A Comparison of Infrared Radiation Welding and Adhesive Bonding Methods on Some Performance Properties of Fuel Filters
Abstract
Adhesive bonding is the most common method used for combining oil-fuel filters used in vehicles. This filter consists of combining the plastic center tube, the plastic cover and the filter media with adhesive bonding. Infrared radiation (IR) welding is one of the approaches to join the housing cap and filter paper in the fuel filter to develop an alternative to traditional adhesive bonding which brings health and environmental concerns. This study investigates the sealing, stress-strain and bubble performance of filter samples including the same filter media but differing in joining methods. The results pointed to better performance for IR welded filters.
Keywords
Infrared radiation (IR), Adhesive nonding, Fuel filters
Supporting Institution
TUBITAK
Project Number
7210448
Thanks
This study is supported by TUBITAK under grant no. 7210448. The authors also wish to thank Osman ÖĞÜTEN, Berika OZCAN, Necati KAYA, Mehmet Arslan ÇILCE, and Şeyma KEYIF for their help in laboratory studies; Prof.Dr. Cem GÜNEŞOĞLU from Gaziantep University and Ms. Sara GEMALMAZ who provided support in the article writing process.
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