塑料——金属混合制件的吹塑加工

拜耳聚合物公司(Bayer Poly-mers)开发了一种吹塑技术,为摩托车、雪地车、拖拉机、越野车的防震车座增添了新的弹力。该公司有一项待批的专利——通过铝质或钢质镶件上的孔眼挤吹塑出热塑性聚氨酯弹性体(TPU),以此技术可制成软硬兼备的塑料-金属混合(PMH)结构的制件,这样大大提     

Gasoline permeation resistance of the as‐blow‐molded and annealed polyethylene,polyethylene/polyamide,and polyethylene/modified polyamide bottles

An investigation of the gasoline permeation resistance of the as‐blow‐molded and annealed polyethylene, polyethylene (PE)/polyamide (PA), and polyethylene/modified polyamide (MPA) bottles is reported. The gasoline permeation resistance improves dramatically after blending PA and MPA barrier resins in PE matrices during blow‐molding, and the order of barrier improvement corresponds to the order of barrier improvement of the barrier resins added in PE. Somewhat unexpectedly, the gasoline permeation rates of the annealed PE and/or PE/PA bottles annealed at 90°C or higher temperatures increase significantly with the annealing temperature and time. On the contrary, the gasoline permeation resistance of the annealed PE/MPA bottles increase significantly as the annealing temperature and/or time increase. For instance, the gasoline permeation rate of the PE/MPA bottle annealed at 120°C for 32 h is about 190 times slower than that of the as‐blow‐molded PE bottle. Further investigations found that, after blending the MPA and PA barrier resins in PE matrices, the relatively nonpolar hydrocarbon components present in the gasoline fuels were significantly blocked, without permeation during the permeation tests, in which the as‐blow‐molded PE/MPA bottle inhibited the permeation of hydrocarbon components more successfully than did the as‐blow‐molded PE/PA bottle. In contrast, the amounts of polar components that permeated through the as‐blow‐molded PE/PA and PE/MPA bottles were very small and about the same as the amount that permeated through the as‐blow‐molded PE bottle. Possible mechanisms accounting for these interesting behaviors are proposed in this study. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 81: 2827–2837, 2001     

Optimization of blow molded part performance through process simulation

In this work, a gradient‐based numerical optimization scheme is proposed to determine the optimal process operating conditions to produce a blow molded part by with a given performance. Finite element simulations are used to relate the part performance to the processing conditions. A performance optimization is first performed to find the minimum part thickness distribution that minimizes the part weight while satisfying mechanical performance constraints such as maximum part deflection or maximum stress for an applied load. Then a process optimization finds the optimal operating conditions, e.g. the die gap opening profile, that minimize the part weight while respecting the minimum thickness distribution dictated by the performance optimization. The results show that the optimization scheme minimizes the part weight with minimal constraint violation. The addition of a constraint associated with process stability is proposed.     

Anisotropy and dimensions of blow-molded polyethylene bottles

A commercial blow-molding grade, high-density polyethylene resin was employed to produce cylindrical bottles in a commercial reciprocating screw-extrusion blow-molding machine. The distributions of thickness, crystallinity, birefringence, and impact strength were obtained at various positions. The thickness is greatest near the parting lines, while minimum thickness occurs at the top and bottom of the bottle. The thickness tends to be uniform in the middle section, in agreement with earlier studies of the parison during processing. Density and crystallinity distributions are closely associated with the distribution of thickness and its effect on the cooling rates prevailing during molding. Frozen stresses and birefringence are largest at the outer surface, where cooling rates are highest. The impact strength is lowest near the parting line. Photomicrographs suggest that this is associated with internal flow and crystallization phenomena.     

Orientation in injection molded polystyrene

The ultimate properties of injection-molded thermoplastics articles are controlled to a large extent by flow and heat transfer phenomena that take place during the injection-molding process. In fact, the thermo-mechanical history of the melt during the molding process leads to a non-uniform distribution of many of the critical properties of the molding. Birefringence has been employed as an indirect measure of the distribution of frozen stresses or strains in amorphous polymers. The present study employs birefringence to study the development of frozen stresses in injection-molded polystyrene. In general, orientation in the flow direction is much greater than the orientation in the transverse direction of the moldings. In the vicinity, of the gate, where mold filling is characterized by spreading radial flow of the melt, the hoop stresses (planar deformation) at the melt front give rise to high orientation in the transverse direction. It appears that relaxation phenomena are not very important during the filling stage; however, they become more, important in the packing and pressure holding stages. With the aid of the appropriate rheo-optical relationship, it is shown that the distribution of frozen-in orientation in injection-molded polystyrene may be estimated on the basis of data relating to pressure variations during the filling stage.     

The relationship between mechanical properties and morphology of vibration‐injection‐molded polyethylene

This paper introduces a novel melt vibration‐injection molding. The effect of mid‐frequency melt vibration on mechanical properties was introduced, and SEM, WAXD and DSC investigations had been employed to provide evidence for explaining the relationship between mechanical properties and morphology of vibration‐injection‐molded specimens. The results show that the effect of vibration frequency is very different from that of vibration pressure amplitude. At a given vibration pressure amplitude, the increase of vibration frequency is beneficial for obtaining preferential orientation, more perfect lamellae and enhanced mechanical properties. For a given vibration frequency, increase of vibration pressure amplitude is a pre‐requisite for the achievement of a large‐scale lamella, more pronounced orientation, increase of cyrstallinity and high strength of high‐density polyethylene, but part of the toughness is lost. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry     

Fracture toughness of rotationally molded polyethylene and polypropylene

In this work, the fracture toughness of rotationally molded polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) was measured using J integral methods at static loading rates and at room temperature. Two different commercially available rotational molding grades PE and PP were tested in this study which have been used in various rotationally molded products such as small leisure craft, water storage tanks, and so on. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), optical microscope, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance (solid‐state NMR), and X‐ray scattering were used to investigate the microstructure, fracture surfaces, and compare toughness properties of these materials. In PE, higher molecular weight and broader molecular weight distribution, larger amorphous and crystal region thicknesses are found to be related to higher toughness values. High molecular weight favors higher number of entanglements that improve fracture energy and broader distribution increases long chain branching of higher molecular weight fractions which creates higher entanglements at the branch sites. Larger amorphous regions promote microvoiding more easily compared to thinner amorphous regions, leading to greater plastic deformation and energy absorption. Higher crystal thickness also contributes to microvoiding in the amorphous region. For PP, greater plastic deformation observed in the fracture surfaces is related to higher fracture toughness values. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 58:63–73, 2018. © 2017 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Barrier properties of injection molded blends of liquid crystalline polyesters (Vectra) and high‐density polyethylene

Blends of an extrusion‐grade high‐density polyethylene and two liquid crystalline copolyesters (LCP; Vectra A950 and Vectra RD501) were prepared by melt mixing and injection molding, and the morphologies and oxygen permeabilities of the blends were assessed. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the LCP was present in the blends as mixed oriented bands and small spheres at low LCP contents (4–9 vol%), whereas blends with more than 18 vol% LCP showed LCP lamellae of macroscopic lateral size (mm). Scanning electron microscopy revealed a two‐dimensional continuity of the LCP domains in the disc plane due to radial shear deformation and circumferential stretching of the melt leaving the central gate of the disc‐shaped cavity. The oxygen permeability, diffusivity and solubility decreased with increasing LCP content of the blends. The decrease in permeability with respect to polyethylene was significant (46%–55%) already at 9 vol% LCP. At 27 vol% LCP, the decrease with respect to polyethylene, was 92% for the Vectra A950 blend and 98% for the Vectra RD501 blend. These blends showed a greater decrease in diffusivity (86%–92%) than in solubility (39%–76%) with respect to polyethylene, which showed the very pronounced effect of the LCP lamellae on the geometrical impedance factor. Microvoids were present in all the blends despite the use of a very high injection pressure (180 MPa) but their impact on the oxygen permeability was negligible for the Vectra RD501 blends and relatively small for the Vectra A950 blends.     

Crystalline and amorphous orientations in injection molded polyethylene

The techniques of density, birefringence, and wide X-ray diffraction were employed to characterize the microstructure of injection molded polyethylene parts. Generally, maximum crystallinity (density) occurs at the center of the molding, while the minimum crystallinity occurs near the surface. Higher densities are observed near the gate. Raising the injection temperature tends to cause a marginal increase in the crystallinity throughout the molding. Birefringence measurements suggest that the maximum orientation occurs near the surface and that the relative orientation distribution is independent of the injection temperature. X-ray diffraction indicates that the crystallographic a-axis tends to orient in the flow direction while the b and c axes vary symmetrically about that direction. Increasing the injection temperature creates c-axis orientation near the surface, while towards the core region a-axis orientation is observed. Generally, near the surface it is the amorphous phase that makes the major contribution to the total orientation as measured by birefringence. Increasing the injection temperature tends to decrease the amorphous phase orientation near the surface. The crystalline phase contribution to the total orientation increases as distance from the surface increases, regardless of injection temperature.     

Orientation distribution and layerlike morphology in extrusion-molded sheets of a liquid crystalline copolyester amide

Fracture surface morphology and orientation distribution in the extrusion-molded sheets of a thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester amide were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and polarized Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy. The layerlike morphology consisting of two outer layers and a central layer between them was observed on the fracture surface. The microscopic orientation functions in the extrusion-molded sheets were evaluated from the polarized FTIR microspectra that were measured in the microscopic domain 40 μm wide using a redundantly apertured infrared microscope. The microscopic orientation function in the outer layer was shown to be higher than that in the central layer. The effects of the draw-down ratio and extrusion temperature on the orientation distribution and the layerlike morphology are discussed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Influence of high molecular weight component on the hierarchical crystalline structures of injection‐molded bars of polyethylene

A small amount of high molecular weight molecules can have a dramatic influence on the flow‐induced crystallization kinetics and orientation of polymers. To elucidate the effects of the high molecular weight component under a real processing process, we prepared model blends in which high density polyethylene with a high molecular weight and wide molecular weight distribution was blended with a metallocene polyethylene with a low molecular weight and very narrow molecular weight distribution. To enhance the shear strength, gas‐assisted injection molding was utilized in producing the molded bars. The hierarchical structures and orientation behavior of the molded bars were intensively explored by using scanning electron microscopy and two‐dimensional wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, focusing on effects of the high molecular weight component on the formation of the shish kebab structure. It was found that there exists a critical concentration of high molecular weight component for the formation of a shish kebab structure. The threshold was about 5.5–7.0 times larger than the chain overlap concentration, suggesting an important role of entanglements of the high molecular weight component. Moreover, the rheological properties of molten polyethylene melts were studied by dynamic rheological measurements and a critical characteristic relaxation time for shish kebab formation was obtained under the processing conditions adopted in this research. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry     

Mechanical properties and transparency of injection‐molded polyacetal with branched and linear structure: Influence of crystalline morphology

Branched and linear polyacetals prepared by cationic bulk polymerization were molded under high‐injection rate and pressure, and the resultant 1‐mm‐thick specimens were investigated regarding the crystalline morphology, mechanical properties, and transparency. The branched polyacetal exhibited shear‐induced transformation of crystalline morphology, namely, the spherulites, the elongated spherulites, and shish‐kebab morphology parallel to the flow direction, with increasing shear viscosity. The degree of orientation of the branched polyacetal, calculated from the intensity distribution on the Debye ring of the (100) diffraction by WAXS, linearly and significantly increased with the increase of the logarithm of the shear viscosity. The difference of the crystalline morphology greatly influenced the mechanical properties and transparency of the branched and linear polyacetals. The branched polyacetal with the shish‐kebab morphology had approximately 20% higher tensile strength and modulus as compared with those with the spherulites morphology, and showed translucent with a higher light transmittance over a wide range of wavelength of incident light. The results indicate that a large number of fibrous crystals in the shish‐kebab morphology result in the self‐reinforcement of specimens parallel to the flow direction and diminishment of the scattering of incident light. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 3182–3392, 2006     

Weld line morphology of injection molded polypropylene

The weakness of plastics at weld lines provides serious difficulties for the design and long term durability of injection molded parts. The goal of this work was to identify the cause of weld line weakness in polypropylene (PP) systems. The morphology of weld lines in a high molecular weight PP has been studied. It was found that the PP contains a hindered phenolic antioxidant additive that is not soluble in the polymer at the standard processing conditions. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) pictures reveal the additive existing as a dispersed phase in the bulk polymer. Even though very small concentrations of this additive are normally used, (0.1–0.5%) large quantities were found at weld lines in a band approximately 100 nm wide and penetrating about 10 μm into the surface of the part, hindering strength development at the weld line. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results confirm enhanced concentrations of antioxidant on the flow front and mold wall surface of short shot samples. The mechanical properties (Izod impact, tensile strength) are measured for samples molded at various processing conditions, varying amounts of antioxidant additive and with and without weld lines. The results are consistent with the presence of the additive playing a key role in strength development at PP weld lines.     

Modeling and simulation of stretch blow molding of polyethylene terephthalate

When polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is stretched, it exhibits strain‐hardening properties, which are temperature and strain‐rate dependent. In this paper, two grades of PET are experimentally characterized using biaxial tests. A visco‐hyperelastic model is used to describe the stretching behavior for the polymer. A biaxial characterization method is employed to determine the model parameters using a robust nonlinear curve‐fitting program. This model can represent adequately well the stretching behavior of PET. Based on this model, the membrane finite element formulation is developed to simulate the stretch blow molding process. Two bottles of different designs, produced based on the single‐stage injection blow molding process, are used to validate the model. Good agreement with the bottle thickness profile is observed. Polym. Eng. Sci. 44:1460–1472, 2004. © 2004 Society of Plastics Engineers.     

Structure and properties of molded polyblends containing liquid crystalline polymers

The relationship between the microstructure developed during injection molding of liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) containing blends and their mechanical properties, was studied. A wholly aromatic copolyester LCP was melt blended in various levels with polycarbonate (PC), poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT), Nylon 6 (N-6), and amorphous nylon (AN). In all cases the LCP was the minor component. The resulting injection molded structure had a distinct skin core morphology, where elongated fibrous LCP particles comprised the skin layer and spherical and ellipsoidal ones composed the core section. The highest elongation and the finest diameter LCP fibrils were obtained with AN/LCP system, followed by PC/LCP. PBT/LCP blends showed a coarser morphology, while N-6/LCP system did not correlate with the tensile moduli of the injection molded specimens. AN/LCP blends demonstrated the highest moduli values, consistent with the highest orientations observed using electron microscopy, followed by PC/LCP, PBT/LCP, and N-6/LCP. Finally, tensile strength levels were correlated with both orientation levels and interfacial adhesion between the polyblend components. AN/LCP that exhibited the highest orientation and good adhesion appearance gave the highest tensile strength values followed by PC/LCP, PBT/LCP, and N-6/LCP polyblends.     

Anisotropic yielding of injection molded polyethylene: Experiments and modeling

The anisotropic yielding of injection molded polyethylene is discussed, specifically focusing on the differences between the tensile and compressive yield stress as a function of loading angle and strain rate. For the first time, it is demonstrated that a strong Bauschinger effect exists in polymers that possess molecular orientation due to melt-processing. A macroscopic constitutive model is proposed to capture the yielding phenomena observed in the experiments. This model features two sources of anisotropy, the physical significance of which is discussed: a frozen-in stress originating from the oriented elastic network, and an intrinsically anisotropic viscoplastic flow rule based on the yield function of Hill, extended to incorporate the asymmetry between the tensile and compressive response. Model simulations demonstrate that the constitutive relation proposed accurately captures the important features of the experimental data. Also, it is able to predict the anisotropy in the failure kinetics of injection molded polyethylene subjected to a constant tensile load in different directions without the requirement of additional parameters.     

Properties of recycled high density polyethylene from milk bottles

The effect of virgin, high-density polyethylene (HDPE)/recycled HDPE composition on the physical properties of the blends was investigated. The recycled HDPE was obtained from a postconsumer cycle of milk bottles. It was found that elongation at break was the mechanical property mostly affected by the content of recycled HDPE. Overall, however, the recycled HDPE from milk bottles was found to be a material with useful properties not largely different from those of virgin resin and thus could be used, at an appropriate concentration in virgin HDPE, for different applications.     

Effects of annealing on the hierarchical crystalline structures and mechanical properties of injection‐molded bars of high‐density polyethylene

The effect of annealing on the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of high‐density polyethylene parts molded via gas‐assisted injection molding was investigated using scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, two‐dimensional wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction and tensile testing. The results indicated that a variety of annealing temperatures could induce considerable variations in the hierarchical structures, crystallinity, lamellar thickness and yield stress of the molded bars. According to these results, the annealing temperatures could be divided into three regions. In the low‐temperature region of annealing at 80 °C, the spatial variation of the superstructure developed along the thickness direction and mechanical properties of the annealed sample were mainly unchanged and similar to those of the original specimen. At 100 and 120 °C, the intermediate temperature region of annealing, the thickness of the crystals, degree of orientation and yield stress of annealed samples were greatly improved. Finally, at 127 °C, the degree of orientation decreased and yield stress slightly improved, an indication of the high‐temperature annealing region being characterized by increasing melting/recrystallization and causing relaxation of oriented molecular chains. A model is proposed to interpret the mechanism of the annealing treatment of the samples at various temperatures. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry     

Hierarchical crystalline structure of HDPE molded by gas-assisted injection molding

To understand the crystalline morphology of the parts molded by gas-assisted injection molding (GAIM), in this work, the hierarchical structures and the crystalline morphology of gas-assisted injection molded high-density polyethylene (HDPE) were investigated. According to the comparison between the results of the GAIM part and those of the conventional injection molded counterpart, it is found that gas penetration can remarkably enhance the shear rate during GAIM process and oriented lamellar structure, shish-kebab structure and common spherulites arise in the skin, subskin and gas channel region, respectively, owing to the different shear rate in these regions. Meanwhile, cooling rate also plays an important role in the formation of the oriented crystalline structure.     

模制瓶及盐水透析对人血白蛋白制品中铝离子残留量的影响

目的 探讨模制瓶及盐水透析对人血白蛋白制品中铝离子残留量的影响.方法 采用原子吸收法检测5％、10％、20％和25％4种规格人血白蛋白空白制剂(不含人血白蛋白,仅含辛酸钠和氯化钠等辅料配方制剂,不同规格空白制剂的辅料配方相同,仅浓度不同)的铝离子含量,随后分别灌装至不同厂家的模制瓶中,于57℃存放0、2、4、6和8周,...