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The manufacturing of wet-laid hydroentangled glass hybrid composites: preliminary results

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posted on 2017-10-12, 13:56 authored by N. Vaidya, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, D. Shiffler, Memis Acar
The potential for manufacturing a nonwoven preform for composites using blends of glass and low melt polyester or bicomponent sheath/core (polyester/polyethylene) fibers is demonstrated. Wet-lay webs were hydroentangled to form strong, flexible preforms that could be easily manipulated for the production of compression molded composites. An appropriate white water recipe for dispersing glass and binder fibers was critical to the formation of good quality webs. Optimal dispersion times were determined experimentally by examining the total number of defects present in hand sheet samples. To achieve the required web density, several wet-laid sheets were stacked and hydroentangled into a single sheet. This final sheet structure was subsequently heat pressed in a mold to achieve the final form. Forming temperatures producing binder fiber melting and a rigid uniform composite were selected. Mechanical properties of these composites were evaluated. Composite strength increased with increasing glass fiber content (up to 30-40%).

Funding

This work was supported in part by a grant from the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

International Nonwovens Journal

Volume

12

Issue

(4)

Pages

55 - 59

Citation

VAIDYA, N. ... et al, 2003. The manufacturing of wet-laid hydroentangled glass hybrid composites: preliminary results. International Nonwovens Journal, 12 (4), pp. 55-59.

Publisher

INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2003

Notes

This paper is closed access.

ISSN

1527-2494

Language

  • en