MRI: Acquisition of Research Instruments for Material Characterization, In-Line Monitoring, and Process Development in Polymer Processing

这个主要研究仪器(MRI)项目寻求资金支持，以获得一台带有传感器的模块化仪表式单螺杆挤出机和一台多功能联合注塑机作为实验仪器，用于威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的聚合物工程中心(PEC)。这里提出的研究响应了美国国家科学基金会工程局在其《NSF工程：长远观点》文件中所提出的号召，即快速开发基于“先进的制造和加工方法”和“关于保持一支卓越的工程工作队伍的教育质量的进步”的“先进制造技术”。这些最先进的仪表化机器的获取和开发将提高质量，并扩大PEC目前与聚合物加工相关的研究、研究培训以及综合研究和教育活动的范围。具体地说，这些仪表化机器将加快改进现有聚合物加工方法和开发新聚合物加工方法的研究进展；它还将改善学习环境，为每学期近250名学生参加威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的各种聚合物加工课程和实验室课程提供服务。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) project seeks financial support to acquire a modular, instrumented single-screw extruder with sensors and a multi-function co-injection molding machine as experimental instruments to be used at the Polymer Engineering Center (PEC), University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research proposed here responds to the call by the NSF's Directorate for Engineering, as stated in its "NSF Engineering: The Long View" document, for rapid development of "advanced manufacturing technologies" based on "advanced fabrication and processing methods" and "advancements in the quality of education on maintaining a preeminent engineering work force."The acquisition and development of these state-of-the-art, instrumented machines will improve the quality and expand the scope of current research, research training, and integrated research and education activities related to polymer processing at the PEC. Specifically, these instrumented machines will expedite the research progress in improving existing and developing new polymer processing methods; it will also enhance the learning environment that serves nearly 250 student attendances in various polymer processing courses and lab sessions each semester at UW-Madison.