Direct thermoplastic melt impregnation of carbon fibre fabrics by injection moulding

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2016-06
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Studer, Julia  
Dransfeld, Clemens  
Fiedler, Bodo  orcid-logo
Institut
Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe M-11  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/5879
Citation
European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM): (2016-06)
Contribution to Conference
European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016  
In this paper the influence of the fabric architecture on the processing window for a pressure controlled through-thickness impregnation of dry fabrics with thermoplastic melt is discussed by measuring and implementing the compaction and permeability behaviour of two reference fabrics in a numerical analysis of the impregnation process. For the two reference fabric optimum pressure and target fibre volume fraction are defined, and the necessary adaptation of the model for a more accurate description of the direct thermoplastic injection impregnation is discussed.
Subjects
Fabric compaction
Fabric relaxation
Flow modelling
Thermoplastic composites
Through thickness impregnation