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The use of polyethylene powder to produce dust filters
thesis
posted on 2017-12-20, 12:23 authored by Mark T. CampbellThis project arose from the requirements of an
industrial organisation, Dust Control Equipment Limited
(D.C.E.) for an investigation into the process mechanism
used by them to produce a sintered filter product. The
filter product consisted of a core obtained by sintering
two grades of polyethylene 60% ultra-high molecular
weight (412) and 40% medium molecular weight (5010 -
ground) into a corrugated form with a pore size of about
100 microns. The core was then coated with a
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) based emulsion to create
a permeable non - stick membrane a few microns thick
with an average pore size of about 4 microns. The
process had been licensed by D.C.E. from a German company
Herding GmbH. [Continues.]
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
Publisher
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1994Notes
A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en