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- Title
Process–structure relationship of carbon/ polyphenylene sulfide commingled hybrid yarns used for thermoplastic composites.
- Authors
Schäfer, Jens; Stolyarov, Oleg; Ali, Rana; Greb, Christoph; Seide, Gunnar; Gries, Thomas
- Abstract
Commingling is a prospective manufacturing process for the production of hybrid yarn in which a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic matrix in the form of filaments are mixed to form continuous filament yarn. In this work, hybrid two-component carbon/ polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) yarns designed for high-performance thermoplastic composites were developed. Experiments were carried out to investigate the manufacturing process of commingled yarn and quantify the homogeneity of distribution of carbon and PPS fibers in cross section of commingled hybrid yarns. The effect of process parameters in commingling including degree of overfeeding, production speed, and air pressure on the filament distribution in the cross section of commingled hybrid yarns was investigated. The results show that process parameters play a large part in improving blend uniformity and filament distribution in hybrid commingled yarns. A correlation between the observed homogeneity and the process parameters was established.
- Subjects
POLYPHENYLENE sulfide; CARBON fibers; SYNTHETIC fibers; THERMOPLASTIC composites; AIR pressure
- Publication
Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 6, p1661
- ISSN
1528-0837
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1528083715569372