Kunststoffe-Plast Europe, Vol.90, No.1, 80-84, 2000
Injection moulding of long-fibre-reinforced thermoplastics -Process parameters influence fibre length
Fibre reinforcement improves characteristics of plastics such as strength and stiffness. To make full use of the strength of a fibre its length must be above a critical value. The influence of different processing parameters is described.