Volume 2, Issue 2
Winter/Spring 2000

• Page 1

  CAPCE General News

  New CAPCE Members, Geon Donation, Sensotec Donation,

  Non-Industry Awards, CAPCE Members, Upcoming Meetings

   

• Page 2

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoplastic Processing

  Feature Project: Extrusion of Polystyrene Microcellular Foam

  with Supercritical CO2

   

• Page 3

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoplastic Processing

  Analysis of Fingering Instability during Gas-Assisted Injection

  Molding, Analysis of De-Airing Process in Automobile Windshield

  Turing, Analysis of Degradation during PVC Injection Molding,

  Supercritical Fluid Assisted Polymer Blending, Pseudoplastic and

  Thixotropic Flow Analysis of Waterborne Paint Systems, Reuse

  of High-Impact Polystyrene from Post-Consumer Electronics

  Equipment Housings

   

• Page 4

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoset Polymers and

  Composite Manufacturing

  Feature Project: Fiber Wetting in SMC Formation and Molding,

  SMC Compression Molding and In-Mold Coating Simulation and

  Processing Studies

   

• Page 5

  Thrust Area Update: Thermoset Polymers and

  Composite Manufacturing

  Effects of Chelating Agents on the Curing of Unsaturated Polyester

  and Vinylester Resins, Shrinkage Control of Unsaturated Polyester and

  Vinylester Resins Cured at Low Temperatures, Mold Filling and Curing

  Analysis of SCRIMP, Tackifier-Assisted SCRIMP for Aerospace

  Applications, Resin Injection Pultrusion (RIP) , Solventless Pre-pregs

  for Electronic Applications (Thrust Area continued on page 7)

   

• Page 6

  Thrust Area Update: Integral Attachment Program

  Feature Article: Manual Assembly of Snap-Fit Features

   

• Page 7

  Thrust Area Update: Integral Attachment Program

  New Students, Snap-Fit Sizing Software, Accelerated Aging Test

  Method for Tire Rubber Compounds, In-Mold Simulation and

  Processing, Compounding and Processing of Nanocomposites,

  New CAPCE Reports

   

• Page 8

  CAPCE General Updates

  Introducing CAPCE Researchers