成型工艺对短玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯注塑管件的壁厚分布及玻璃纤维取向的影响

以气体辅助注射成型(GAIM)、水辅助注射成型(WAIM)、气体驱动弹头辅助注射成型(G-PAIM)及水驱动弹头辅助注射成型(W-PAIM)制备了一系列短玻璃纤维增强聚丙烯弯形管件,对比了各成型工艺对其管件壁厚及玻璃纤维取向分布的影响.结果表明,以管件总体壁厚大小排序为GAIM>WAIM>W-PAIM>G-PAIM,其...     

The study of short-shot water-assisted injection molding of short glass fiber reinforced polypropylene

water penetration length and fiber orientation (along the melt flow direction) are important indicators for water-assisted injection molding products of the fiber-reinforced polymer. The effects of melt short shot size, water injection delay time and water injection pressure on these two important indexes are analyzed theoretically and experimentally. The study found that with the increase of the melt short shot size, the extension of the water injection delay time and the increase of the water injection pressure, the water penetration length changed from 216 to 96 mm, 170 to 210 mm, and 215 to 180 mm, respectively. Therefore, it can be known that melt short shot size has the greatest influence on water penetration length, followed by water injection delay time, and finally water injection pressure. Meantime, due to the fiber orientation and change degree of water-assisted injection-molded products along the melt flow direction, the fiber orientation in the water channel layer along the melt flow direction has the highest and lowest change degree, followed by the wall layer and finally the core layer. It can be known that the melt short shot size has the greatest influence on the fiber orientation and the degree of change along the melt flow direction, followed by the water injection delay time, and finally the water injection pressure.     

The hierarchical structure of water-assisted injection molded high density polyethylene: Small angle X-ray scattering study

High density polyethylene (HDPE) was molded by a new polymer processing method, that is, water-assisted injection molding (WAIM), and its hierarchical structure was studied by two-dimensional small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). For comparison, the hierarchical structure of HDPE molded by conventional injection molding (CIM) was also characterized. The result shows that the WAIM part exhibits a distinct skin-core-water channel structure which is different from the skin-core structure for the CIM part. In the skin layer of both WAIM and CIM parts, the shish-kebab structure was formed due to the shear stress brought by melt filling, but the lamellar orientation parameter of CIM part is smaller than that of WAIM part. The spherulites with random lamellar orientation are dominant at the core of both parts owing to the low cooling rate and feeble shear stress therein. Interestingly, the shish structure and the lamellae with low level of orientation can be found at the water channel layer of WAIM part. They are attributed to the shear stress brought by water penetration. Moreover, the lamellar orientation parameter in water channel layer is smaller than that of skin layer. In addition, the long period of WAIM part first increases and then decreases with the elevating distance from the skin surface, while that of CIM part tends to increase monotonously. In a word, one can conclude that the rapid cooling rate and shear brought by the injected water have significant influence on the structural evolution for the WAIM part. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012     

Injection molding of glass fiber reinforced phenolic composites. 2: Study of the injection molding process

This study of injection molding of glass fiber reinforced phenolic molding compounds examines fiber breakage and fiber orientation with key material and processing variables, such as injection speed, fiber volume fraction, and the extent of resin pre-cure. The fiber orientation, forming discrete skin-core arrangements, is related to the divergent gate to mold geometrical transition, the extent of pre-cure and injection speed functions of the melt viscosity. Transient modifications to the melt viscosity during mold filling produce variations in skin/core structure along the flow path, which are correlated to the mechanical properties of injection moldings. The melting characteristics of the phenolic resin during plasticization impose a severe environment of mechanical attrition on the glass fibers, which is sequentially monitored along the screw, and during subsequent flow through runners and gates of various sizes. Differences found between the processing characteristics of thermosets and thermoplastics raise questions concerning the applicability of thermoplastic injection molding concepts for thermosets.     

工艺参数对聚丙烯/聚酰胺6共混材料WAIM管件性能及微观形态的影响

基于自行搭建的水辅助注射成型(WAIM)实验平台对聚丙烯/聚酰胺6（PP/PA6）共混材料进行WAIM实验,探究工艺参数对PP/PA6共混材料的WAIM管件的残余壁厚、表观质量及力学性能的影响,并进行了微观形态观测。结果表明,随着熔体温度、模具温度和注水压力的增加,塑件残余壁厚逐渐减小;随着注水延迟时间的增加,塑件残余壁厚逐渐增大;随着模具温度、注水延迟时间的增加,管件拉伸强度逐步增大;随着熔体温度、注水压力的增大,管件拉伸强度逐步减小;工艺参数通过温度场的变化影响熔体的成核和晶体长大从而影响结晶度,结晶度越高,管件的拉伸强度越高。     

Investigation of fiber orientation states in injection‐compression molded short‐fiber‐reinforced thermoplastics

Injection‐compression molding (ICM) has received increased attention because of its advantages over conventional injection molding (CIM). This article aims to investigate the effects of five dominating ICM processing parameters on fiber orientation in short‐fiber‐reinforced polypropylene (SFR‐PP) parts. A five‐layer structure of fiber orientation is found across the thickness under most conditions in ICM parts. This is quite different from the fiber orientation patterns in CIM parts. The fibers orient orderly along the flow direction in the shell region, whereas most fibers arrange randomly in the skin and the core regions. Additionally, the fiber orientation changes in the width direction, with most fibers arranging orderly along the flow direction at positions near the mold cavity wall. The results also show that the compression force, compression distance, and compression speed play important roles in determining the fiber states. Thicker shell regions, in which most fibers orient remarkably along the flow direction, can be obtained under larger compression force or compression speed. Moreover, the delay time has an obvious effect on the fiber orientation at positions far from the gate. However, the effect of compression time is found to be negligible. POLYM. COMPOS., 31:1899–1908, 2010. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers.     

熔体温度对水穿透行为影响的可视化研究

利用水辅助注塑可视化模具和自主研发的注水系统,以聚苯乙烯(PS)为原料,对不同熔体温度下的水辅助熔体流动充模的过程进行了观察,并研究了水的穿透行为。结果表明：熔体温度低,水前缘熔体的惯性力增大,产生"折线"水道,水在后半模腔熔体的穿透中,水前缘速度与水前缘熔体速度相近;熔体黏度高,水前缘速度大于水前缘熔体速度;熔体温度越高,射流穿透的时间越长,水在前半模腔穿透用时越少。     

水辅助熔体充模流动的熔体流痕

构建了用于研究水辅助熔体充模的仿真模具,采用红色和绿色着色剂作为示踪剂,通过水辅助着色的聚丙烯(PP)熔体在柱状模腔里充模,获得了能够反映熔体流动痕迹的样品。通过观察流痕,对水作用下熔体的充模流动进行了研究。实验结果表明:在一次穿透中,与注水喷嘴接触的高黏度熔体造成水从喷嘴射入熔体的不稳定,水的穿透导致模壁附近熔体可能产生回流现象,回流沿水的穿透方向呈减弱趋势。在二次穿透中,水前缘熔体黏度和黏度分布对水的穿透影响较大,熔体体积的收缩是近似线性的减小过程,熔体的剪切流动弱于一次穿透。实验中还发现,水前缘的熔体也会产生"喷泉流"。     

型腔截面对水辅助注塑成型水穿透的影响

为考察型腔截面对溢流法水辅助注塑中水穿透的影响,基于装备有自行研发的水辅助注射系统的注塑机对几种具有代表性的型腔截面进行溢流法水辅助注塑实验,探究了型腔截面形状、大小对水穿透截面形状、中空率及残留壁厚等方面的影响规律,并分析了影响机理。实验发现：在溢流法水辅助注塑中,水的穿透截面形状会趋向型腔截面形状;在型腔截面积相近时,水穿透的中空率随截面圆率增大而增大;在型腔截面圆率一定时,水穿透的中空率受截面大小影响不大;型腔截面恒定,水的穿透截面也较恒定,残留壁厚均匀;圆截面型腔的残留壁厚最均匀,且残留壁厚随截面的增大而变厚;型腔截面的最大残留壁厚和最小残留壁厚与壁面到截面内切圆中心的距离有关。这些发现为水辅助注塑制品的截面设计提供了参考。     

水辅助注塑中高压水穿透过程的数值模拟

对水辅助注塑(WAIM)中高压水的穿透过程进行有限元模拟,研究熔体的充模行为,并分析其拉伸场和剪切场。结果显示,高压水推动熔体充模的过程可分为填充初期、快速填充期和填充末期3个阶段;较明显的拉伸应变速率仅出现在高压水前沿和熔体前沿区域;高压水前沿区域存在分布较宽且较为强烈的剪切速率,而高压水对已穿透区域的熔体几乎没有剪切作用。此外,模拟所得WAIM制品的穿透长度和掏空率与实验结果较吻合。     

水辅助注射成型充填过程中工艺参数影响的数值模拟

基于Hele-Shaw流动模型,对一直管的水辅助注射成型的充填过程的工艺参数的影响进行数值模拟.通过单因素实验法研究了工艺参数对水穿透长度与其厚度分数的影响.结果表明,熔体注射量对水穿透距离影响最大,而熔体温度、模具温度、注水温度、注水压力对水穿透距离与其厚度分数的影响不是很明显.     

水辅助注塑聚丙烯制品的晶体结构研究

通过偏光显微镜(PLM)观察了水辅助注塑(WAIM)聚丙烯(PP)制品靠近注水喷嘴和远离注水喷嘴两个位置的晶体结构,发现WAIM制品沿壁厚方向都可以分为表层、中芯层和水道层,并且发现两个位置水道层和中芯层的晶体结构比较相似,表层晶体结构出现了较大的差异;靠近注水喷嘴位置表层晶体结构出现明显的取向现象,而在远离注水喷嘴位置没有出现。在晶体结构分析的基础上,初步探讨了水辅助注塑制品晶体结构的形成机理。结果表明:水的穿透对于熔体内部剪切的增加和取向结晶的形成有明显的促进作用。     

Fiber orientation in simple injection moldings. Part I: Theory and numerical methods

This paper sets out the theory and numerical methods used to simulate filling and fiber orientation is simple injection moldings (a film-gated strip and a center-gated disk). Our simulation applies to these simple geometry problems for the flow of a generalized Newtonian fluid where the velocities can be solved independently of fiber orientation. This simplification is valid when the orientation is so flat that the fibers do not contribute to the gapwise shear stresses. A finite difference solution calculates the temperature and velocity fields along the flow direction and through the thickness of the part, and fiber orientation is then integrated numerically along pathlines. Fiber orientation is three-dimensional, using a second-rank tensor representation of the orientation distribution function. The assumptions used to develop the simulation are not valid near the flow front, where the recirculating fountain flow complicates the problem. We present a numerrical scheme that includes the effect of the fountain flow on temperature and fiber orientation near the flow front. The simulation predicts that the orientation will vary through the thickness of the part, causing the molding to appear layered. The outer “skin” layer is predicted only if the effects of the fountain flow and heat transfer are included in the simulation.     

Mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced polypropylene injection molded with a rotation mold

A special mold (Rotation, Compression, and Expansion Mold) was used to impose a controlled shear action during injection molding of short glass fiber reinforced polypropylene discs. This was achieved by superimposing an external rotation to the pressure‐driven advancing flow front during the mold filling stage. Central gated discs were molded with different cavity rotation velocities, inducing distinct levels of fiber orientation through the thickness. The mechanical behavior of the moldings was assessed, in tensile and flexural modes on specimens cut at different locations along the flow path. Complete discs were also tested in four‐point flexural and in impact tests. The respective results are analyzed and discussed in terms of relationships between the developed fiber orientation level and the mechanical properties. The experimental results confirm that mechanical properties of the moldings depend strongly on fiber orientation and can thus be tailored by the imposed rotation during molding. POLYM. ENG. SCI. 46:1598–1607, 2006. © 2006 Society of Plastics Engineers.     

水辅助注塑PP/EVOH共混物制品的相形态与阻渗性能

选择3种不同黏度的聚丙烯(PP)与聚乙烯醇(EVOH)共混制备质量比为90/10的共混物,并采用水辅助注塑(WAIM)将这3种共混物成型为中空制品。从WAIM制品靠近浇口(1^#)和末端(2^#)两个位置取出样品,通过扫描电镜观察样品壁厚上3个位置的相形态,并测试所取样品的甲苯渗透率。借助WAIM中高压水作用下模腔内熔体的流场对样品中3个位置的相形态进行了分析。对WAIM的高黏度比共混物制品2^#样品,在外表层和内表层分散相呈粗纤维状,芯层主要呈液滴状,其阻渗性能与相应的WAIM PP样品比有适度提高(约2.4倍);对WAIM的2种低黏度比共混物制品2^#样品,外表层和内表层分散相呈细纤维状,芯层呈粗长纤维状,其阻渗性能与相应的WAIM PP样品比提高幅度较大(其中对黏度比最小的共混物达9.8倍)。1^#位置所取3种WAIM PP/EVOH样品中分散相纤维的平均直径比2^#位置的大,导致1^#位置所取样品的阻渗性能比2^#位置的低。     

溢流法水辅注塑中注水参数对水穿透的影响分析

借助外挂有自主研发的注水系统及模具的注塑系统,采用单因素法实验分析了注水压力、注水温度和注水延迟时间等注水参数对水穿透及产品品质的影响规律及机理。研究发现,注水压力越大,试样残余壁厚越薄,内壁面也更加的光亮;低注水压力下,水的穿透容易出现界面不稳定现象,注水压力越高,水的穿透居中性越好;注水温度对试样残余壁厚的影响不明显;注水延迟时间增加,试样残余壁厚增加,且能有效削弱低注水压力下水穿透的界面不稳定现象。     

Fiber orientation in injection molding with rotating flow

The development of fiber orientation in injection molding was manipulated by a special molding tool, the RCEM mold, which imposes a rotation action by one of the cavity surfaces during the filling stage. Center‐gated disc moldings were produced from glass fiber reinforced polypropylene with different cavity rotation velocities, inducing distinct distributions and levels of fiber orientation. The morphologies of the moldings were characterized by optical and electronic microscopy. The through‐thickness profiles of fiber orientation were assessed by means of the orientation tensor, and the relationship between the processing thermo‐mechanical environment and the fiber orientation was established. At high rotation velocities, the resulting fiber orientation pattern is mainly controlled by the rotational motion, inducing a much more homogeneous through‐the‐thickness fiber orientation distribution, with a preferential alignment on the circumferential direction. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2008. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers     

工艺参数对水辅助熔体充模流动的影响

基于水辅助注塑仿真模具,采用示踪技术,对不同注水延迟时间、注水压力、熔体温度和熔体填充量下的水辅助充模的熔体流痕进行了考察,研究了工艺参数对熔体流动的影响.实验结果表明:随着注水延迟时间的增加,一次穿透中的回流区域呈向水道边靠近的趋势,随水流动的熔体减少,受强剪切作用的熔体区域在水道边变窄.熔体温度低,模壁附近的高黏度...     

水辅注射成型聚丙烯制品的取向结晶

应用小角X射线散射研究了水辅注射成型(WAIM)等规聚丙烯制品中串晶(shish-kebab)结构的形成、分布以及片晶取向行为.结果表明:根据取向度不同,WAIM制品沿壁厚方向可明显分为表层、芯层和水道层.表层和水道层均有shish-kebab结构生成,且在表层生成的数量比水道层多,而芯层则没有这种结构.这种shish...