Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin

The objective of this study was to develop an affordable curemeter equipped with a real-time monitoring software and assess its potential as a rheological testing instrument to study the rheological properties and behaviour of thermoset polymer. A newly fabricated curemeter with an oscillation shear...

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Main Author:	Mad Naser, Mohamad Azwan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	T Technology
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spelling	my-usm-ep.560992022-12-22T04:29:28Z Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin 2019-01-01 Mad Naser, Mohamad Azwan T Technology TN Mining Engineering. Metallurgy The objective of this study was to develop an affordable curemeter equipped with a real-time monitoring software and assess its potential as a rheological testing instrument to study the rheological properties and behaviour of thermoset polymer. A newly fabricated curemeter with an oscillation shearing movement was developed. A few modifications were made on the original design to suit the current (torque) and speed sensor systems requirement. Real-time monitoring software was also developed together with the newly fabricated curemeter as a supporting system to analyze rheological behaviour of a thermoset polymer. Data generated by the newly fabricated curemeter system were compared with data obtained from commercial oscillatory rheometer (Anton Parr model MCR 301). Repeatability test was carried out to measure the level of reliability of the recorded data by using coefficient of variance analysis. In order to study the cure characteristics of a thermoset polymer, evaluation on the effect of hardener content in unsaturated polyester resin was carried out by using this newly fabricated curemeter. The obtained data trend were quite reliable and able to match with the data trend generated by the commercial rheometer. It was found that the newly fabricated curemeter has big potential as a device to monitor the cure characteristics and rheological behaviour of a thermoset polymer. 2019-01 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/56099/ http://eprints.usm.my/56099/1/Development%20Of%20An%20Affordable%20Curemeter%20To%20Monitor%20Cure%20Characteristics%20Of%20Unsaturated%20Polyester%20Resin_Mohamad%20Azwan%20Mad%20Naser.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Bahan dan Sumber Mineral
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description	The objective of this study was to develop an affordable curemeter equipped with a real-time monitoring software and assess its potential as a rheological testing instrument to study the rheological properties and behaviour of thermoset polymer. A newly fabricated curemeter with an oscillation shearing movement was developed. A few modifications were made on the original design to suit the current (torque) and speed sensor systems requirement. Real-time monitoring software was also developed together with the newly fabricated curemeter as a supporting system to analyze rheological behaviour of a thermoset polymer. Data generated by the newly fabricated curemeter system were compared with data obtained from commercial oscillatory rheometer (Anton Parr model MCR 301). Repeatability test was carried out to measure the level of reliability of the recorded data by using coefficient of variance analysis. In order to study the cure characteristics of a thermoset polymer, evaluation on the effect of hardener content in unsaturated polyester resin was carried out by using this newly fabricated curemeter. The obtained data trend were quite reliable and able to match with the data trend generated by the commercial rheometer. It was found that the newly fabricated curemeter has big potential as a device to monitor the cure characteristics and rheological behaviour of a thermoset polymer.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mad Naser, Mohamad Azwan
author_facet	Mad Naser, Mohamad Azwan
author_sort	Mad Naser, Mohamad Azwan
title	Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin
title_short	Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin
title_full	Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin
title_fullStr	Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin
title_full_unstemmed	Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin
title_sort	development of an affordable curemeter to monitor cure characteristics of unsaturated polyester resin
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Bahan dan Sumber Mineral
publishDate	2019
url	http://eprints.usm.my/56099/1/Development%20Of%20An%20Affordable%20Curemeter%20To%20Monitor%20Cure%20Characteristics%20Of%20Unsaturated%20Polyester%20Resin_Mohamad%20Azwan%20Mad%20Naser.pdf
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Development Of An Affordable Curemeter To Monitor Cure Characteristics Of Unsaturated Polyester Resin

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