Melt processing of thermosetting plastics

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The second generalisation relates to the effect of temperature on flow. An increase in temperature increases the rate of flow. It also increases the rate of cross-linking. It is commonly observed that at low temperatures the effect of temperature on viscosity predominates and the total flow occurring before cross-linking increases with temperature. 

In thermosetting processing operations, cross-linking is never taken to completion in the sense that cross-links are produced across all possible points of cross-linking. There is in fact some evidence that the actual cross-linking may be 

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The first five of these techniques involve deformation and this has to be followed by some setting operation which stabilises the new shape. In the case of polymer melt deformation this can be affected by cooling of thermoplastics and cross-linking of thermosetting plastics and similtir comments can apply to deformation in the rubbery state. Solution-cast film and fibre requires solvent evaporation (with also perhaps some chemical coagulation process). Latex suspensions can simply be dried as with emulsion paints or subjected to some... 

Keywords Additives, Compounding, Deformation of melts, Extrusion foaming. Flow properties, Influences of processing on properties. Injection molding. Plastic melts, Processing of elastomers and thermosets. Processing of fiber composites. Processing of thermoplastics... 

Figure T.8 Transfer molding process (a) the mold is closed and material is placed in the pot, (b) the plunger descends into the pot, causing material to melt and flow through runners into cavities, (c) after cure, the press opens, the plunger retracts and the parts are ejected with cull and runners. (Ref Hull, J.L., Processing of Thermosets , Modern Plastics Handbook, CA. Harper, ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000)...

Resins are of two general types thermoplastic and thermoset plastic. The former melts every time its temperature is raised above a certain limit. This gives rise to coti-cems over its performance in elevated temperatures, because while it can be melted several times during the manufacturing process, it can also be inadvertently melted in service. Thermoset plastic covers a range of plastic resins that only melt (or flow) Mice. Typically they are manufactured in two parts (a base and an accelerator or catalyst), and when mixed and heated, they commingle and flow as a plastic. Once set in this form, they do not melt again, but on the addition of excessive heat, they will soften then char. Thus, like thermoplastics, they are also sensitive to extreme heat. 

The thermoplastic or thermoset nature of the resin in the colorant—resin matrix is also important. For thermoplastics, the polymerisation reaction is completed, the materials are processed at or close to their melting points, and scrap may be reground and remolded, eg, polyethylene, propjiene, poly(vinyl chloride), acetal resins (qv), acryhcs, ABS, nylons, ceUulosics, and polystyrene (see Olefin polymers Vinyl polymers Acrylic ester polymers Polyamides Cellulose ESTERS Styrene polymers). In the case of thermoset resins, the chemical reaction is only partially complete when the colorants are added and is concluded when the resin is molded. The result is a nonmeltable cross-linked resin that caimot be reworked, eg, epoxy resins (qv), urea—formaldehyde, melamine—formaldehyde, phenoHcs, and thermoset polyesters (qv) (see Amino resins and plastics Phenolic resins). 

Rheology is the science of deformation and flow of matter. Essentially, all thermoplastic resins (and many thermosetting resins) are required to undergo flow in the molten state during the course of product manufacture. Important fabrication processes such as injection, extrusion, and calendering all involve the flow of molten polymers. In plastics fabrication, it is important to understand the effect, on melt viscosity, of such factors as temperature, pressure, rate of shear, molecular weight, and structure. It is also equally important to have reliable means of measuring viscous properties of materials. 

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