Natural fiber thermoplastic composites in terms of new production technologies: A review

Abstract

This paper investigates Natural Fiber Thermoplastic Composites (NFTC) which take attention of the researchers and the market having aesthetic and low maintenance properties in many applications. Additive usage is an increasing application for NFTC production to get into the novel markets satisfying strong performance requirements and life stability interests of users. In this article, polymer blends from natural resources including bio-based additives for polymer composites were introduced. Afterwards, favorite additive types and most effective pelletizing processes in literature were analyzed to improve composite productivity. At the end of the paper, the common NFTC production technologies are discussed. A specially designed compounding extruder which is designed to overcome production difficulties and supply high processing performances is introduced. At the end of conducted experiment, the obtained production output rate is presented.

Keywords

• Polymer composites,Natural fiber thermoplastic composites,Manufacturing technologies,Productivity

Yeni imalat teknolojileri açısından doğal elyaf termoplastik kompozitler: Bir derleme

Abstract

Bu çalışma, estetik ve düşük bakım özelliklerine sahip birçok uygulamada araştırmacıların ve pazarın dikkatini çeken Doğal Elyaf Termoplastik Kompozitleri (NFTC) araştırmaktadır. Katkı kullanımı, NFTC üretimi açısından giderek artış gösteren, güçlü performans gereksinimlerini karşıladığı için de yeni pazarlara giriş imkanı sağlayan, uzun ömürlü ve kullanıcı beklentilerini tatmin eden bir uygulamadır. Bu çalışmada, polimer kompozitlerin biyo-bazlı katkıları dahil olmak üzere doğal kaynaklardan elde edilen polimer karışımlar tanıtılmıştır. İlaveten, kompozit üretkenliğini arttırmak için favori katkı maddeleri ve literatürdeki en etkili peletleme işlemleri analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda, yaygın olarak kullanılan NFTC üretim teknolojileri tartışılmıştır. Çeşitli imalat zorluklarının üstesinden gelen ve yüksek işlem performansları sağlayan bir imalat için özel olarak tasarlanmış karıştırıcı bir extruder tanıtılmıştır. Deneysel bir uygulama sonunda ulaşılan üretim kapasitesi paylaşılmıştır.

Keywords

• Polimer kompozitler,Doğal elyaf termoplastik kompozitler,İmalat teknolojileri,Verimlilik

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