Method and device for continuous formation of braid reinforced thermoplastic structural and flexible members
US5468327A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/16
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A braided fiber reinforced thermoplastic member is formed by a device, which comprises a braiding device for weaving thermoplastic coated fibers with second fibers onto a weaving mandrel for form a braided preform, and a heating die for melting the thermoplastic of the coated fibers of the braided preform to form a continuous matrix of thermoplastic between the coated fibers and the second fibers. A method for forming a fiber reinforced thermoplastic member comprises coating carbon fibers with a thermoplastic melt, cooling the thermoplastic coated carbon fibers, braiding the coated carbon fibers onto a weaving mandrel with Kevlar.RTM. bias fibers to form a braided preform, and drawing the braided preform through a heating die.
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