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Title: Pultrusion dies -- From massive and power hungry to lean and smart

Conference ·
OSTI ID:392416
 [1];  [2]
  1. Awa (Teck W.), Loveland, OH (United States)
  2. Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, PA (United States). Mechanical and Materials Engineering Dept.

A lean and smart pultrusion die is proposed. The concept arose from a thermal analysis which showed that present dies involve large heat losses balancing large power inputs with temperature excursions being damped by high die mass. As power costs increase and control costs decrease, pultrusion dies may evolve toward low mass, highly insulated dies with a computer for monitoring and control purposes as well as for heat transfer estimates.

OSTI ID:
392416
Report Number(s):
CONF-9602107-; TRN: IM9647%%270
Resource Relation:
Conference: 51. annual conference and expo for Composite Institute, Cincinnati, OH (United States), 5-7 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Composites Institute`s 51. annual conference and expo `96: Proceedings; PB: 700 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English