@misc{10481/55596,
year = {2018},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/55596},
abstract = {The manufacturing of polyurethane foam is a process of great industrial importance in the
automotive and furniture sector. The operation of demolding is the most delicate, since the foam
sticks firmly to the walls of the mold onto which it has spread. In order to avoid the use of demolding
agents, the proposal is to coat the inside of the molds with non-stick coatings. In this work, three types
of different coatings were studied: fluoropolymers, ceramics, and elastomers. After carrying out
different tests in the laboratory, two fluoropolymer coatings (PFA (perfluoroalkoxy) and PTFE
(polytetrafluoroethylene)) were selected for a test at the industrial level and, after 1500 cycles
of demolding, it was experimentally proven that the PFA coating is the most adequate for the
use studied.},
organization = {This study was funded by the European Fund for Regional Development, the Ministry of Economy and
Competitiveness of the Government of Spain and the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)
(nº ITC-2015237), as well as by Project for Excellence Andalusian Research Plan (P12-FQM-1443).},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Non-stick coatings},
keywords = {Polyurethane foam},
keywords = {Aluminium molds},
keywords = {FEP},
keywords = {PFA},
keywords = {RTV silicone rubber},
keywords = {Sol-gel},
title = {Non-Stick Coatings in Aluminium Molds for the Production of Polyurethane Foam},
author = {Sánchez-Urbano, Francisco and Paz-Gómez, Guillermo and Rodríguez-Alabanda, Óscar and Romero, Pablo E. and Cabrerizo Vílchez, Miguel Ángel and Rodríguez Valverde, Miguel Ángel and Guerrero Vaca, Guillermo Rafael},
}