Fiber spraying

PHAs can be manufactured to many different materials and shapes, by processing on conventional equipment for polyolefins or other plastics, e. g. injection molding, extrusion, film blowing and fiber-spray molding [141]. Furthermore, they can be processed in latex (granules in water), or in solution... 

Resin-based composites are usually defined as either conventional or advanced. Conventional composites usually contain glass or mineral fiber reinforcement, and sometimes carbon fiber, either alone or in combination with others. Conventional composites are usually produced in stock shapes such as sheet, rod, and tube. There are many methods of processing composite materials. These include filament winding, layup, cut fiber spraying, resin transfer molding, and pultrusion. 

Minimum practical total RP thickness is established as 4.8 mm ( A6 in.) for the combined spray-up liquid seal and filament wound structural layers and 6.4 mm (V4 in.) for an all-chopped fiber spray-up laminate with sand filler. The choice for any construction is made on the basis of comparative design thickness, weight, and fabrication costs. The all-chopped fiber reinforced construction using somewhat greater wall thickness than the composite filament wound-chopped fiber wall is determined to provide the lowest tank cost filament winding provides lower weight. 

Auftrageveifahren Spriihveifahren) spray nozzle Zerstauberdiise spray-up molding/ fiber-spray gun molding... 

Corrosion Resistant Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP). Fiber glass reinforcement bonded with furfuryl alcohol thermosetting resias provides plastics with unique properties. Excellent resistance to corrosion and heat distortion coupled with low flame spread and low smoke emission are characteristics that make them valuable as laminating resins with fiber glass (75,76). Another valuable property of furan FRP is its strength at elevated temperature. Hand-layup, spray-up, and filament-win ding techniques are employed to produce an array of corrosion-resistant equipment, pipes, tanks, vats, ducts, scmbbers, stacks, and reaction vessels for industrial appHcations throughout the world. 

Other fibrous and porous materials used for sound-absorbing treatments include wood, cellulose, and metal fibers foamed gypsum or Pordand cement combined with other materials and sintered metals. Wood fibers can be combined with binders and dame-retardent chemicals. Metal fibers and sintered metals can be manufactured with finely controlled physical properties. They usually are made for appHcations involving severe chemical or physical environments, although some sintered metal materials have found their way into architectural appHcations. Prior to concerns regarding its carcinogenic properties, asbestos fiber had been used extensively in spray-on acoustical treatments. 

Chemical binders are appHed to webs in amounts ranging from about 5 to 60 wt %. In some instances when clays (qv) or other weight additives ate included, add-on levels can approach or even exceed the weight of the web. Waterborne binders ate appHed by spray, saturation, print, and foam methods. A general objective of each method is to apply the binder material in a manner sufficient to interlock the fibers and provide chemical and mechanical properties sufficient for the intended use of the fabfic. 

The hand lay-up or spray-up process, used universally for the production of laminar composites incorporating glass fiber reinforcement, is most efficient for the manufacture of large parts, such as boats, bathtubs, tanks, architectural shapes, and recreational accessories. Resins intended for spray-up processes are usually modified with thixotropic additives, such as fumed siHca (1%), to reduce the risk of drainage when appHed over large vertical mold surfaces. Molds are also made from ERP for short-mn products usually surfaced with a tooling gel coat to provide consistent surface quaHty and appearance. 

Hand Lay-Up and Spray-Up. In hand lay-up, fiber reinforcements in mat or woven form are placed on the mold surface and then saturated with a Hquid polymer, typicaHy a polyester resin, that has been chemically activated to polymerize (cure) without the addition of heat. Multiple pHes of reinforcement and multiple cure steps aHow very heavy waH thicknesses to be achieved. 

In the spray-up process a reinforcement, usuaHy glass fiber, is substituted for the mat and a special spray gun simultaneously chops the glass fiber and appHes it with catalyzed resin to the mold surface. Hand rolling techniques then consoHdate the fiber and resin to conform to the mold surface contours. The shorter chopped fibers aHow for more intricate design detaHs than do mats. Both processes rely heavily on the operators skiHs for product quahty. These two processes require the least capital investment and have the largest product size capabHity of aH the processes. A single-surface mold produces a part with one controHed (usuaHy the visible) surface. 

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