Application of hybrid bagasse kenaf fiber reinforced with polypropylene for automotive component

Mohd Shukri, Ahmad Shafiq (2022) Application of hybrid bagasse kenaf fiber reinforced with polypropylene for automotive component. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Nowadays, material and manufacturing sustainability, cost and energy consumption, the environment and health issues, are factors affecting production rates in automotive sectors. Therefore, most companies use natural fibers to overcome these difficulties. In addition, hybrid bagasse/kenaf fiber reinforcement with polypropylene (PP) as a matrix for producing composite materials. This innovation of composite is to increase the uses of waste of natural fiber. To make this happen, the mechanical and physical properties of this composite material need to be identified. Fiber and PP will be combined with different fiber compositions in each sample. To begin with, the natural fiber from bagasse are extracted from the sugarcane while kenaf is imported from another region then undergoes alkaline treatment. The tube was cut to 1 cm and then mixed with PP into the mould and compressed with a hot press and cooler at the specified temperature, pressure and time parameters. Another composites is prepared by same method which is bagasse/kenaf with PP. After the sample is prepared, it will undergo several types of tests, namely the density test, hardness test and tensile test. According to the results of the tensile test, it shown that the maximum load on hybrid bagasse/kenaf PP decreased linearly with increasing fiber content. Besides, the density trend also decrease with increasing fiber content in the sample. The result of hybrid bagasse/kenaf PP and kenaf PP composites are thoroughly compared.

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