Film Stacking Process

LN Phillips described the film stacking process [64] to produce thermoplastic prepreg by hot pressing thermoplastic coated carbon fiber interleaved with sheets of thin film of the same polymer such as polysuphone and polyethersufhone. 

A method of manufacturing thermoplastic composite materials by a modified film stacking process was patented [131] involving sandwiching sheets of unidirectional carbon... 

P. Ouagne, L. Bizet, C. Baley, and J. Breard, Analysis of the film-stacking processing parameters for PLLA/Flax fiber bio composites . /. Compos. Mater. 44, 1201-1215 (2010). 

Melt Extrusion. By far the most important method for producing film and sheeting materials reties on one or another of the various melt extmsion techniques (5). The main variations of melt extmsion are the slot (or flat) die-cast film process, the blown films process, and the flat die sheeting-stack process. These may be combined with one or more steps such as coextmsion wherein multilayer film or sheet is formed, biaxial orientation, and in-line coating (6). 

Extensive interface research is crucially essential for developing long-life, cost-effective, multilayer, polycrystalline, thin-film stacks for SECS. Microchemical analysis and other interface measuring techniques must be employed to solve the interfacial stability problems in the stacks. Important topical areas in solar materials interface science include thin films grain, phase, and interfacial boundaries corrosion and oxidation adhesion chemisorption, catalysis, and surface processes abrasion and erosion photon-assisted surface reactions and photoelectrochemistry and interface characterization methods. 

The last step calls for the development of the HOL polymer/photoresist film stack in an aqueous basic solvent such as 0.26 N tetramethylammonium hydroxide. This will dissolve and wash away the exposed part of the resist, comprising the carboxylic acid moieties. The preferential diffusion of the HOL into the exposed area of the photoresist results in deprotection of the photoresist polymer at the edge of the unexposed features, leading to their dissolution. This is the basis of the CD reduction, improved process window, and exposure latitude, and smoother sidewall and line edge profile of photoresist features processed with HOL relative to the features processed without HOL. ... 

Nonwoven mats of cellulose microfibrils were also used to prepare polyurethane composite materials via film stacking method [160], Water-redispersible nanofibrillated cellulose in powder form was recently prepared from refined bleached beech pulp by carboxymethylation and mechanical disintegration [161], However, the carboxymethylated sample displayed a loss of crystallinity and strong decrease in thermal stability limiting its use for nanocomposite processing. 

Film and Sheet Lines Using the Roll Stack Process. There are no significant differences between the extrusion of fiat film and sheet. The main components of a sheet line are the extruder, the roll stack, the cooling section, the nip roll section, and the winder (see Fig. 23). The roll stack contains three rolls that are often referred to as polishing rolls. They are used to exert pressure on the sheet and to impart the surface conditions of the rolls to the plastic sheet. If a smooth surface is required, smooth rolls are used. If a textured surface is needed. 

For etching process requirement, a metal etch film stack and common issues are shown in Fig. 2... 

Fig. 2. Aluminum metal film stack and common issues in etching processes [21, 22].

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