TY - CONF
T1 - Processing parameters in manufacturing bio-based composites and their finishing with low temperature cure powder coating
AU - De Silva, Karnika K.G.
AU - Dranebois, Clémence
AU - Rao, Sanjeev
AU - Coombs, Ben
AU - Bhattacharyya, Debes
AU - Smith, Dawn A.
AU - Taylor, Mark P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge New Zealand Foundation for Science and Technology (FRST) for funding Materials Accelerator Program (2008 – 2014), New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) funding towards the Product Accelerator, Scion Extrusion Plus programs. Also the financial support from Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS Australia) is acknowledged. Authors also thank Dr Alan Fernyhough and Ross Anderson from Scion for organising and providing lab facility to manufacture the panels and Keith Watson, and Simon Metcalf (Dulux Powder Coatings) for technical assistance in processing of low temperature powder coating.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 International Committee on Composite Materials. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This study is based on evaluating several environmentally friendly aspects in processing and finishing fibre composites such as low-cost Medium Density Fibre (MDF) boards. These include, introducing sustainable materials to replace currently used toxic formaldehyde based binders and adding value to the composites with solvent-free powder coating with aesthetic finishes. The practicality of using conductive fillers, to enable uniform electrical conductivity on the surface of the panels to achieve uniform surface finish with powder coating is also looked into. This is a relatively new concept in composites to facilitate powder coating. The key properties investigated here in the manufacture of MDF include internal bond strength, modulus of rupture, modulus of elasticity and electrical conductivity. In finishing of the composites, a low-temperature powder coating formulation is evaluated using a thermal analysis method by Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) to study the cure behaviour of powders during processing. In both investigations, full factorial design of experiments (DoE) was used as the most significant tool to detect the factors influencing to optimise the processing parameters to maximise the responses. The focus of this project includes mechanisms for preserving the technological knowledge through new business models funded by the NZ government to support the NZ manufacturing sector, for accelerating innovations and commercialization with targeted research into new products and markets.
AB - This study is based on evaluating several environmentally friendly aspects in processing and finishing fibre composites such as low-cost Medium Density Fibre (MDF) boards. These include, introducing sustainable materials to replace currently used toxic formaldehyde based binders and adding value to the composites with solvent-free powder coating with aesthetic finishes. The practicality of using conductive fillers, to enable uniform electrical conductivity on the surface of the panels to achieve uniform surface finish with powder coating is also looked into. This is a relatively new concept in composites to facilitate powder coating. The key properties investigated here in the manufacture of MDF include internal bond strength, modulus of rupture, modulus of elasticity and electrical conductivity. In finishing of the composites, a low-temperature powder coating formulation is evaluated using a thermal analysis method by Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) to study the cure behaviour of powders during processing. In both investigations, full factorial design of experiments (DoE) was used as the most significant tool to detect the factors influencing to optimise the processing parameters to maximise the responses. The focus of this project includes mechanisms for preserving the technological knowledge through new business models funded by the NZ government to support the NZ manufacturing sector, for accelerating innovations and commercialization with targeted research into new products and markets.
KW - Design of Experiments
KW - MDF panels
KW - Powder coating
KW - Processing parameters
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M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85053132607
T2 - 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2015
Y2 - 19 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -
