Pultrusion method and device for forming composites using pre-consolidated braids
US6395210B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C70/525
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and device for forming composites using a pre-consolidated tubular braid (i.e., a braid removed from the braiding machine on which it was produced prior to use in further processing) including feeding the pre-consolidated tubular braid over a supporting mandrel, impregnating the braid with a resin using a pressurized resin injection chamber with a mandrel adapted to provide adequate impregnation, feeding the resin saturated braid into a pultrusion die with a mandrel for forming and heating and pulling the cured composite from the die for finishing the end product.
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