Forming fibre-plastics composites
US4657717A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB32B2309/68
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plastics composite of fibres in a thermoformable matrix is formed by contacting the composite with a sheet of metal and deforming the metal plastically. The thermoformable matrix may be thermoplastic or thermosetting and the metal may be superplastic. The matrix may be deformed between the sheet and another sheet or between the sheet and a mould. Thin bodies of complex shape may be formed.
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