Property examples of 30 glass mat reinforced thermoplastics GMT

The practical goals of the fibre reinforcement are to increase the modulus and strength to improve the heat deflection temperature (HDT) to reduce the tendency to creep under continuous loading to save costs by decreasing the material cost used to obtain the same stiffening. [Pg.787]

To cut raw material costs without any change in the stiffness or strength, it is possible to reduce the wall thickness by using a reinforced grade of the same matrix. [Pg.788]

For example, the flexural modulus (FMw) computed versus density (d) is [Pg.788]

The reinforcement ratio for performance/weight = (FMwpa gf)/FMwpa Except for HDT B (reinforcement ratio = 1), all the other reinforcement ratios are greater than one, up to nearly four for the modulus. [Pg.788]

To replace a PA with a wall thickness of 2 mm, it is possible to use a PA-GF of wall thickness [Pg.788]

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