Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites
The interest in recycled carbon fiber (rCF) is growing rapidly and the supply chain for these materials is gradually being established. However, the processing routes, material intermediates and properties of rCF composites are less understood for designers to adopt them into practice. This paper pr...
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| description | The interest in recycled carbon fiber (rCF) is growing rapidly and the supply chain for these materials is gradually being established. However, the processing routes, material intermediates and properties of rCF composites are less understood for designers to adopt them into practice. This paper provides a practical pathway for rCFs in conjunction with low cost and, for the most part, commodity thermoplastic resins, namely polyethylene (PE), polyamide 66 (PA66) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Industrially relevant wet-laid (WL) process routes have been adopted to produce mats using two variants of WL mats, namely (a) high speed wet-laid inclined wire to produce broad good ‘roll’ forms and (b) 3DEP<sup>TM</sup> process patented by Materials Innovation Technologies (MIT)-recycled carbon fiber (RCF), now Carbon Conversions, which involves mixing fibers and water and depositing the fibers on a water-immersed mold. These are referred to as ‘sheet’ forms. The produced mats were evaluated for their processing into composites as ‘fully consolidated mats’ and ‘non-consolidated’ as-produced mats. Comprehensive mechanical data in terms of tensile strength, tensile modulus and impact toughness for rCF C/PE, C/PA66 and C/PET are presented. The work is of high value to sustainable composite designers and modelers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88a3eaca69e64b6e9b35ac80f60027e22023-12-01T22:18:48ZengMDPI AGJournal of Composites Science2504-477X2022-07-016719810.3390/jcs6070198Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic CompositesUday Vaidya0Mark Janney1Keith Graham2Hicham Ghossein3Merlin Theodore4Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USACarbon Conversions, Lake City, SC 29560, USACarbon Conversions, Lake City, SC 29560, USATickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USAManufacturing Sciences Division (MSD), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 2350 Cherahala Blvd, Oak Ridge, TN 37932, USAThe interest in recycled carbon fiber (rCF) is growing rapidly and the supply chain for these materials is gradually being established. However, the processing routes, material intermediates and properties of rCF composites are less understood for designers to adopt them into practice. This paper provides a practical pathway for rCFs in conjunction with low cost and, for the most part, commodity thermoplastic resins, namely polyethylene (PE), polyamide 66 (PA66) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Industrially relevant wet-laid (WL) process routes have been adopted to produce mats using two variants of WL mats, namely (a) high speed wet-laid inclined wire to produce broad good ‘roll’ forms and (b) 3DEP<sup>TM</sup> process patented by Materials Innovation Technologies (MIT)-recycled carbon fiber (RCF), now Carbon Conversions, which involves mixing fibers and water and depositing the fibers on a water-immersed mold. These are referred to as ‘sheet’ forms. The produced mats were evaluated for their processing into composites as ‘fully consolidated mats’ and ‘non-consolidated’ as-produced mats. Comprehensive mechanical data in terms of tensile strength, tensile modulus and impact toughness for rCF C/PE, C/PA66 and C/PET are presented. The work is of high value to sustainable composite designers and modelers.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/6/7/198recycled carbon fiberthermoplasticswet-laid processingcompression molding |
| spellingShingle | Uday Vaidya Mark Janney Keith Graham Hicham Ghossein Merlin Theodore Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites Journal of Composites Science recycled carbon fiber thermoplastics wet-laid processing compression molding |
| title | Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites |
| title_full | Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites |
| title_fullStr | Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites |
| title_short | Mechanical Response and Processability of Wet-Laid Recycled Carbon Fiber PE, PA66 and PET Thermoplastic Composites |
| title_sort | mechanical response and processability of wet laid recycled carbon fiber pe pa66 and pet thermoplastic composites |
| topic | recycled carbon fiber thermoplastics wet-laid processing compression molding |
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