulations on CO2 emissions, considerable weight reducti ...
The development of a reactive pultrusion process is presented by considering the advantages of an in situ polymerisation of thermoplastic lauryllactam monomers. The specifics of the reaction injection unit, of the fibre-drying oven and of different pultrus ...
A process has been developed where multiple yarns of commingled glass and polypropylene are heated and placed to a desired geometry. The placed unidirectional (UD) tow is then encapsulated by over-moulding with glass mat thermoplastics (GMTs). The effects ...
A moulding process, in particular a bladder inflation moulding process for the production of a composite material based part, said composite material comprising a polymer matrix and reinforcing fibres, wherein at least a portion of external surface of said ...
The invention is concerned with an integrated process for the manufacture of polymer and/or composite products, comprising the integration of processing operations to achieve a plurality of material conversion steps, such as impregnation, consolidation and ...
The non-isothermal flow during compression molding of thermoplastic-based composites having a planar, randomly oriented fiber structure has been investigated. Local interactions at the bundle-bundle level were measured and a constitutive equation was deriv ...
The non-isothermal flow rheology of a glass mat reinforced polypropylene composite for compression flow moulding has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The influence of the processing conditions on the macroscopic flow of the material was st ...
A set of new technologies to fabricate microchannels using photosensitive polymer materials is presented. They are based on the use of polymers, hereafter called photopolymers, that are cured with UV light under a mask exposure. The basic material is ail e ...