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Title: Processing of cenosphere/HDPE syntactic foams using an industrial scale polymer injection molding machine
Authors: Bharath, Kumar, B.R.
Doddamani, M.
Zeltmann, S.E.
Gupta, N.
Ramesh, M.R.
Ramakrishna, S.
Issue Date: 2016
Citation: Materials and Design, 2016, Vol.92, , pp.414-423
Abstract: Rapid production of high quality components is the key to cost reduction in industrial applications. The present work is the first attempt of manufacturing syntactic foams, hollow particle filled lightweight composites, using an industrial scale injection molding machine. High density polyethylene (HDPE) is used as the matrix material and fly ash cenospheres are used as the filler. Development of syntactic foams with cenospheres serves dual purpose of beneficial utilization of industrial waste fly ash and reduction in the cost of the component. The pressure and temperature used in the injection molding process are optimized to minimize fracture of cenospheres and obtain complete mixing of cenospheres with HDPE. The optimized parameters are used for manufacturing syntactic foams with 20, 40 and 60 wt.% cenospheres. With increasing cenosphere content, density and strength reduce and modulus increases. Surface modification of constituents results in rise in strength with increasing filler content. A theoretical model based on a differential scheme is used to estimate the properties of cenospheres by conducting parametric studies because of inherent difficulties in direct measurement of cenosphere properties. The potential for using the optimized injection molding process is demonstrated by casting several industrial components. 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
URI: https://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/12664
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