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Wood plastic composite (WPC) that consists of polyethylene (PE) and wood sawdust tends to be used primarily in building and structural components. WPC comprised of wood sawdust and polypropylene (PP), on the other hand, is more commonly used for automotive and consumer products.
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- What are wood-plastic composites (WPCs)?
- According to the German definition, wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are thermoplastically processible composites that consist of varying contents of wood, plastics and additives, and are processed by thermoplastic shape-forming techniques such as extrusion, injection moulding, rotomoulding or pressing.
- What is a WPC composite material?
- WPCs as the name suggests are composite materials containing a wood component and polymer in the matrix. The wood component in WPCs can be either a wood fibre or wood flour. The polymer matrix can be either thermoplastic polymer or thermosetting polymer.
- How is wood plastic made?
- 5. Manufacturing of wood plastic composites In a typical wood plastic manufacturing process, resin, reinforcing fibers and are mixed together and formed under pressure and heat to produce a new composite material (Hietala, 2012). Resin is used as a matrix to grasp the fibers and to transfer the applied loads to the fibers.
- What type of resin is used in WPC?
- The resin used in WPC has two main categories; thermoplastic and thermosetting. In manufacturing of thermoset-based WPC curing agents are used to produce finished parts which cannot be reformed and can be only subjected to finishing processes. The most common used thermosets are epoxies, amino and phenolic resins, polyamides, and polyurethanes.
- What materials are used in WPC?
- Different types of plastics such as HDPE, LDPE, PVC, PP, PVC, ABS, PS, PBS, PC, PES, PET, PF, PHBV, PLA, PPC, and UPE have been used as matrix in WPCs. Both virgin and waste plastic are used to fabricate WPCs. Wood fibers and other natural fibers such as wheat and jute fibers are used as reinforcement materials.
- What are WPCs made of?
- As mentioned earlier in the section, WPCs are generally manufactured from thermoplastics. Thermoplastics are polymers that can be heated, formed, cooled and hardened and then reheated and reformed. This allows the WPC to be moldable and for complex shapes to be developed.
