Original Article
  • Thermoplastic Sandwich Panel Manufacturing using Insert-Expansion Molding

  • Won-Seock Kim*† , Sung-Hwan Lim*, Ho-Gun Jeong*, Kyu-Hyun Jung*, Sang-Ki Park*, Joon-Yong Song**, Yoo-Wook Jeon***

  • * Lotte Chemical Co., Ltd.
    ** Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd.
    *** KBI Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd

  • 열가소성 샌드위치 패널 제작 위한 인서트-발포 성형

  • 김원석*† · 임승환* · 정호근* · 정규현* · 박상기* · 송준용** · 전유욱***

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  • Won-Seock Kim

  • Lotte Chemical Co., Ltd.

  • E-mail: wonseock@lotte.net