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In this article on processes for manufacturing polyolefins, I shall be discussing a very active area of technology that is still changing and advancing rapidly. The purpose of the article is to give the background and an overview of manufacturing technology. The discussion is centered around these aspects:

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067672

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

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Low profile SMC is extensively used for high gloss, painted exterior automobile parts. In this application there are many secondary operations. First, there is inspection and scrapping of a normally few percent of blistered, cracked, and nonfilled moldings. Next, there is deflashing, punching, studding, and occasionally grit blasting and adhesive bonding of subassemblies. Then, parts with imperfect surfaces pass through a filling, sanding, painting, and inspection repair line until appearance is acceptable. Finally, parts are shipped to customers for top-finishing and further assembly.

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067673

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

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During the years 1944–1945, while working on the Manhattan Project at the University of California Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, the author had access to classified reports which included, among other things, the effect of high-energy radiation on components of nuclear piles, such as electrical insulation. However, in these reports no attempts to determine the actual molecular mechanisms of the radiation effects were described. Consequently, it was rather obvious that this was a wide open area for research, so when the author returned to his normal duties with the Faculty of Chemistry at Northwestern University, the decision was made to begin such a study. With the support of the Visking Corp. of Chicago (now a part of Union Carbide), such a research was begun. The Visking Corp. supplied financial support as well as films of low-density polyethylene (PE) for our study. With the aid of the graduate student Donald R. Rose these films were irradiated with a mixture of gamma and neutron rays in the heavy water pile of the Argonne National Laboratory. After the irradiation, stress-strain curves on strips of the film were recorded using a Scott Inclined Plane tensile strength machine in the laboratories of the Visking Corp. The stress-strain curves obtained on samples before irradiation are illustrated in Fig. 1 while after irradiation in air the curves of Fig. 2 were obtained. The latter show a distinct effect of the irradiation, but at that time in 1948 we were not sure whether or not the diminution of the cold drawing ability of the PE was due to C-O-C cross-links or to true covalent C-C bond cross-links. Consequently, an irradiation was performed in vacuum with the even more striking results illustrated in Fig. 3. By comparing Figs. 1 and 3 it can be seen that the cold drawing ability of the PE was practically completely eliminated by the irradiation. These results were interpreted in terms of the formation of C-C covalent bond cross-links between the long PE chains. It is really remarkable that a reaction such ascould occur in the solid PE at room temperature. The discovery of the radiation cross-linking of PE was described at the Portland, Oregon, meeting of the American Chemical Society in September 1948 [1]. Other discoveries made and later presented at a Symposium of the Technical Command, Army Chemical Center, Maryland [2] were (1) radiation oxidation of the films, (2) formamation of trans-vinylene unsaturation, (3) evolution of hydrogen, etc. The expression “radiation damage” is heard, but in the case of PE we should speak of “radiation improvement” because the physical properties of PE, such as greater stability at higher temperatures, and increased tensile strength at low doses, are significantly improved. Furthermore, the radiation improvement of PE occurs at room temperature without having to melt the sample or to change its shape in any way. This is of considerable industrial importance.

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067674

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

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The pultrusion process dates from about 1948. Several people have claimed to have been the first to conceive of pulling wetted fiberglass strands through a shaping die (round or square at first) and curing the shaped part. The first known patent was granted in 1951 [1]. Pultrusion requires continuous roving reinforcements. The number of roving packages may vary from less than 10 for a small rod (the smallest known was 0.030 in.) to over 5000 in one operation making a large box beam (17 in.2with inch thick walls).

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067675

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

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Within the last decade the use of plastics has become so widespread that hardly any aspect of present-day life can be carried out without coming into contact with plastic products. Due to processability and cost factors, plastic products ranging from disposable forks and spoons through household appliances to automobile and boat layups are a common denominator of our present-day technology. The widespread use of plastics mandates that their flammability characteristics be evaluated in a rational and consistent manner and that these flammability parameters be compared to those of the naturally occurring polymers (wood and paper products) which are being increasingly replaced by plastics.

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067676

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

数据来源: Taylor

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This is a scanned image of the original Editorial Board page(s) for this issue.

ISSN:0360-2559    

DOI:10.1080/03602557908067671

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1979

数据来源: Taylor