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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3440-3458 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Polymer composites |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Sept 2020 |
Abstract
The stickiness of prepregs (tack) is considered a decisive material property for the success of high-quality composite manufacturing by automated lay-up processes such as automated fiber placement (AFP) or automated tape laying (ATL). Adverse control of prepreg tack can easily result in laminate defects or machine breakdown, which are highly undesirable considering the tremendous machinery and material costs of these processes. Prepreg tack is governed by a complex interaction of adhesive and cohesive phenomena that are influenced by machine and environmental parameters of the production process as well as by intrinsic properties of the prepreg material itself. This review aims at providing a condensed insight into the current state of research on prepreg tack. Therefore, experimental studies including the discussion of utilized tack measurement methods as well as model approaches to prepreg tack are reviewed. The findings are discussed against the background of fundamental mechanisms, the strong interdependency of influencing parameters and the challenge of translating measured tack data into an enhanced AFP/ATL process stability by process adjustment.
Keywords
- adhesion, cohesion, composites, interfaces, processing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Science(all)
- Materials Chemistry
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In: Polymer composites, Vol. 41, No. 9, 21.09.2020, p. 3440-3458.
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T1 - Prepreg tack: A review of mechanisms, measurement,and manufacturing implication
AU - Budelmann, Dennis
AU - Schmidt, Carsten
AU - Meiners, Dieter
N1 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to acknowledge the financial sup-port of the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF) and the federal state of Lower Saxony for the interdisciplinary research project “FlexProCFK.”
PY - 2020/9/21
Y1 - 2020/9/21
N2 - The stickiness of prepregs (tack) is considered a decisive material property for the success of high-quality composite manufacturing by automated lay-up processes such as automated fiber placement (AFP) or automated tape laying (ATL). Adverse control of prepreg tack can easily result in laminate defects or machine breakdown, which are highly undesirable considering the tremendous machinery and material costs of these processes. Prepreg tack is governed by a complex interaction of adhesive and cohesive phenomena that are influenced by machine and environmental parameters of the production process as well as by intrinsic properties of the prepreg material itself. This review aims at providing a condensed insight into the current state of research on prepreg tack. Therefore, experimental studies including the discussion of utilized tack measurement methods as well as model approaches to prepreg tack are reviewed. The findings are discussed against the background of fundamental mechanisms, the strong interdependency of influencing parameters and the challenge of translating measured tack data into an enhanced AFP/ATL process stability by process adjustment.
AB - The stickiness of prepregs (tack) is considered a decisive material property for the success of high-quality composite manufacturing by automated lay-up processes such as automated fiber placement (AFP) or automated tape laying (ATL). Adverse control of prepreg tack can easily result in laminate defects or machine breakdown, which are highly undesirable considering the tremendous machinery and material costs of these processes. Prepreg tack is governed by a complex interaction of adhesive and cohesive phenomena that are influenced by machine and environmental parameters of the production process as well as by intrinsic properties of the prepreg material itself. This review aims at providing a condensed insight into the current state of research on prepreg tack. Therefore, experimental studies including the discussion of utilized tack measurement methods as well as model approaches to prepreg tack are reviewed. The findings are discussed against the background of fundamental mechanisms, the strong interdependency of influencing parameters and the challenge of translating measured tack data into an enhanced AFP/ATL process stability by process adjustment.
KW - adhesion
KW - cohesion
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KW - interfaces
KW - processing
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DO - 10.1002/pc.25642
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JF - Polymer composites
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