Production of thermoplastic matrix pre-impregnated materials to manufacture com...

• Author(s): Tinoco, V. ; Novo, Paulo ; Nunes, J. P. ; Silva, J. F. ; Marques, A. T.
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/26567
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Thermoplastic matrix composites; Pultrusion; Towpregs; Carbon fibres; Polypropylene; Mechanical properties
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

The aim of the work was optimizing the continuous production of new continuous carbon fibers reinforced polypropylene matrix pre-impregnated materials (towpregs). This raw-material, produced by dry deposition of polypropylene (PP) powder in an equipment built by the Institute for Polymers and Composites (IPC), was used to manufacture composite pultruded profiles in a recently developed prototype equipment assembled in the Engineering School of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ISEP).