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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene"”.
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Rotational Molding of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Polymers and Blends
<p>The development of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins for use in rotational molding would provide a medium performance material, thus opening doors to new markets for the rotational molding industry. Unfortunately, ABS resins have shown serious problems during the rotational molding …
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The Stabilization of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymers Against Heat and Light
The thermal and photo-oxidative stability of acrylonitrilebutadiene- styrene copolymer (ABS) has been investigated in the presence of various stabilizers representative of two different mechanisms of antioxidant action; chain breaking and preventive. When present in the polymer as additives bis …
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Development of a Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene toner for an electrophotography based additive manufacturing process
Research in to utilising electrophotography for Additive Manufacturing has been under investigation for over a decade. However, the research has been primarily focused on resolving the height limitations caused by charge accumulation and also the development of toners from tough engineering …
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Mineral-filled polypropylene: Improvement of scratch resistance
A potential alternative to acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate+ABS (PC+ABS), pigmented mineral-filled polypropylene (PP) finds an opening in automotive interior components such as instrument panels, knee bolsters, consoles, etc. Because of the lack of surface aesthetics, …
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Evaluation of the separation involved in recycling end-of-life (EOL) electronic equipment
… specific EOL plastics, namely High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene copolymer (ABS).;The objective of this research was to investigate composition of keyboards and casings of personal computers, and other EOL components, as representative of post-consumer EOL …
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Investigation of Traditional and Alternate Living Hinge Designs for Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Process
… testing for the material properties of the Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) used in fused deposition modeling (FDM) process by the MakerBot 2X as well as adjusting the traditional design to be printed. The third study explored alternate living hinge designs that utilize the geometric …
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Modeling fused filament fabrication machine height accuracy through layer thickness variation
… the build height of Polyactic acid (PLA) and Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) parts. A height error compensation model is then formulated and applied at a G-code level to drive the machine to print accurate parts. Preliminary experimentation was done on New Valance Robotics' two fused …
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Frictional vibrations in structural polymers
This study investigated the dry sliding of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) in a polymer-on-polymer configuration. The effect of several material and system parameters were investigated to determine their influence on the frictional behavior of the ABS materials. These parameters included: the …
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Mechanical characterization of aged recycled polymers and applications
… impact, hardness and creep) of recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) thermoplastics obtained as electronic shredder residue (ESR) from computer housings. Three forms of polymers, i.e., virgin, blend of virgin and recycled, and 100% recycled were …
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Mechanical property characterization of recycled thermoplastics
… and recycled, and 100% recycled polymers such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) are characterized for mechanical properties as part of this research. This research consists of characterization of mechanical properties such as tension, bending, compression, impact, …
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The abrasive wear behaviour of mineral-filled polypropylene
… of polymethylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, and high density polyethylene have been determined for comparative purposes. The abrasive wear rates have been measured and the material deformation and removal mechanisms have been identified and characterised in …
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The Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Thiol Modified ABS
… and thermal) of unstabilised and stabilised acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene graft copolymer (ABS) has been studied using a viscoelastomeric technique (Rheovibron), falling weight impact tester and infra-red spectrometry to measure mechanical and chemical changes occurring in the polymer. …
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Degradação térmica e catalítica dos polímeros poli (acrilonitrila-co-butadieno-co-estireno) (ABS) e poliestireno de alto impacto (HIPS) oriundos de resíduos eletroeletrônicos
… materials to the manufacturing process. As acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and highimpact polystyrene (HIPS) are two of the most often used plastics for electronic equipment manufacture, studies were carried out in order to assess the thermal and catalytic degradation of virgin and …
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Electrochemical Study of Ceramic (BaTiO3 based)/ Polymer Composite electrodes for Supercapacitor applications
… specimens. The performance of the two polymers (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polyaniline) was studied in the BaTiO3 system, exploiting respective non conductive and conductive nature of the polymers. The supercapcitor electrode composites were characterized through cyclic voltammetry, …
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The Effects of Processing Conditions on Thermoplastic Prototypes Reinforced with Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers
… properties twice those of parts built using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer (ABS), a commercially available material used in the FDM 1600 rapid prototyping system. It was also shown that the final mechanical properties of a composite prototype can be tailored to a specific …
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Indirect Tissue Scaffold Fabrication via Additive Manufacturing and Biomimetic Mineralization
… "backfill." Two pattern materials are tested [acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and investment cast wax (ICW)] to determine which material is the most appropriate for mineralization and sintering. Mineralization is improved through plasma surface treatment and dynamic flow conditions. …
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Feasibility study on producing functional parts using molding technology
… conductivity of a system based on ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) filled with metal powder have been studied. Copper powder having different percentage was used as fillers. Polymer composite investigated to produce high electrical conductivity from a low-cost thermoplastic with low …
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Enhancing Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis: Detection, Application, And Fabrication
… it was found to be incompatible with 3D printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) due to excessive scattering of the laser light. New µFFE device designs were developed and modeled using Multiphysics modeling software to optimize a design for rapid on-line buffer exchange. This was performed …
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