PMID- 32443909
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 10
DP  - 2020 May 20
TI  - A Design of Experiment Approach for Surface Roughness Comparisons of Foam 
      Injection-Moulding Methods.
LID - 10.3390/ma13102358 [doi]
LID - 2358
AB  - The pursuit of polymer parts produced through foam injection moulding (FIM) that 
      have a comparable surface roughness to conventionally processed components are of 
      major relevance to expand the application of FIM. Within this study, 22% 
      talc-filled copolymer polypropylene (PP) parts were produced through FIM using 
      both a physical and chemical blowing agent. A design of experiments (DoE) was 
      performed whereby the processing parameters of mould temperatures, injection 
      speeds, back-pressure, melt temperature and holding time were varied to determine 
      their effect on surface roughness, Young's modulus and tensile strength. The 
      results showed that mechanical performance can be improved when processing with 
      higher mould temperatures and longer holding times. Also, it was observed that 
      when utilising chemical foaming agents (CBA) at low-pressure, surface roughness 
      comparable to that obtained from conventionally processed components can be 
      achieved. This research demonstrates the potential of FIM to expand to 
      applications whereby weight saving can be achieved without introducing surface 
      defects, which has previously been witnessed within FIM.
FAU - Llewelyn, Gethin
AU  - Llewelyn G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3220-4270
AD  - College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales SA1 8EN, UK.
FAU - Rees, Andrew
AU  - Rees A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0455-5444
AD  - College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales SA1 8EN, UK.
FAU - Griffiths, Christian
AU  - Griffiths C
AD  - College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales SA1 8EN, UK.
FAU - Jacobi, Martin
AU  - Jacobi M
AD  - Trexel GmbH, Ahlefelderstr. 64, D-51645 Gummersbach, Germany.
LA  - eng
GR  - */Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council/
GR  - */Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO)/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200520
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC7287706
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Foam Injection Moulding
OT  - MuCell(R)
OT  - Polypropylene
OT  - Talc
OT  - TecoCell(R)
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2020/05/24 06:01
PMCR- 2020/05/20
CRDT- 2020/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2020/04/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/05/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/05/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/05/24 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/05/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma13102358 [pii]
AID - materials-13-02358 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma13102358 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2020 May 20;13(10):2358. doi: 10.3390/ma13102358.