Quality control of parts which were manufactured from polymeric composite materials with hybrid matrix with the application of method of infrared thermography

Abstract

This article contains the description of different polymer composite materials (PCM) with different types of hybrid matrices. One of the components of PCM’s hybrid matrix is hardened as the other one stays in its viscoelastic condition. The following materials are chosen to serve as viscoelastic components of hybrid matrix: technical wax compound, anaerobic and organosilicone polymer materials. The use of viscoelastic materials allows the enhancement of PCM’s stress-strain properties. This article also contains: the destruction mechanism of polymer composite materials with different types of hybrid matrices; the quality control process of products made of polymer composite materials with different types of hybrid matrices; the localization method of hybrid matrix viscoelastic components by using infrared thermography during product molding process. The results of quality control are shown as thermograms.