Flexural properties of rice husk (Oryza sativa) reinforced low density polyethylene composites for industrial injection moulded parts

Injection moulding had been one of the best choices in plastic manufacturing industry as it manage produced complex-shaped plastic parts in very short cycle times. This article is concerned with the flexural properties of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) reinforced with rice husk (RH) filler specifically for injection moulded parts. In this study, the RH/LDPE composites with different loadings of 5, 10, and 15 wt.% RH were feed into injection moulding machine and the moulded parts were tested using conventional universal testing machine. The results showed that the flexural properties of the RH/LDPE composites were strongly affected by the filler loadings. Furthermore, all the flexural properties of the RH/LDPE composites showed increasing trend as the filler loading increased, up to 15 wt.% of RH loading.