Melt Vibration Improved Melt Flow Behavior and Mechanical Properties of High Density Polyethylene

A pulse pressure was superimposed on the melt flow resulting in melt vibration. With application of the melt vibration technology, the melt flow behavior and mechanical properties of high‐density polyethylene were studied. For vibration‐assisted extrusion (VAE) at constant vibration pressure amplitude, the viscosity decreases sharply with increasing vibration frequency, and also does so when increasing vibration pressure amplitude for VAE at constant vibration frequency. The effect of vibration field on melt rheological behavior is also related to the melt temperature; a large decease in viscosity is obtained at low melt temperature. Compared with the mechanical properties obtained by conventional injection molding (CIM), the mechanical properties for vibration‐assisted injection molding (VAIM) samples were improved by changing the vibration frequency and vibration pressure amplitude. Injected at constant low vibration pressure amplitude, the VAIM sample prepared at high vibration frequency shows large elongation at break; injected at constant low vibration frequency, the VAIM sample prepared at high vibration pressure amplitude shows greatly improved yield strength. The above two VAIM processing routes produce different VAIM samples with different fracture behaviors; a distinct layered structure for VAIM samples was observed by SEM.     

Self-Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Prepared by Low-Frequency,Vibration-Assisted Injection Molding. 1. Processing Conditions and Physical Properties

Using a low-frequency, vibration-assisted injection molding (VAIM) device, the effects of vibration variables (frequency and amplitude) on mechanical properties and thermal softening temperature of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) injection moldings were investigated. For VAIM-processed samples, the mechanical properties can be improved by changing vibration frequency and vibration pressure amplitude. Injected at a constant vibration pressure amplitude, a low range of frequency (below 0.7 Hz) was favorable for increasing yield strength; in the high range of frequency (0.7 Hz < f < 2.33 Hz) the yield strength remained at a plateau. Injected at a constant frequency (0.7 Hz) the yield strength increased sharply with decreased elongation when applying large vibration pressure amplitude. The maximal yield strength and Young's modulus were 60.6 MPa and 2.1 GPa for a VAIM sample compared with 39.8 MPa and 1.0 GPa for a conventional injection-molded (CIM) sample, respectively; there was also a 10°C increase in Vicat softening point temperature.     

Electrical Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composites Prepared by Vibration Injection Molding

To study the effect of vibration field on the electrical conductivity properties of nanocomposites, isotactic polypropylene (iPP)/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) composites were prepared by conventional injection molding and vibration injection molding. Results showed that the electrical conductivity of iPP/MWCNT composites was significantly promoted by vibration injection molding. Vibration injection molded samples had a percolation threshold of about 2.7 wt% compared with the threshold of about 4.5 wt% for conventional injection molded samples. The effects of test locations and vibration frequency on the electrical conductivity of composites were investigated. The samples exhibited an inhomogeneity along the injection direction. The electrical conductivity of the samples was different at different test locations and increased with increasing vibration frequency. Polarized light microscopy (PLM) results indicated that vibration injection molding can induce MWCNT aggregates to be stretched and oriented along the flow direction, which could form conductive networks and greatly enhance the electrical conductivity of iPP/MWCNT composites.     

Self-Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Prepared by Low Frequency Vibration-Assisted Injection Molding. II: Microstructure Investigation

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) were employed to study the microstructure of self-reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) prepared by conventional injection molding (CIM) and a low frequency vibration-assisted injection molding (VAIM). SEM micrographs following permanganic etching showed the self-reinforcement of HDPE is mainly due to the existence of shish-kebab morphology within the core region for VAIM-processed HDPE samples. Pronounced molecular alignment was identified by the WAXD data. An approximate 9% increase in the crystallinity was confirmed by DSC. Both preferred molecular orientation and increased crystallinity serve to yield stronger VAIM-processed injection moldings.     

The β - and γ -Form Distributions of Isotactic Polypropylene Injection Molding Controlled via Melt Vibration

The effect of melt vibration on the crystal form of isotactic Polypropylene (iPP) samples prepared by low-frequency Vibration-Assisted Injection Molding (VAIM) was investigated. The distribution of crystal forms through the thickness was investigated under different VAIM processing conditions, with Conventional Injection Molding (CIM) for comparison. Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction (WAXD) showed that the content of β -form crystals decreases from the surface to the core region in the CIM and VAIM samples. The β -form distribution through the thickness is controlled by the VAIM processing conditions. The occurrence of γ -form crystals was found in the VAIM samples produced at relatively low vibration frequency and relatively large pressure vibration amplitude.     

Self‐Toughening and Self‐Reinforcing Injection‐Molded Isotactic Polypropylene via Midfrequency Vibration Field

The effect of vibration frequency on the mechanical properties of general grade polypropylene (PP) prepared by two types of vibration injection molding (VIM) was investigated. With the application of vibration injection molding, the mechanical properties of isotactic PP are improved. The yield strength was upgraded with the increment of vibration frequency and a peak occurs at a particular frequency for each VIM. The elongation at break was also raised by increased vibration frequency, and the vibration frequency also improves impact strength. Self‐reinforcing and self‐toughening polypropylene molded parts were found at high vibration frequency. The wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) curves and scanning electronic micrograph (SEM) micrographs have shown that, in the vibration field, the enhancement of mechanical properties can be attributed to the occurrence of a γ‐phase crystalline structure and a more pronounced elongation in shape than obtained by conventional injection moldings. In addition, smaller crystals of the β‐phase crystal form improve toughness.     

The Effect of Melt Vibration on Polystyrene Melt Flowing Behavior During Extrusion

Vibration extrusion (VE) is achieved by superimposing a mechanical vibration on the flowing melt during extrusion. The effect of melt vibration on the melt flow behavior of polystyrene (PS) was studied. The melt flow behavior during conventional extrusion (CE) was studied for comparison. With the application of the melt vibration technology, the melt flow behavior of PS was greatly improved. The melt viscosity during the VE strongly depends on the vibration frequency and vibration amplitude. Extruded at constant vibration amplitude, the melt viscosity decreases sharply with increasing vibration frequency and also does so for increasing vibration amplitude when extruded at a constant vibration frequency. The improved melt flow property is explained in terms of shear-thinning criteria. The effect of melt vibration on the melt flow behavior is also related to the melt temperature and extrusion pressure; the greatest decease in viscosity is obtained at low temperature and low extrusion pressure.     

Improving Melt Flow Behavior via Melt Vibration

A self‐made melt vibration extrusion device was used to study the melt flow behavior in a vibration field. A pulse pressure was superimposed on the flowing melt during extrusion, called vibration assisted extrusion (VAE); conventional extrusion (CE) was studied for comparison. A die (L/D=17.5) was attached to the device to study melt flow behavior of an amorphous polymer (polystyrene) and semi‐crystalline polymers (high density and linear low polyethylene). Results show that the melt vibration technique is an effective processing tool to improve polymer melt flow behavior for both crystalline and amorphous polymers. Increasing with vibration frequency for extrusion at constant vibration pressure amplitude, the viscosity decreases sharply, and also with increasing vibration pressure amplitude at a constant vibration frequency. The effect of vibration field on melt flow behavior depends greatly on the melt temperature, with the largest change in viscosity obtained at low temperature. Increasing with vibration frequency at constant pressure vibration amplitude, the maximum decrease percentages of viscosities are 82.9, 66.7, and 48.9%, for HDPE, LLDPE, and PS, respectively; increasing with pressure vibration amplitude at a constant vibration frequency, the maximum decrease percentage of viscosities are 99.0, 94.3, and 99.0%, for HDPE, LLDPE, and PS, respectively.     

光学塑料元件低压注射成型技术的应用

光学塑料元件低压注射成型技术是相对于传统注射技术的一大改进。它包括压缩注射成型、低压高速成型、注入气体注射成型和降低模内压力成型。它的主要优点是降低压力、降低能源消耗、降低成本、提高工效、提高光学塑料元件质量。这对于我国光学塑料非球面的开发极有好处     

Simulation of injection-compression molding for thin and large battery housing

Injection compression molding (ICM) is an advantageous processing method for producing thin and large polymeric parts in a robust manner. In the current study, we employed the ICM process for an energy-related application, i.e., thin and large polymeric battery case. A mold for manufacturing the battery case was fabricated using injection molding. The filling behavior of molten polymer in the mold cavity was investigated experimentally. To provide an in-depth understanding of the ICM process, ICM and normal injection molding processes were compared numerically. It was found that the ICM had a relatively low filling pressure, which resulted in reduced shrinkage and warpage of the final products. Effect of the parting line gap on the ICM characteristics, such as filling pressure, clamping force, filling time, volumetric shrinkage, and warpage, was analyzed via numerical simulation. The smaller gap in the ICM parting line led to the better dimensional stability in the finished product. The ICM sample using a 0.1 mm gap showed a 76% reduction in the dimensional deflection compared with the normal injection molded part.     

Mechanical Properties of Rubber Sheets Produced by Direct Molding of Ground Rubber Tire Powder

The so called “direct powder molding” is a compressions molding process which can be directly applied to ground rubber tire (GRT). This study shows that the GRT can be re-used to produce medium-size parts with good mechanical properties without any addition of virgin rubber. For rubber sheets prepared from the mechanically ground rubber tire (MGRT) and the cryogenically ground rubber tire (CGRT), the densities and crosslink densities of the rubber sheets increased with a decrease of the particle size of the waste tire powder. The tensile strength of the rubber sheets increased with the decreasing of the particle size for the two types of waste tire powder to 250 μm and 120 μm, respectively, and then became level. The moulding pressure had no effect on the densities, tensile strength or elongation at break of the rubber sheets. These results suggested that the effect of the particle size is important and is correlated with the mechanical properties of the rubber sheets produced by direct powder moulding technology. In general, the best mechanical properties were obtained with waste tire rubber with a size of about 250 μm for the rubber particles obtained from the mechanical grinding method of waste tire powdering.     

Structure and impact resistance of short carbon fiber reinforced polyamide 6 composites

Short carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polyamide 6 (PA6) composites were prepared by homogenization of the components in a twin-screw extruder and by injection molding. Fiber content was varied between 0 and 16 vol%, while specimens were injection molded at rates between 2.0 and 22.6 cm/s. Average fiber length and orientation were measured to characterize structure. Average fiber length decreased with increasing fiber content and processing rate. The observed structure is contradictory to those reported in the literature for short glass fiber reinforced composites. Fibers were oriented randomly relative to the mold fill direction in the skin layer, while they were oriented parallel to this direction in the middle of the specimen. The thickness of the skin decreased with increasing injection rate and decreasing fiber content. Although instrumented impact testing indicated brittle failure at all combinations of the variables, the strain energy release rate could not be determined by the usual technique using varying notch depths because of the different properties of the skin and the core. Also, the mechanism of failure seems to be different in the two layers. A minimum appears in the fracture toughness and impact resistance at low fiber contents, indicating that fibers might promote fracture initiation at such compositions. Fiber length changed in a narrow range in the studied composites; thus, properties are determined mainly by orientation. As a consequence, both increased fiber content and injection rate lead to an increase of stiffness and toughness.     

Morphology and Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/MMT Nanocomposite Prepared by Solid-state Shear Milling (S3M)

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites were prepared by combining solid-state shear milling (S³M) technology with melt intercalation. Compared with the composite obtained by simple melt intercalation, more MMT layers were exfoliated and apparently oriented along the injection molding direction in the nanocomposite prepared by combining S³M technology and melt intercalation, which greatly increased the orientation degree of MMT, resulting in the greater interactions between PVA and MMT layers. Simultaneously, this also promoted the orientation of PVA molecules and produced effective nucleation of the crystallization of PVA. Consequently, the thermal stability and mechanical properties of PVA were obviously improved. For instance, when the MMT content was 3 wt%, the tensile strength and modulus of the nanocomposite with MMT prepared by S³M were 98.9 MPa and 3.1 GPa, respectively, increasing by 52% and 63.2% compared with PVA.     

Morphologies and Mechanical Properties of High-Density Polyethylene Induced by the Addition of Small Amounts of Both Low- and High-Molecular-Weight Polyolefin under Shear Stress Applied by Dynamic Packing Injection Molding

This paper focuses on the mechanical properties and crystal morphology of a self-reinforced high-density polyethylene 5000S (HDPE 5000S) by simultaneously blending with 9 wt% high-molecular-weight polyethylene (HMWPE) and 9 wt% low-molecular-weight polyethylene (LMWPE) (A9) under the shear stress field which was engendered by a self-made dynamic packing injection molding (DPIM) machine. The results of mechanical properties, differential scanning calorimetry, and scanning electron microscopy characterization were as follows: (1) The tensile strength of the dynamic samples increased to 112.1 MPa, 4.85 times as much as that of static packing injection molding (SPIM) samples (23.1 MPa), as a result of realizing polyethylene's self-enhancement; (2) Shish-kebab structure was found in the dynamic samples; (3) The crystallinity of the DPIM A9 sample reached 68.6%, on increase by 18.7% compared with that of the SPIM sample. The formation of the shish-kebab structure and enhancement of mechanical properties are explained.     

MR detection of mechanical vibrations using a radiofrequency field gradient

A new method for NMR characterization of mechanical waves, based upon radiofrequency field gradient for motion encoding, is proposed. A binomial B1 gradient excitation scheme was used to visualize the mobile spins undergoing a periodic transverse mechanical excitation. A simple model was designed to simulate the NMR signal as a function of the wave frequency excitation and the periodicity of the NMR pulse sequence. The preliminary results were obtained on a gel phantom at low vibration frequencies (0-200 Hz) by using a ladder-shaped coil generating a nearly constant RF field gradient along a specific known direction. For very small displacements and/or B1 gradients, the NMR signal measured on a gel phantom was proportional to the vibration amplitude and the pulse sequence was shown to be selective with respect to the vibration frequency. A good estimation of the direction of vibrations was obtained by varying the angle between the motion direction and the B1 gradient. The method and its use in parallel to more conventional MR elastography techniques are discussed. The presented approach might be of interest for noninvasive investigation of elastic properties of soft tissues and other materials.     

高氧气浓度甲烷不稳定燃烧实验研究

采用无回火的急速混合管状燃烧技术,以二氧化碳和氧气的混合气体为氧化剂,基于CH~*自发光高速摄影图像及同步声压曲线,分析氧气浓度β=0.67的甲烷富氧燃烧特性。研究发现当量比0.6~1.0之间的火焰结构呈周期性变化,其频率与燃烧室内声压振荡频率一致,均为高频振荡。分析结果表明,燃烧器内的富氧燃烧振荡模式属于轴向声学共振。混合气体当量比由0.6增至1.0,热释率提高,热释率脉动与声压耦合增强,低频声压幅值减小,高频声压幅值增大,低频振动能量向高频振动能量转变,频谱特性由具有两个特征频率的周期性振荡转变为只有一个高频的周期振荡燃烧。     

自由曲面光学透镜注射成型误差因素研究

自由曲面光学透镜注射成型误差对其光学性能将产生直接影响。注射成型过程中，注射工艺参数组合的优劣，直接影响成型误差的大小。为了获得高精密度的光学元件，就热塑性塑料的注射温度、模具温度、注射压力、保压压力及保压时间等主要工艺参数，对注射成型误差的影响进行综合研究,并且进行了实验验证。研究结果表明：适当提高注射温度与模具温度，同时采用高压注射、高压保压以及快速保压工艺，可显著降低注塑工件的体积收缩率，显著提高面形精密度，其光学表面面形误差小于0.1μm。可为注射工艺设计提供合理的依据。     

均匀流中近壁面垂直流向振荡圆柱水动力特性研究

对均匀来流下靠近壁面处在垂直流向做强迫振荡运动的光滑圆柱的水动力特性进行了试验研究. 试验在拖曳水池中进行, 雷诺数为2× 10⁵, 通过采集顺流向和垂直流向的力, 得到了阻力系数、升力系数、相位角等与间隙比、振荡频率和振幅之间的关系. 通过研究得到如下结论: 1)振荡圆柱的平均阻力系数在近壁面处随间隙比的减小而骤降; 2)振荡圆柱泄涡受到完全抑制的临界间隙比要小于静止圆柱; 3)近壁面的存在对振荡圆柱的能量传递有着重要的影响, 自由边界圆柱强迫振荡所得到的水动力系数不能用来预报海底管道的涡激振动; 4)对于振荡圆柱, 附加质量系数只有在一定的频率范围内才是定值, 且在低频率区域其绝对值随间隙比减小而增大; 5)圆柱在进行强迫振荡时, 其平均阻力系数、振荡阻力系数和振荡升力系数均随无因次振幅的增加而增大. 关键词： 海底管道 强迫振荡 水动力特性 涡激振动     

Structural and magnetic properties of Mg substituted NiCuZn Nano Ferrites

The present paper examines the effect of magnesium substitution on structural and magnetic properties of NiCuZn nano ferrites synthesised by sol-gel method. The prepared samples were characterised by using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) and Vibration sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques. The phase identification, unit cell parameter and crystallite size was determined using XRD analysis. The lattice constant reduced with increasing Mg content. Room temperature saturation magnetisation and coercivity showed reverse trend with increasing Mg content. Curie temperature (T_c) obtained from the thermo magnetic curves increases with Mg concentration. The initial permeability (μ_i) decreased with increasing Mg content. This is due to reduced magnetisation, grain size and increased magneto-crystalline anisotropy constant. Simultaneously, there is an upward shift of domain wall relaxation frequency with increasing Mg content. Also the permeability is observed to be constant up to 30 MHz frequency range showing compositional stability and quality of the material. The prepared samples were suitable for applications in Multilayer Chip Inductors due to their invariable permeability up to 30 MHz frequency and high thermal stability along with low sintering temperature.     

On the frequency content of the surface vibration of a diesel engine

The results of an experimental investigation into the narrow band frequency content of the surface vibration of a particular four cylinder, water-cooled, indirect injection diesel engine are described. The long term objective, of which the work reported here is a part, is the reduction of noise emission at source. Noise is radiated from the engine as a result of surface vibration. The characteristics of surface vibration are described and an explanation is given of why the discrete frequency response of the engine has hitherto appeared to be broad band nature. The relationship of the pure tone response to the combustion pressure spectrum is also described. The vibration of the engine side wall has the greatest amplitude in the frequency band 2·9-3·8 kHz, irrespective of engine speed and load, which could be a result of piston slap. The vibration of the crankcase skirt, in contrast, is more or less uniform throughout the frequency range 0–5 kHz, reflecting the great difficulty in achieving a significant reduction in the overall level at this location. The low frequency pressure spectrum is shown to have roughly a 47 dB/decade decline in amplitude with frequency below 800 Hz, in comparison with an oft-quoted figure of 30 dB/decade. Significant differences between no load and half load pressure spectra are shown to exist.