IRJET- Effect on Tensile Strength of Nylon-6 by Adding Filler
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This study investigated the effect of adding mica filler on the tensile strength of nylon-6 polymer composites. Nylon-6 powder was mixed with 10% mica filler and molded using transfer molding. Testing according to ASTM D638 standards found that the tensile strength of pure nylon-6 powder was 165.388 kgf/cm2 whereas the composite of nylon-6 with 10% mica filler exhibited a tensile strength of 363.453 kgf/cm2, representing a significant increase in strength through the addition of the mica filler. Therefore, the nylon-6 composite shows promise for applications requiring increased strength, such as automotive parts.
![International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 06 Issue: 04 | Apr 2019 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
© 2019, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 2745
Fig.5 Tensile strength of nylon6+10% mica
Tensile strength of powder is 165.388kgf/cm2 and tensile
strength of nylon 6 with adding (10% weight) mica isshown
in Fig.5 Then the tensile strength increases to
363.453kgf/cm2. There was a significant increment in the
strength after adding the filler. But the tensile strength of
nylon powder is not exactly as supplier specified because of
variation of processing parameter.
4. Conclusion
The research done states that tensile strength of nylon6
increases by adding mica filler. So, wecanusethiscomposite
in automobile industries to increase strength, especially in
automobile parts such as lightweight insulation to suppress
sound and vibration.
Acknowledgment
We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude
& deep regards to Prof. Pramod Suryavanshi for his
exemplary guidance, resources & constant encouragement
throughout the course of this report. The blessing, help &
guidance given by his from time to time shall carryustolong
way in journey of life on which we are about to embark.
We also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of
gratitude to our head of department Prof. Sandhya Jadhav
for cordial support, valuable information, resources &
guidance which helped us in completing the task through
various stages. We are obliged to Principal of our college Dr.
Vilasrao Kadam for valuable resources provided by him. We
are grateful for their co-operation during the period of our
course.
Reference
[1] Suryasarathi Bose and P.A. Mahanwar, “Effect of Particle
Size of Filler on Properties of Nylon-6” in Journal ofMinerals
& Materials Characterization & Engineering, Vol. 3, No.1, pp
23-31, 2004.
[2] Roger M. Rowell,Rodney Jacobson,andJaneLynchO’Dell,
“Use of Natural Fibers in Resin Transfer Molding” and
publication at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265154800
[3] Kamaljit Boparai, Rupinder Singh and Harwinder Singh.
“Comparison of tribological behavior for Nylon6-Al-Al2O3
and ABS parts fabricated by fused deposition modelling” in
Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2015 Vol. 10, No. 2,59–66,
[4] Christian A Griffiths, Jack Howarth, Gabriela De Almeida-
Row Botham and Andrew Rees. “A design of experiments
approach to optimize tensile and notched bending
properties of fused deposition modelling parts”
[5] Kamaljit Singh Boparai, Rupinder Singh, Harwinder
Singh. “Modeling and optimization of extrusion process
parameters for the development of Nylon6–Al–Al2O3
alternative FDM Filament” 1May, 2015.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/irjet-v6i4583-190705083321/85/IRJET-Effect-on-Tensile-Strength-of-Nylon-6-by-Adding-Filler-3-320.jpg)
IRJET- Effect on Tensile Strength of Nylon-6 by Adding Filler
- 1. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 06 Issue: 04 | Apr 2019 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2019, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 2743 Effect on Tensile Strength of Nylon-6 by Adding Filler Divya Teli1, Kadambari Dhotre2, Vivek Topale3, Pallavi Wankhade4, Pramod Suryavanshi5 1,2,3,4Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bharti Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – 400 614 5Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bharti Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – 400 614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - A Polymer matrix composites are designed to improve the properties and reduce the cost of plastic engineering. In this study the effect of adding mica on the tensile strength of nylon6 was investigated (according to ASTM D63). Composite of nylon6 withadding(10% weight) of mica were prepared by binder. The composite improves the tensile strength on addition of filler. In present paper work to increase the tensile strength, Nylon 6- Mica based composite has been prepared. After that as per tensile strength standard ASTM638 Component was made with transfermoulding. After making components tensile strength of components has been checked using Universal Testing Machine. Key Words: Polymer matrix composite,compounding,mica, Transfer moulding, ASTM D638, Tensile strength. 1. INTRODUCTION Polymer matrix composites have become attractivebecause of their wide application and low cost. Incorporating inorganic mineral fillers into plastic resin improve various physical properties of the material such as mechanical strength, modulus and heat deflection temperature. In general the mechanical properties of polymer matrix composite depend on shape, size and distribution of filler particles in the polymer. Nylon6 are the most widely used engineering thermoplastic in automobile, packaging, electronic, electrical and textile application because of excellent mechanical properties. Hence numerous efforts have been taken to use nylons as matrix resins in composites by adding fillers such as Iron, Al203, and TiO2 etc. In this investigation, mica was added to nylon-6 and check the behavior of addition of thesefillerson the tensile strength were examined by ASTM D638. 2. EXPERIMENTAL 2.1 Experimental Plan The presentation of experimental plan is shown in the following figure: Nylon6 (base resin) + Mica (filler) Dry mixing Transfer moulding Testing of sample (Tensile strength) 2.2 Material selection Nylon6(325mesh)wasselectedasabindermaterial.Nylon6 has medium melt viscosity and is most widely used for producing strapping, zippers, monofilaments, cords, and profiles. It is semi-crystalline engineering thermoplastic having good abrasion resistance, sliding properties, very tough, rigid, and electrically insulated, chemicalresistanceto many oils, greases, diesel, petrol, cleaning fluids, and can be easily welded, machined, and bonded. The important processing properties of Nylon6 are listed in Table 1. Table -1: properties of nylon6 powder Sr.no Properties Value 1 Melting point(0C) 250 2 Melt index 240/2,16 10 3 Density (g/cm) 1.13 4 Tensile strength (kg/cm2) 200- 400 In this work, pure micas act as filler materials. It provides smooth consistency and improves the workability of the compound. Moreover, it has outstanding properties, such as lightweight, dielectric, flexible, resilient, reflective and insulating. The important processing properties of mica are listed in Table 2. Table -2: properties of filler Sr.no Properties Value 1 Melting point(0C) 700-1000 2 Hardness (Mohs’ scale) 3-3.5 3 Specific gravity 2.8-3.0 4 Tensile strength (kg/cm2) 1750 5 Dielectric strength at 200C(V/mil) 3000-6000
- 2. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 06 Issue: 04 | Apr 2019 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2019, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 2744 2.3 Compounding Take the sample of composite (Fig.1) and add filler (10% of nylon6). The nylon6 and filler were dried for 1 to 2 hours then weigh the base resin and filler as per composition. Put the nylon6 and filler in blender with set temperature and parameter as 180C and 50 rpm respectively. After 30min of blending check the distribution of filler in powder. Fig.1 Composition of nylon6 and filler 2.4 Transfer moulding A moulding polymer is pressed into a preheated mould and taking a shape of the mould cavity. This method is mostly used for moulding thermosets,butsomethermoplasticsmay be produced by compression moulding. Silicon sprayisused to make the surface non-stick.Heatthemouldfor10minutes at 3800C to clean the mould. After that assemble the mould (Fig.2) and check for tightness, then the resin is fully filledin the mould and heated at 250 0C. Fig.2 Mould After 1.5 hours take the hot mould and check if nylon6 is purely melted or not from upper sideintherunnerpot.Place piston above runner pot and fit mould on press (5 ton to 50 ton) at zero pressure. If nylon6 overflows from holes then spray water on the holes. Hold the same zero pressure and cool for 2 minutes. After air cooling, cool the bottom plate by water for 2 min, then cool the upper side of mould by water spray for 2min, cool the assembly by water for 10min, then disassemble the mould and eject the unwanted part of the mould. 2.5 Tensile strength Polymers are found in different variety of items used on daily basis. Nowadays, polymer composites are used in automobile and aircraft industry due to their strength. In these applications, it is important to understand the mechanical strength of this polymer composite. ASTM D638 is specified method for testing the tensile strength of specimen. Fig.3 Specimen for testing 3. Result Tensile strength of nylon6 powder is shown in Fig.4. Fig .4 Tensile strength of nylon6 powder
- 3. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 06 Issue: 04 | Apr 2019 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2019, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.211 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 2745 Fig.5 Tensile strength of nylon6+10% mica Tensile strength of powder is 165.388kgf/cm2 and tensile strength of nylon 6 with adding (10% weight) mica isshown in Fig.5 Then the tensile strength increases to 363.453kgf/cm2. There was a significant increment in the strength after adding the filler. But the tensile strength of nylon powder is not exactly as supplier specified because of variation of processing parameter. 4. Conclusion The research done states that tensile strength of nylon6 increases by adding mica filler. So, wecanusethiscomposite in automobile industries to increase strength, especially in automobile parts such as lightweight insulation to suppress sound and vibration. Acknowledgment We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude & deep regards to Prof. Pramod Suryavanshi for his exemplary guidance, resources & constant encouragement throughout the course of this report. The blessing, help & guidance given by his from time to time shall carryustolong way in journey of life on which we are about to embark. We also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to our head of department Prof. Sandhya Jadhav for cordial support, valuable information, resources & guidance which helped us in completing the task through various stages. We are obliged to Principal of our college Dr. Vilasrao Kadam for valuable resources provided by him. We are grateful for their co-operation during the period of our course. Reference [1] Suryasarathi Bose and P.A. Mahanwar, “Effect of Particle Size of Filler on Properties of Nylon-6” in Journal ofMinerals & Materials Characterization & Engineering, Vol. 3, No.1, pp 23-31, 2004. [2] Roger M. Rowell,Rodney Jacobson,andJaneLynchO’Dell, “Use of Natural Fibers in Resin Transfer Molding” and publication at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265154800 [3] Kamaljit Boparai, Rupinder Singh and Harwinder Singh. “Comparison of tribological behavior for Nylon6-Al-Al2O3 and ABS parts fabricated by fused deposition modelling” in Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2015 Vol. 10, No. 2,59–66, [4] Christian A Griffiths, Jack Howarth, Gabriela De Almeida- Row Botham and Andrew Rees. “A design of experiments approach to optimize tensile and notched bending properties of fused deposition modelling parts” [5] Kamaljit Singh Boparai, Rupinder Singh, Harwinder Singh. “Modeling and optimization of extrusion process parameters for the development of Nylon6–Al–Al2O3 alternative FDM Filament” 1May, 2015.