Muhammad Fadzlih Baharudin (2022) Design and development of a hot press machine for composite material fabrication application. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Design and development of hot press machine for composite material fabrication application is build specific for an educational purpose and study the properties of composite material based on the fabrication procedure or the ratio mixture of composite material. The development task starts with some research on causes that can affect the composite material properties in the fabrication area and machine design requirement is developed from this information. The final design for the hot press machine was developed by using CAD engineering software known as SolidWorks. Critical component of machine was analyse using both theoretical and simulation analysis using SolidWorks software to understand the deformation behaviour of this machine and finding the limitation. Thermal study analysis also run to determine the time required for the heating element to heat up the plate to set point temperature. Result of thermal study show 64 minutes is time required to heat the overall panel surface to the range of 140°C to 150°C. Machine prototype was built and tested by fabricate three panel rice husk composite material and observe thickness uniformity of each panel. A deviation of panel thickness from the reference 4.2mm panel thickness is represented by percentage error value.Panel 1,2 and 3 have maximum percentage error 46.43%, 20.48% and 3.81 % respectively. Thickness measurements are considering the tolerance geometry standard ASTM D7136. A decreasing percentage error show an improvement of composite panel fabricated using this machine. The composite panel thickness accuracy and uniformity can be achieved through the improvement strategy.
| Item Type: | Academic Exercise |
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| Keyword: | Hot press machine , Composite material , Fabrication |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401-492 Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 11:50 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2022 11:50 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34303 |
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