Abstract
AbstractPolyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most common plastic material used in injection stretch blow molding (ISBM) process for the manufacturing of bottles. The injection‐molded PET preform has to be preheated uniformly to a pliable state before the blowing stage of the process. Microwave technology offers a potentially more economical means for preheating the preform in place of the conventional infrared oven heating. For such applications, determination of dielectric properties of PET preform of a given geometry is essential. This article describes a novel approach of measuring the dielectric properties of PET preforms at microwave frequencies instead of the common experimental procedures used for such measurements. The dielectric properties are determined by using both CST Microwave Studio electromagnetic simulation software and the automatic network analyzer together. No complex mathematical solutions are required. Validation of this new approach has been made by comparing the measured dielectric properties of some polymers with those available in the published literature. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2008
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