Pregledni rad
Influence of the polymeric materials on product’s technological level - practical case of appliances industry
Vasilije VASIĆ
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia
Sažetak
Modern products are heavily infl uenced by new, advanced materials in terms of enhanced existing or introduction of new product features. The technological level of new products, which is also the case for modern appliances, has to be closely correlated with their product features and applied polymeric materials. A practical case has been presented of how the main appliance features could be correlated or linked to the basic polymeric material properties as well as the way materials with or without processing technology could raise the product technological level. The main focus is placed on the practical case – a washing machine and its plastic tub, which is made of polypropylene composite. The plastic tub, namely, is a very vital component for the washing machine and during the product life-cycle exposed to complex thermo-mechanical loads. For the various commercially available PP composites with the same fi ller type, but different morphological structure of the basic material, benchmarking on the component’s durability (creep and/or relaxation) has been conducted. Based on the experimental results, some practical comments have been given on the washing machine end-properties (e.g. vibro-acoustic damping).
Ključne riječi
appliances; polypropylene composite; product development; product features; technological level; washing machines
Hrčak ID:
68143
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.5.2011.
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