Design and Development of Secondary Glass Fiber Roving Waste Prototype for Preventing Environmental Hazard

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering

© 2017 by SSRG - IJME Journal

Volume 4 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : Nelson Prem Kumar. M, V.S Anantha Sivaraman, N. Prakash

10.14445/23488360/IJME-V4I4P108

How to Cite?

Nelson Prem Kumar. M, V.S Anantha Sivaraman, N. Prakash, "Design and Development of Secondary Glass Fiber Roving Waste Prototype for Preventing Environmental Hazard," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 4,  no. 4, pp. 27-32, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V4I4P108

Abstract:

Glass fibre roving waste generated during the manufacture of automobile interiors lack a proper way to dispose and hence cause environmental hazard. To overcome this issue, a potential way to reuse the roving waste has been explored. Two prototypes were designed and developed for dispensing the secondary roving glass fibre waste by dispenser mechanism. The proposed dispenser mechanism was reintroduced with unutilized roving into the process line of automobile interior to attain proper output. Results showed the requirement of roving per headliner as 400 g/headliner. But the further optimization of this dispensing mechanism could help to reuse the glass fibre waste efficiently.

Keywords:

Glass fibre, Hazard, Roving waste

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