MIXER DESIGN EQUIPPED WITH HEATING CONTROL ELEMENTS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Rifki Hidayat (Aerospace Engineering Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta)
Erwhin Irawan (Aerospace Engineering Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta)
Erwan Eko Prasetiyo (Aerospace Engineering Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta)
Fery Setiawan (Aerospace Engineering Program, Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Kedirgantaraan Yogyakarta)

Journal of Applied Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (JAMERE)
Vol 2 No 2: August 2022

Composite is a composite material consisting of two or more materials with different mechanical properties. Composite materials are mixed to obtain new materials that have better micro-mechanical properties. To facilitate the mixing of composite materials and obtain materials that have good quality, in this study, a mixer machine design with heating elements was carried out so that the temperature could be adjusted as needed. Experiments from the results of a mixer machine with a heating element that have been made are comparing the mixing of resin and iron sand using a mixer machine without a heating element and using a heating element. The result of mixing composite materials using a mixer machine without heating elements is that the composite material is homogeneously mixed but when viewed from the micro-photos there are still many white spots so that the quality of the composite material is still not good. then the composite material is mixed and mixed using a mixer machine with a heating element, the composite material is homogeneously mixed and after seeing from the micro-photos there are a few wite spots on the composite.