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The Design of a TM10 Resonant Cavity Microwave Applicator as a Preheating Andcrosslinking Die for Pultruded Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

S.R. Ghaffariyan  and
J.M. Methven
S.R. Ghaffariyan
Affiliation:
Division of Polymer Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 IQ0, England
J.M. Methven
Affiliation:
Division of Polymer Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 IQ0, England
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Abstract

Pultrusion is the only continuous process available for the manufacture of fibre reinforced thermosetting composites. It its simplest form it requires that dry reinforcement inthe form of continuous rovings or fabrics is pulled through a shallow bath of resin and then through a heated metal die wherein the resin crosslinks to a rigid network. The rate of manufacture (pulling speed) depends on two factors; the rate of heat transfer to and through the composite by conduction from the (heated) die wall and the rate of heat generated internally by the (exothermic) crosslinking reaction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 189: Symposium L – Microwave Processing of Materials II , 1990 , 135
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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