Research Article

Experimental Studies on the Bonding Strength and Fracture Behavior of Incompatible Materials Bonded by Mechanical Adhesion in Multilayer Rotational Molding

Table 1

Overview of the conducted experimental design.

Test seriesTheoretical thickness of interlayer [mm]Interlayer composition
vol.-% PE : vol.-% TPE-U
Processing temperature [°C]Holding time at processing temperature [s]

Variation of interlayer thickness0.375–1.12550 : 50200900
Variation of interlayer composition0.7510 : 90–90 : 10200900
Variation of processing temperature0.7550 : 50160–220900
Variation of holding time0.7550 : 502000–1800