Imaging and Image Analysis Applications for Plastics

Behnam Pourdeyhimi

• Publisher: William Andrew
• Year: 1999
• eBook ISBN: 9780815518006
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Digital Media
• Index: Computer Science

The broad collection of techniques gathered in this book help illustrate material/process/property relationships for a wide selection of materials and processes in the plastics industry. With the recent increases in computing power and scope, as well as advances in software engineering, imaging has already become a universal tool. Image processing and image analysis have become common expressions are widely recognized within the scientific community. The imaging techniques employed range from visible optical methods to scanning and transmission electron microscopy, x-ray, thermal wave infrared and atomic force microscopy. Image analysis is used to monitor/ characterize a variety of processes.Processes included within this book are: extrusion, injection molding, foam production, film manufacture, compression molding, blow molding, vulcanization, melt spinning, reactive blending, welding, conveying, composite manufacture, compounding, and thermosetting.Imaging techniques are also employed to characterize/quantify a number of important material properties. These include: fiber orientation distribution, homogeneity of mixing, the rate of spherulites growth, polymer crystallization rate, melt flow index, pore size and shape in foam, cell density in foam, void content, particle analysis in polymer blends, morphology, interparticle distance, fiber diameter, fatigue crack, crazing, scratching, surface roughness, fiber-length distribution, nucleation, oil penetration, peel adhesion, chemical resistance, droplet-fiber transition, electrical conductivity, dispersion and impurity content.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1. The Optimized Performance of Linear Vibration Welded Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 Butt Joints
• Chapter 2. Image Analysis of Polypropylene Melt Fibre Stretching
• Chapter 3. The Effect of Fiber Orientation and Distribution on the Tooth Stifhess of a Polymer Composite Gear
• Chapter 3. Novel Processing and Performance of Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Polymer Composites
• Chapter 4. Characterization of Kneading Block Performance in Co-Rotating Twin Screw Extruders
• Chapter 5. A Quantitative Description of the Effects of Molecular Weight and Atactic Level on the Spherulite Growth Rate of Ziegler-Natta Isotactic Polypropylene
• Chapter 6. Method to Evaluate the Homogenization of Bimodal Polyethylene in a Co-Rotating Twin Screw Extruder
• Chapter 7. Miscibility and Co-Continuous Morphology of Polypropylene-Polyethylene Blends
• Chapter 8. Flow Visualization for Extensional Viscosity Assessment
• Chapter 9. PP/LLDPE/EPDM Blends: Effect of the Elastomer Viscosity on Impact Properties
• Chapter 10. Mixing of a Low Molecular Weight Additive in a Co-Rotating TSE: Morphological Analysis of a HDPE/PDMS System
• Chapter 11. The in situ Compatibilization of HDPE/PET Blends
• Chapter 12. Evaluation of Process Aids for Controlling Surface Roughness of Extruded LLDPE
• Chapter 13. Evaluation of Scratch and Mar Resistance in Automotive Coatings: Nanoscratching by Atomic Force Microscope
• Chapter 14. Study of the Morphology and the Tensile Mechanical Properties of Biaxially Oriented PET/PP Blends
• Chapter 15. Improved Barrier and Mechanical Properties of Laminar Polymer Blends
• Chapter 16. Relative Magnetic Permeability of Injection Molded Composites as Affected by the Flow Induced Orientation of Ferromagnetic Particles
• Chapter 17. Processing-Structure-Property Relations in PS/PE Blends: Compression Versus Injection Molding
• Chapter 18. Polyetherimide Epoxy-Based Prepreg Systems with Variable Temperature Cure Capability
• Chapter 19. CO2-Blown PETG Foams
• Chapter 20. Tear Strength Enhancement Mechanisms in TPO Films
• Chapter 21. Morphological Study of Fatigue Induced Damage in Semicrystalline Polymers
• Chapter 22. The Effect of Several Kinds of Oils on the Oil Resistance Behavior of Polystyrenic Thermoplastic Vulcanizate
• Chapter 23. Visualization of Polymer Melt Convergent Flows in Extrusion
• Chapter 24. Evaluation of the Constrained Blister Test for Measurement of an Intrinsic Adhesion
• Chapter 25. Fractal Analysis and Radiographic Inspection of Microwave Welded HDPE Bars
• Chapter 26. Application of Thermography for the Optimization of the Blow Molding Process
• Chapter 27. The Use of Video and the Development of Solids Conveying Theory
• Chapter 28. Microcellular PET Foams Produced by the Solid State Process
• Chapter 29. Thermal Wave Imaging of Propagating Cracks in Polypropylene and a Thermoplastic Olefin
• Chapter 30. The Division of Agglomerates in Molten Environment of Polymers: A Physical Model for Mathematical Description
• Chapter 31. Morphology and Rheology Sensors for In-Line and On-Line Microstructure Monitoring in Compounding
• Chapter 32. A New On-Line Technique for Morphology Analysis and Residence Time Measurement in a Twin-Screw Extruder
• Chapter 33. Controlled-Order Thermosets for Electronic Packaging
• Chapter 34. Fatigue Fracture in Polypropylene with Different Spherulitic Sizes
• Chapter 35.Brittle-Ductile Transition of PP/Rubber/Filler Hybrids
• Index