Design Course
Designing of Plastic Products for Injection Moulding
Manufacturing Methods and Technologies
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Flocking
The flocking process involves the deposition of monofilament fibers of nylon, rayon or polyester on anadhesive coated surface using a potential difference created by high voltage electric field. The length of a fibre ranges from 0.25 to 5 mm. Flocking can be applied to plastics, glass, metal or textiles. Natural or synthetic materials can be used to make flock. Flock is categorized as milled flock and cut flock. Milled flock is produced from cotton or synthetic textile waste material. Cut flock is produced by a cutting process that produces a uniform length flock. The flock adhesives can be single or two component system. There are plastisols as well as water based adhesives.
