Currently, the first generation lab-scale rotational moulding machine used at the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM) has been electrically heated which is different from the commonly used gas-fire machines employed in the industry. However, even the gas fire method has gradually been deemed as an uneconomical heating method. Some initial design ideas of a new generation of RM machine has been suggested and a final design is to be decided and to be constructed. It is therefore intended in this project to finalise the design and build a lab-scale rotational moulding machine and then to compare the moulding efficiency of the new machine with the existing one in terms of the quality of the moulded parts as well as the cycle time and the cost of moulding.
Undergraduate
The expected outcome of this project is to have a new RM machine built and tested to compare the efficiency and hope eventually it will become the new workforce for the RM research at CACM
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CACM - Strength of Materials Lab (Newmarket 902 Lvl 3, Lab)