Numerical study on the influence of gas flow rates on the gas-assisted extrusion deformation of plastic micro-tubes

Ren, Zhong; Huang, Xingyuan

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1213/4/042024

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“…In conventional plastic sheet extrusion, the high viscoelasticity of polymers makes them susceptible to undesirable extrudate swell [1][2][3] and tensile deformation, [4][5][6][7][8][9] and the internal stress in the product also damages its serviceability. [10][11][12][13] Gas-assisted extrusion (GAE) [14][15][16][17][18][19] technology improves or eliminates the defects [20][21][22] encountered during conventional extrusion by forming a thin and stable gas layer around the polymer melt and between the inner walls of the die.…”

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Research on improved gas‐assisted extrusion of plastic sheets based on time–temperature equivalence principle

Jiang

Liu

et al. 2023

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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Based on the time-temperature equivalence principle, the relationship between the melt relaxation time (MRT) and melt heating temperature (MHT) in an improved gas-assisted extrusion (GAE) of a polypropylene (PP) sheet was investigated by numerical simulations. In the simulations, the MRT was varied and the inherent properties of the MHT were controlled using experimental methods. With an increase in MRT, the velocity in all directions, pressure drop, and shear rate of the melt increased; however, increasing the MRT does not always yield a positive effect on the GAE process of the melt. For instance, the melt velocity increased vertically at the die exit with MRT, resulting in an outward extrudate swell. In addition, the extruded product was intact when the melt was heated to 220 C, which verified the principle of time-temperature equivalence.

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