Advances in Polymer Processing 2020

Editorial.- Scientific Committee.- Photoluminescent Tracer Effects on Thermoplastic Polymer Recycling.- An efficient strategy based on hyperspectral imaging for brominated plastic waste sorting in a circular economy perspective.- Melt-processing of Biopolymer Composites with Nanocellulose Additives.- Continuous chemical recycling of polystyrene with a twin-screw extruder.- Development of a Solids Conveying Throughput Model for Grooved Barrel Extruders based on Discrete Element Simulations.- Foam extrusion of elastomers using water as physical blowing agent.- Homogenisation of the wall thickness distribution of ther-moformed cups by using different pre-stretch plugs and process parameter settings to improve material efficiency.- Barrier screw design for high-performance plasticizing in injection molding.- Development of IoT device for temperature and cavity pressure measurements.- Targeted manipulation of fibre orientation through relative movement in an injection mould.- Data driven injection moulding <div>A holistic approach to part quality prediction in injection molding based on machine learning.- Automated 3D skeleton winding process for continuous-fiber-reinforcements in structural thermoplastic components.- Towards process optimisation of polyurethane pultrusion using 3D simulation.- Assistance machine function for BMC injection molding.- The Influence of Hydrothermal Aging on the Material Properties of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics and its Non-Destructive Characterization.- Integration Concept of Injection, Forming and Foaming: A Practical Approach to Manufacture Hybrid Structures.- Potential of mesoscale structural elements in the interface of hybrid CFRP-metal-parts on the load transfer.- Interaction between foam injection molding and welding process - Analysis of the process - material - structure - property relations.- Prediction of the Bond Strength of Thermoplastics Welded by Laser Transmission Welding.- Permeation properties of laser-sintered polyamide 12 sheets in comparison to an extruded polyamide 12 film.- Viscoelastic modelling of polymer melts and rubber compounds.- A Study on the Determination of Virtual Process and Quality Data in Injection Molding Simulation </div><div>Strength development in overmolded structures.- Simulation of solidification of a nucleated isotactic polypropylene in a quiescent condition.- Investigations on the influence of high pressures on the curing behaviour and material properties of composite structures for the development of a material model.- Digital Twin of the Polyurethane Rotational Moulding Process.</div>