Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax

This thesis presents, a comprehensive study on the blends of palm oil based wax with filler components such as linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE). The work targets the development of cheap industrial wax made from palm oil. The blends studied comprised of commerc...

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spelling my-unimap-331552014-03-27T03:40:12Z Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax Mohd Faizal, Hamid This thesis presents, a comprehensive study on the blends of palm oil based wax with filler components such as linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE). The work targets the development of cheap industrial wax made from palm oil. The blends studied comprised of commercial industrial wax for prototyping Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining purpose. Morphological analysis also has been carried out to investigate microstructure before composing filler and after filler compositions. The experiment results show that different kind of filler will affect mechanical properties and will attribute to strength of blends materials. The effectiveness of compatibility filler was evaluated using different techniques like thermal, mechanical and scanning electron microscopy via morphology study. Best compatibilization effect was found in the blend at loading of 30%wt LLDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax + 0%wt palm oil fiber for LLDPE filler and 70%wt HDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax + 0%wt palm oil fiber for HDPE filler where at these compositions, the tensile strength is at the highest level. LLDPE filler blends was awarded best smooth surface after obtain 1.966μm (Ra) value. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2011 Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/33155 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/33155/3/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/33155/1/p.%201-24.pdf 3c4346a6fd55e69e4713481bafeca075 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/33155/2/Full%20text.pdf 0952bb7523daef2719ccfda2298498f9 Palm oil based wax Industrial wax Linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) Palm oil School of Manufacturing Engineering
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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language English
topic Palm oil based wax
Industrial wax
Linear low polyethylene (LLDPE)
Palm oil
spellingShingle Palm oil based wax
Industrial wax
Linear low polyethylene (LLDPE)
Palm oil
Mohd Faizal, Hamid
Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
description This thesis presents, a comprehensive study on the blends of palm oil based wax with filler components such as linear low polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE). The work targets the development of cheap industrial wax made from palm oil. The blends studied comprised of commercial industrial wax for prototyping Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining purpose. Morphological analysis also has been carried out to investigate microstructure before composing filler and after filler compositions. The experiment results show that different kind of filler will affect mechanical properties and will attribute to strength of blends materials. The effectiveness of compatibility filler was evaluated using different techniques like thermal, mechanical and scanning electron microscopy via morphology study. Best compatibilization effect was found in the blend at loading of 30%wt LLDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax + 0%wt palm oil fiber for LLDPE filler and 70%wt HDPE + 20%wt raw palm oil based wax + 0%wt palm oil fiber for HDPE filler where at these compositions, the tensile strength is at the highest level. LLDPE filler blends was awarded best smooth surface after obtain 1.966μm (Ra) value.
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title Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
title_short Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
title_full Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
title_fullStr Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
title_full_unstemmed Effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
title_sort effects of filler components on mechanical properties and machinability characteristic of palm oil based wax
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
granting_department School of Manufacturing Engineering
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