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Flax Fiber as Reinforcement in Recycled Tire Rubber and Thermoplastics Composite. Paper No. CSBE08-191. Jimmy Fung and Satya Panigrahi Agricultural & Bioresource Engineering Dept. University of Saskatchewan CSBE/SCGAB 2008 Annual Conference Vancouver, British Columbia July 13 - 16, 2008.
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Flax Fiber as Reinforcement in Recycled Tire Rubber and Thermoplastics Composite Paper No. CSBE08-191 Jimmy Fung and Satya Panigrahi Agricultural & Bioresource Engineering Dept. University of Saskatchewan CSBE/SCGAB 2008 Annual Conference Vancouver, British Columbia July 13 - 16, 2008
Outline • Introduction • Objectives • Materials • Experimental Method • Results & Discussions • Conclusion
Introduction • Natural fibers have been used as the reinforcement in plastic industry • Advantages with natural fiber: lower density, lower processing temperature, non-abrasive nature, renewable and relatively cheaper in cost • Scrap rubber: non-degradable, e.g. wasted carpet rubber underlay, industrial wasted rubber and wasted tires • Serious solid waste disposal andhazard environmental problem
Introduction (con’t) • Developing new and innovative materials utilizing agricultural residue and recycled polymer • Reduction of CO2 • Add crop’s economic value • Recycling
Objectives • Investigate a viable biocomposite material from the flax fiber/shive, recycled tire rubber and thermoplastics • Develop the extrusion and compression molding process on this composite material
Materials Saskatchewan-grown oilseed flax fiber • Contains 80% fiber, 20% shives • Without any treatment • Thermal degradation temperature: • Cellulose: 300ºC • Hemicellulose: 220 to 280ºC • Lignin:280 to 300ºC Decorticated Flax Fiber Oilseed Flax Field Retted Flax Bale
Materials (con’t) Recycled ground tire rubber (GTR) • Size about 0.4 mm, density 1226 kg/m3 Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) • Melting temperature is at 127 oC; and crystallization temperature is 112.7 oC Lubricant • Improve the process smoothness
Composite Preparation • Flax fiber – size used through 2 mm screen • Mix the materials in different composition ratio • Blend the mixture with mixer
Processing Procedure Extrusion • Single-screw extruder • Cross-linked rubber can be broken under high shear stress and high temperature • Fiber mixed into the polymer • Max temperature used: 200°C Compression Molding • Heated press into 20 cm x 20 cm square shape sample • Heating temperature: 150°C Extruder Heated press
Material & Properties Tests • Tearing test : ASTM D624-00 • Tensile test : ASTM D412-98a • Water absorption test: ASTM D570-98 • Durometer hardness test : ASTM D2240-02b Dumbbell tensile test specimens Instron testing machine Type C tearing test specimen
Results & Discussions Tearing test results of the biocomposites
Results & Discussions (con’t) Tensile test results (in yield stress) of the biocomposites
Results & Discussions (con’t) Tensile test results (in Young’s modulus) of the biocomposites
Results & Discussions (con’t) Water Absorption test results of the biocomposites
Results & Discussions (con’t) Hardness test results of the biocomposites
Conclusion • Composite can be done through the extrusion and compression molding processes • Flax fiber has been successfully demonstrated as the reinforcement in the biocomposite • Tensile yield strength and stiffness of GTR - LLDPE composite are improved with adding flax fiber content • Higher LLDPE content exhibited higher tensile strength, better stiffness, improved tear strength, less water absorption and harder
Acknowledgements • Saskatchewan Agriculture Research Chair Program in Engineering. • NSERC • Biofibre Industries Ltd. • SaskBet Inc • Department of Agriculture and Bioresource Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan
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