An overview of the manufacturing methods for composite plastic materials. Includes a link with most of the vitail information.

- Plenty information can be found here (please read):

 http://filer.case.edu/org/emac270/Chapter5.pdf

http://www.bpf.co.uk/Plastipedia/Processes/Default.aspx



Other notes, videos and images on composite plastics manufacture:

Video on Reaction Injection Moulding (RIM):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7flfaAmq9A

Video on the Hand Lay-up method:

Video on filament winding:

Video illustration on Pultrusion:

- The most common types of plastic composites are used in wood materials such as plywood, and composite wood sheeting (below). Most of these can be manufactured using traditional plastic moulding methods such as extrusion.

- Another incresingly common plastic composite is fibre reinforced plastics. Plastics such as GRP (right) are manufactured in the same way as single polymer mix plastics, thus
and most plastic manufacturing methods are available.








- Carbon fibre composites (right) and strand layering composite plastics require different manufacturing methods such as "Hand lay-up" and "Pultrusion". Materials and methods such as "Hand lay-up" tend to suit smaller quantities, or shapes that require complex shapes. Refer to the link above for more detail.