FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT FOR LONG GLASS AND CARBON FIBER REINFORCED INJECTION MOLDED THERMOPLASTICS

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

OSTI ID:1093016

Kunc, Vlastimil ^[1]; Frame, Barbara J ^[1]; Nguyen, Ba N. ^[2]; TuckerIII, Charles L. ^[3]; Velez-Garcia, Gregorio ^[4]

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1. ORNL
2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
3. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Procedures for fiber length distribution (FLD) measurement of long fiber reinforced injection molded thermoplastics were refined for glass and carbon fibers. Techniques for sample selection, fiber separation, digitization and length measurement for both fiber types are described in detail. Quantitative FLD results are provided for glass and carbon reinforced polypropylene samples molded with a nominal original fiber length of 12.7 mm (1/2 in.) using equipment optimized for molding short fiber reinforced thermoplastics.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1093016
• Resource Relation: Conference: Automotive Composite Conference & Exhibition, Society of Plastics Engineers, Troy, MI, USA, 20070911, 20070913
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Fiber length distribution
Carbon Fiber