Improvement of mechanical properties of recycled plastic blends via optimizing processing parameters using the Taguchi method and principal component analysis

Materials and Design

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-198

  Gu, Fu ^a   Hall, Philip ^a   Miles, Nicholas J ^a   Ding, Qianwen ^a   Wu, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Injection moulding; Principal component analysis; Recycled polypropylene; Taguchi method; Virgin polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

INJECTION MOULDED; MELT TEMPERATURE; MOULD TEMPERATURE; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PACKING PRESSURE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RECYCLED PLASTICS; RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 84901829317     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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