Vibration welding of glass-filled poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)

Vibration welding is used to assess the weldability of 16 wt% glass-filled poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) (16-GF-SMA). Data are presented on the st rengths of butt welds for two specimen thicknesses and T-welds for one spec imen thickness. The maximum weld strength of butt joints is shown to be onl y 35% of the tensile strength of the material. T-joints are shown to have o nly 61% of the strength of butt joints. The relative butt-weld strengths of 16-GF-SMA are much lower than those measured in other glass filled resins: 71% in a 20-wt% glass-filled modified poly(phenylene oxide); 69 and 60%, r espectively, in 15- and 30-wt% glass-filled grades of poly(butylene terepht halate); and 58% in a 40-wt%.-lass-filled polyamide 6,6.