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Review
. 2023 Jan 31;15(3):712.
doi: 10.3390/polym15030712.

Manufacturing Technologies of Polymer Composites-A Review

Chenchen Wu  1   2 , Fan Xu  3 , Huixiong Wang  4 , Hong Liu  5 , Feng Yan  3 , Chao Ma  3
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Review

Manufacturing Technologies of Polymer Composites-A Review

Chenchen Wu et al. Polymers (Basel). .

Abstract

Polymer composites have been widely used in the aviation, aerospace, automotive, military, medical, agricultural and industrial fields due to their excellent mechanical properties, heat resistance, flame retardant, impact resistance and corrosion resistance. In general, their manufacturing process is one of the key factors affecting the life cycle of polymer composites. This article provides an overview of typical manufacturing technologies, including surface coating, additive manufacturing and magnetic pulse powder compaction, which are normally used to reduce the failure behaviour of polymer composites in service so that the quality of composite products can be improved. Advanced polymer composite powder manufacturing processes, the processing mechanism and experimental methods are described, and the influence of different manufacturing processes on the moulding quality is revealed. This investigation can provide suitable methods for the selection of manufacturing technology to improve the quality of polymer composite products.

Keywords: additive manufacturing; magnetic pulse powder compaction; manufacturing process; polymer composites; process mechanism; surface coating.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationship that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1
Plasma spraying technology: (a) schematic diagram of plasma spraying technology [58]; (b) deformation scheme of particles on rough substrate [60].
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Figure 2
Magnetron sputtering [63].
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Figure 3
Electrophoretic deposition. (a) Cathodic EPD and (b) anodic EPD [74].
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Figure 4
Tensile and interlaminar shear strength of CF/EP, CF/EP-CNTs and CF-CNTs/EP [77].
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Figure 5
Schematic diagram of sol–gel technology [36].
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Figure 6
Three-dimensional printing process [91].
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Figure 7
Schematic diagram of typical 3D printing [93]: (a) FDM; (b) SLA; (c) SLS.
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Figure 8
Self-folding line [90].
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Figure 9
Five-dimensional printed pressure cap [123].
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Figure 10
Schematic diagram of high-velocity compaction [129].
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Figure 11
Schematic diagram of magnetic pulse powder compaction: principle scheme of magnetic pulse compaction of tubes: 1 copper shell, 2 powder, 3 steel rod, 4 plug, 5 spacer, 6 reverse conductor [130].
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