Improving Mechanical Properties of Recycled Polypropylene-based Composites Using TAGuchi and ANOVA Techniques

Yitao Zheng; Fu Gu; Yanru Ren; Philip Hall; Nicholas J. Miles

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.137

Improving Mechanical Properties of Recycled Polypropylene-based Composites Using TAGuchi and ANOVA Techniques

Yitao Zheng, Fu Gu, Yanru Ren, Philip Hall, Nicholas J. Miles

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

This study was aimed at optimising the composition of recycled plastic based composite for improving mechanical performance. The fractions of virgin polypropylene (vPP), talcum powder (talc) and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) were selected as controllable factors. Taguchi L9 (3³) orthogonal array (OA) was applied as an experimental design tool. Compositions were prepared by extrusion and injection moulding. The performance was measured and expressed in signal to noise (S/N) ratio. The S/N ratios were investigated by the Taguchi coupled analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine optimal condition. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach was demonstrated through confirmation tests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-292
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.137
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	24th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, CIRP LCE 2017 - Kamakura, Japan Duration: 8 Mar 2017 → 10 Mar 2017

Keywords

Analysis of variation
Mechanical property
Recycled polypropylene
Signal to noise ratio
Taguchi method

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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