L. Jiang et al., A MANDREL-ROTATING DIE TO PRODUCE HIGH-HOOP-STRENGTH HDPE PIPE BY SELF-REINFORCEMENT, Journal of applied polymer science, 69(2), 1998, pp. 323-328
This article provides a method to obtain high-hoop-strength high-densi
ty polyethylene (HDPE) pipe by mandrel-rotating extrusion. With proper
ly selected processing temperature, pressure, and mandrel-rotating spe
ed, the hoop strength of 90 Mpa has been got. Differential scanning ca
lorimetry and X-ray scattering found the great strength enhancement wa
s owning to high degree of macromolecular orientation in circumferenti
al direction and the shish-kebab structure. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons
, Inc.