Author(s)

Carlos Eugênio Fortes Teixeira¹, Ingrid de Almeida Rebechi², Renato Serena Fontaneli³

¹Técnico em Mec&acire;nica/Engenharia Mec&acire;nica—IFSul—campus Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil.
²Agronomia-IDEAU. Bolsista PIBIC/CNPq, Passo Fundo, Brazil.
³Agronomia/ppgAgro UPF—Universidade de Passo Fundo/pesquisador EMBRAPA TRIGO, Passo Fundo, Brazil.

Different types of plastic films are used in agriculture to cover silos storing silage. The most important characteristics of a tarpaulin for sealing the silage are: thickness, color and polymer used in the manufacture of the film. The objective of this study is to measure and compare the thickness, the use of two instruments (digital micrometer and digital thickness gauge) in plastic films (polyethylene, polyester and polyester/vinyl). This methodological analysis for the use of micrometer digital, for future use (Agronomy and Veterinary sciences). In comparison the thickness of the three factors. 5% by Tukey test revealed that for polyethylene, there was no significant difference between factors. This methodology is satisfactory for the types of films and range of thicknesses studied.

Methodology, Standardization, Polymers

Teixeira, C. , de Almeida Rebechi, I. and Fontaneli, R. (2017) Digital Micrometer Used in Thickness Measurement of Plastic Film Compared to Standardized Instrument. Materials Sciences and Applications, 8, 577-583. doi: 10.4236/msa.2017.87040.