INFLUENCE OF TEXTILE PARAMETERS AND LAMINATE BUILD-UP ON SURFACE QUALITY OF THERMOPLASTIC FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES

摘要

Due to the increasing challenge to alter the climate change the demand for sustainable development within several industries leads to the introduction of new processes and materials. Polymer composites like thermoplastic continuous fiber-reinforced composites, so called organic sheets, are promising candidates to help achieve this goal. A growing importance of these materials can be found in the automotive industry. However, when it comes to exterior applications tremendous efforts have to be made to meet the industries requirements, e.g. on the appearance of components. Due to the use of fabrics as reinforcing material in organic sheets, surface waviness occurs during the processing. The effect of various textile parameters on the surface waviness is not yet fully described in literature.