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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 117-120

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From page 117...
... Thermoplastic composite lamination and composite pultrusion processes are enhanced by rapid and bulk heating and by the ability to tailor the material's dielectric properties to microwave processes. The potential for portability and remote processing also make microwave processing attractive for waste remediation.
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From page 118...
... Microwave processing will not be applicable to all materials and in fact may be readily applicable only to certain types of materials. The development of hybrid heating systems that optimally combine microwave sources with conventional sources to balance process variables such as required power, process flow time, tooling requirements, etc., represents a very promising, largely untapped area in process development.
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From page 119...
... ~ Develop empirically simplified models and "microwave heating diagrams" based on measurements and on the extensive data collected from results of numerical simulation to make numerical techniques more accessible to processors. SYSTEM DESIGN AND INTEGRATION Failure to realize expected benefits from microwave processing is a result of inadequate interaction among researchers, materials engineers, process designers, and microwave engineers.
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From page 120...
... Care should be taken to use a microwave source with predictable and reproducible fields and to have an internal temperature calibration to avoid temperature measurement uncertainties.
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