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Institute of Advanced Technologies, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Presov, Technical University of Košice , Košice , Slovakia
Institute of Advanced Technologies, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Presov, Technical University of Košice , Košice , Slovakia
Institute of Advanced Technologies, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Presov, Technical University of Košice , Košice , Slovakia
Institute of Advanced Technologies, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Presov, Technical University of Košice , Košice , Slovakia
Current trends in the field of ecology encourage manufacturers to create materials that are environmentally acceptable, but also customer have requirements on the properties of the applied materials and their durability. In the fact of this reason, in some branches of industry (flour / automotive / construction) are created “Green materials”, created by combining a plastic matrix (mostly PP, PE, PVC) and natural fibers. One of these materials are the Wood Plastic Composites (WPC) materials – wood-filled plastics (as an alternative solution). The WPC components (matrix + reinforcement + additives) are mixed under the influence of hight temperature into a mixture followed by a forming step. Forming technologies suitable for WPC products include extrusion, injection molding and calendring. The presented paper is focused on the possibilities of WPC profile forming technologies. This research was supported by grant KEGA 030TUKE-4/2018
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