Modelling of infrared heating of thermoplastic sheet used in thermoforming process

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 143-144, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Schmidt, F M ^a   Le Maoult, Y ^a   Monteix, S ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control volume method; Halogen lamps; Infrared camera; Polystyrene; Surface temperature measurement; Thermoforming process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED HEATING; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

CONTROL VOLUME METHOD;

THERMOFORMING;

EID: 0242440071     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00291-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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