Process simulation for the compression moulding of fiber reinforced materials
Conference
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OSTI ID:89891
- Institut fuer Kunststoffverarbeitung, Aachen (Germany)
This paper will give a short overview about the activities of the compression moulding simulation for GMTs and SMCs. The simulation of the compression moulding process avoids the prototyping of new moulds for optimizing the process itself. That helps saving time and money. In compression moulding, a distinction is drawn between the more widespread ``Sheet Moulding Compound`` (SMC) and ``Glass Mat reinforced Thermoplastics`` (GMT). SMC is a glass fiber reinforced thermoset, while GMT has a thermoplastic matrix which is generally polypropylene. Both materials contain fibers with a fiber length of 12 to 25 mm. The fibers are not joined together in form of a fabric.
- OSTI ID:
- 89891
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9409291--; ISBN 1-56676-220-0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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