Practical Guide to the Selection of High-Temperature Engineering Thermoplastics (eBook)

A.A. Collyer (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
110 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-9397-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Helps the individual without formal training in plastic materials through the maze of materials selection to his final goal. Those with a basic knowledge of this area will benefit from the more practical aspects of the guide.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
A Practical Guide to the Selection of High-Temperature Engineering Thermoplastics 2
Copyright Page 3
Table of Contents 4
Preface 8
Chapter 1. Thermoplastics as engineering materials 10
1.1 Introduction 10
1.2 Polymeric materials 11
1.3 Viscoelastic response to stress 13
1.4 Properties quoted by suppliers 14
1.5 Homopolymers 18
1.6 Crystallinity 19
1.7 Crosslinking 20
1.8 Blends and copolymers 20
1.9 Fibre reinforced thermoplastics 22
1.10 Liquid crystal polymers (self-reinforcing polymers) 24
1.11 Cellular thermoplastics 25
1.12 Processing thermoplastics 26
1.13 Materials and processes 29
1.14 The economics of processing, assembling and decorating 31
1.15 Examples 31
References 32
Chapter 2. Materials selection procedures 34
2.1 Introduction 34
2.2 The selection procedure 34
2.3 Processing and processes 36
2.4 Assembly 37
2.5 Materials selection 37
2.6 An example involving weighting factors 38
2.7 Approximate costing 39
2.8 Finalizing the design 40
2.9 Further examples 40
2.10 Data for material selection 42
References 47
Chapter 3. Costing of plastics products 48
3.1 Introduction 48
3.2 A costing method for injection moulding 48
3.3 A summary of the costing method 55
3.4 Example 55
3.5 Computer aided costing and computer-aided design programs 57
3.6 Costing other processing routes 59
References 61
Chapter 4. High-temperature engineering thermoplastics 62
4.1 Introduction 62
4.2 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers 62
4.3 Fluoropolymers 63
4.4 Polyacetal (polyoxymethylene) and copolymers 67
4.5 Polyamides (nylons) 68
4.6 Polyarylates 70
4.7 Polyaryletherketones 71
4.8 Polycarbonates 73
4.9 Thermoplastic polyesters 74
4.10 Thermoplastic polyimides 76
4.11 Polyphenyleneoxide (PPO) and its modified form 77
4.12 Polyphenylenesulphide (PPS) 78
4.13 Polysulphones 79
4-14 Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCP) 81
References 84
Appendices Appendix 1: Major suppliers and trade names of ABS materials 86
Appendix 2: Major suppliers and trade names of fluoropolymers 87
Appendix 3: Trade names and major suppliers of polyacetals 92
Appendix 4: Major suppliers and trade names of polyamides 93
Appendix 5: Trade names and suppliers of polyarylates 100
Appendix 6: Trade names and suppliers of polyaryletherketones 101
Appendix 7: Major suppliers and trade names of polycarbonates 102
Appendix 8: Major suppliers and trade names of thermoplastic polyesters 104
Appendix 9: Trade names and major suppliers of thermoplastic polyimides 106
Appendix 10: Trade names and suppliers of polyphenyleneoxide 107
Appendix 11: Major suppliers and trade names of polyphenylenesulphide 108
Appendix 12: Major suppliers and trade names for polysulphones 109
Appendix 13: Trade names and suppliers of LCPs 110

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-9397-1 / 1483293971
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-9397-4 / 9781483293974