The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
A composite material is made by combining two or more materials to give a unique combination of properties. The above definition is generic and can include metal alloys, plastics, minerals, and wood. Fiber-reinforced composite materials differ from the above materials in that the constituent materials are different at the molecular level and are mechanically separable. In bulk form, the constituent...
Compared with conventional and mineral filler reinforced thermoplastic products, wood–polymer composites (WPC) have many advantages such as high specific strength and modulus, low cost, low density, and low friction during compounding. Unlike wood, WPC have excellent dimensional stability under moisture exposure [1, 2] and better fungi and termite resistance [3, 4]. For WPC, one of the most attractive...
The feature common to all polymeric composite processes is the combining of a resin, a curing agent, some type of reinforcing fiber, and in some cases a solvent. Typically, heat and pressure are used to shape and “cure” the mixture into a finished part. In composites, the resin acts to hold the fibers together and protect them, and to transfer the load to the fibers in the fabricated composite part...
In recent years, significant efforts have been made to manufacture thermoplastic composites using such natural fibers as wood sawdust, wheat straw, nut shell fiber, and jute fiber [1–3]. The rationable behind these efforts is that the use of natural fibers offers several benefits, including low cost, high specific properties, renewable nature, and biodegradability. Wood fibers are the most favored...
Wood-fiber (WF) filled plastic composites (WPC) have gained rapid growth in recent years. Such materials offer significant advantages, which justify their use. Wood fiber is obtained from natural resources, it is available in various forms in large quantities, light, cheap, and it can be added to commodity matrices in considerable amounts thus offering economically advantageous solutions [1–4]. The...
Wood fiber reinforced plastic composites represent an emerging class of materials that combine the favorable performance and cost attributes of both wood and thermoplastics [1]. In comparison to other fillers, the natural and wood fiber reinforced polymer composites are more environmentally friendly, and are used in transportation, military applications, building and construction industries, packaging,...
Foamed solid polymers, also referred as microcellular composites or expanded composites or sponge materials are a class of materials that are extensively used in everyday applications from the foamed polyurethane mattress we sleep onto the polystyrene based Styrofoam cup in which we have our morning coffee. According to some estimates, the market of foam products in the world stands at 14 billion...
Wood fiber/plastic composites (WPCs) utilize fibers as reinforcing filler in the polymer matrix and are known to be advantageous over the neat polymers in terms of the materials cost and mechanical properties such as stiffness and strength. Wood fiber reinforced polymer composites are microcellular processed to create a new class of materials with unique properties. Most manufacturers are evaluating...
Wood, plastic and the uses of these composites in our daily life has been described in first chapter followed by the surface treatment and additives used for preparation of wood–plastic composites in subsequent chapter. In the third chapter, machinery and testing techniques for making of wood–plastic composites has been discussed. Because, the authors think that proper machinery is the main...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.