Patent · US Expired

Process of melt impregnation

US5798068A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1996
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29K2105/101
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process of making a fiber-reinforced polymeric material comprises sliding a fiber bundle over an arcuate support surface (2) in the line of the arc, and injecting into the bundle a molten or liquid polymer through a plurality of slots (4) in the surface, each slot being transverse to the bundle. The process allows effective impregnation of materials, at relatively high production speed and low capital costs.

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