Fiber reinforced composites have been an important way to utilize agriculture plant fibers. Flax fiber is plant fiber and strong, biodegradable, anti-fungi and bacterial. Flax fiber reinforced PP fiberboard is thermop...
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(纸本)9780878492022
Fiber reinforced composites have been an important way to utilize agriculture plant fibers. Flax fiber is plant fiber and strong, biodegradable, anti-fungi and bacterial. Flax fiber reinforced PP fiberboard is thermoplastic with the advantages of low density, low cost, low energy consumption, and recyclable. The influences of flax / PP fiber blending ratio, molding temperature, molding time on the mechanical properties of flax / PP board were carefully investigated. After mathematical manipulations and experimental validation, it was found that the thermoplastic composite board had maximum tensile and bending strengths when the flax fibers were at 50% of the total weight, the molding temperature was 181 degrees C, and the molding time was 48 minutes.
Sueded fabric quality control depends on the processingparameter settings. The quality characteristics considered in this study are surface softness and color difference. The Taguchi method was combined with gray rel...
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Sueded fabric quality control depends on the processingparameter settings. The quality characteristics considered in this study are surface softness and color difference. The Taguchi method was combined with gray relational analysis (GRA) to optimize the multi-quality sueding processingparameter combinations. First, an orthogonal array is designed by using the design of experiments of the Taguchi method for the major processingparameters of the sueding machine. The signal/noise ratio and analysis of variance are calculated from the measured fabric surface softness and color difference data, significant factors influencing the quality characteristics obtained, and GRA used to remedy the deficiency in the Taguchi method, which is only applicable to single-quality characteristics. The optimum processingparameters of multiple-quality characteristics are obtained from the response table and response diagram of GRA. The quality of suede fabric can be controlled effectively by using the optimum processingparameters to set the processingparameters, and the 95% confidence interval validates the reliability and reproducibility of the experiment.
In order to prevent the deformation of the part, enhance heat conduction, and establish a stable foundation, additional support structures are typically incorporated beneath the parts during the selective laser meltin...
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In order to prevent the deformation of the part, enhance heat conduction, and establish a stable foundation, additional support structures are typically incorporated beneath the parts during the selective laser melting (SLM) process. These structures are subsequently eliminated once the SLM process is completed, thereby facilitating the attainment of near-net forming. Therefore, their SLM processingparameters should be different from those of the solid parts to obtain the desirable functions and removability. However, there is so far very little research focusing on the optimization of the SLM processingparameters of the support structures compared with the solid objects. In this work, the widely used block support was illustrated as an instance, and an optimization strategy of its SLM processingparameters was provided. The effects of laser power, scanning speed, and layer thickness on the morphology and qualities of single track, support sample, and support tensile sample were systematically investigated. The results showed that the SLM processingparameters have a significant impact on the properties of the block support by regulating the qualities of the single tracks. At last, a group of optimal SLM processingparameters (80 W of laser power, 400 mm/s of scanning speed, 60 mu m of layer thickness) was determined for the Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy, and the corresponding ultimate tensile strength of the support structure reached 416 MPa.
Industry is responsible for nearly half of the global energy consumption. Recent studies on sustainable manufacturing focused on energy saving to reduce the unit production cost and environmental impacts. Besides ener...
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Industry is responsible for nearly half of the global energy consumption. Recent studies on sustainable manufacturing focused on energy saving to reduce the unit production cost and environmental impacts. Besides energy consumption, certain manufacturing activities in machine shops, such as the use of cutting fluids, disposal of worn tools, and material consumption, also cause other environmental impacts. Since all these activities lead to carbon footprint directly or indirectly, carbon footprint can be employed as a new and overall environment criterion in manufacturing. In this study, an integrated model for processing parameter optimization and flow-shop scheduling was developed. Objectives to minimize both makespan and carbon footprint were considered simultaneously, which was solved by a multi-objective teaching learning-based optimization algorithm. Furthermore, three carbon-footprint-reduction strategies were employed to optimize the scheduling results: (i) postponing strategy, (ii) setup strategy, and (iii) processingparameter preliminary optimization strategy. In the theoretical aspect, the strategies greatly improved the performance of the optimization results through reducing machine idle time and cutting down the search space. From the perspective of practical applications, these strategies greatly help elevate production efficiency and reduce environmental impacts. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The nanoindentation test is extensively used to obtain the mechanics performance of different kinds of materials. In this study, the general process in the lapping and polishing of Q235 steel samples for nanoindentati...
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The nanoindentation test is extensively used to obtain the mechanics performance of different kinds of materials. In this study, the general process in the lapping and polishing of Q235 steel samples for nanoindentation has been analyzed by considering the pressure (P), rotation speed of the lapping and polishing plate (r(p)), flow rate of abrasive slurry (Q(a)), and the processing time (t). It is found from the lapping experiments with a full factorial design that the optimized processingparameters are r(p) of 200 r/min, P of 30 N, and t of 4 min considered in this study by considering the material removal rate and subsurface damage. The central composite design method has been used to design the polishing experiments, and the support vector machine (SVM) method has been used to deal with these experimental results, and it is found that the developed SVM model can accurately predict the surface roughness under different processingparameters. Then, based on the SVM model, the genetic algorithm (GA) method is used to obtain the optimized processingparameters in the polishing process, and it is found from the SVM-GA study that the optimized processingparameters in the lapping process are r(p) of 108 r/min, P of 33 N, Q(a) of 20 ml/min, and t of 3 min. Finally, a set of nanoindentation tests have been conducted to evaluate the lapping and polishing performance, and it is found that the surface integrity has been significantly improved after the optimization of the lapping and polishing parameters by using the SVM-GA method considered in this study.
In this study we focus on the manufacturing of pure tungsten materials by selective laser melting (SLM), and systematically investigate how processingparameters affect densification, microstructure, and mechanical pr...
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In this study we focus on the manufacturing of pure tungsten materials by selective laser melting (SLM), and systematically investigate how processingparameters affect densification, microstructure, and mechanical properties of fabricated pure tungsten samples. Three key processingparameters are identified, the laser power, scan velocity, and overlap rate. An optimized power-velocity window for single-track scan is determined by characterizing the surface morphologies of tracks on a multi-layer powder bed. Based on that window, varying the hatch distance the overlap rate between adjacent scan tracks for multi-track scan is then optimized by assessing the optical metallographic microstructure. Moreover, bulk pure tungsten samples with size of 10 ? 10 ? 10 mm3 are fabricated with SLM, and their densification and mechanical properties are investigated. Our experimental results show that optimized processingparameters enable manufacturing of bulk pure tungsten samples with a high relative density up to 98.51%. After annealing, an excellent ultimate compressive strength of 1.007 GPa is obtained but with a volumetric energy density significantly lower than reported values in the literature.
Thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) in comparison to other pipes have proven beneficial features due to its flexibility which includes being fit for purpose, lightweight and no corrosion. However, during the manufactu...
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Thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) in comparison to other pipes have proven beneficial features due to its flexibility which includes being fit for purpose, lightweight and no corrosion. However, during the manufacturing of TCP which involves the consolidation process, certain defects may be induced in it because of certain parameters, and this can affect the performance of the pipe in the long run as the induced defects might lead to in-service defects. Current techniques used in the industry are facing challenges with on-the-spot detection in a continuous manufacturing system. In TCP manufacturing process, the pipe is regularly monitored. When a defect is noticed, the whole process stops, and the appropriate action is taken. However, shutting down the process is costly;hence it is vital to decrease the downtime during manufacturing to the barest minimum. The solutions include optimizing the process for reduction in the manufacturing defects amount and thoroughly understanding the effect of parameters which causes certain defect types in the pipe. This review covers the current state-of-the-art and challenges associated with characterizing the identified manufacturing induced defects in TCP. It discusses and describes all effective consolidation monitoring strategies for early detection of these defects during manufacturing through the application of suitable sensing technology that is compatible with the TCP. It can be deduced that there is a correlation between manufacturing process to the performance of the final part and selection of characterization technique as well as optimizing process parameters.
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