Title
Rotational molding parameters of wood-plastic composite materials made of recycled high density polyethylene and wood particles
Date Issued
15 July 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Recent investigations have demonstrated that it is possible to incorporate different natural fibers in the rotational molding process. In this perspective, the main purpose of this work is to study the influence of rotational molding parameters on the sintering process of composite materials made of recycled high density polyethylene and wood particles. To achieve this, an experimental procedure of three molding stages was elaborated to make wood-plastic composite materials. At each stage, it was studied the effect of a certain molding parameter on mechanical properties, while the other parameters remain constant during the molding process. The composite materials made during each stage were tensile tested to identify which of them have suitable mechanical properties and to find the most convenient molding parameters for making them. Using a stereoscope, pictures of composite materials' morphologies were taken to study the degree of sintering and determine its influence on mechanical properties. Results show that there is a very close relationship among composite materials’ morphologies, degree of sintering, rotational molding parameters and mechanical properties. In addition, it has been found that composite materials that reached the most convenient properties have a tensile strength which decreases up to 17% and an elastic modulus which increases up to 16%, in regard to a material made of neat recycled polyethylene that was molded under the same conditions.
Volume
217
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de procesos Ingeniería industrial
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104470962
Source
Composites Part B: Engineering
ISSN of the container
13598368
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica (FONDECYT) and Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) , grant number: CONTRATO DE ADJUDICACIÓN DE FONDOS N° 10-2018-FONDECYT/BM – PROGRAMAS DE DOCTORADOS EN ÁREAS ESTRATÉGICAS Y GENERALES. This research was funded by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient?fico, Tecnol?gico y de Innovaci?n Tecnol?gica (FONDECYT) and Pontifica Universidad Cat?lica del Per? (PUCP), grant number: CONTRATO DE ADJUDICACI?N DE FONDOS N? 10-2018-FONDECYT/BM ? PROGRAMAS DE DOCTORADOS EN ?REAS ESTRAT?GICAS Y GENERALES.
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus