Fabrication of Composites and Nanocomposites Based on Polymer by Friction Stir Process: A Review

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1 Department of mechanic, Tabriz university, Tabriz

2 Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute

Abstract

Due to the low weight and chemical resistance of polymers, compared to metals,
the use of these materials in various industries has increased. On the other hand,
due to the low strength in polymers, their reinforcement with micron/nanoparticles is
necessary. In recent years, one of the advances in plastics and composite industries has
been the development and commodification of polymer-based nanocomposites. The use of
polymer blend nanocomposites based on thermoplastic polyolefin have been developed in
engineering application such as automotive, airplane, household appliances and medical
apparatus. There are different processes such as extruder and internal mixer to fabricate
nanocomposites. The limitation of these processes is the high cost, the multi-stage process
for sheet production and the amount of nano-sized reinforcement particles (at most 5 wt%).
Recently, investigations have been done on friction stir processing for the fabrication of
composites and nanocomposites. To produce polymer composites and nanocomposites with
friction stir process, a groove with defined dimensions is machined in the base polymer
sheet and nanoparticles are improvised into this groove. Subsequently, a rotating tool is
plunged into the sheet and traversed along the groove to disperse particles to the base
material.

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