Carbon fiber reinforcements for sheet molding composites
US9815224B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08J2367/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of processing a carbon fiber tow includes the steps of providing a carbon fiber tow made of a plurality of carbon filaments, depositing a sizing composition at spaced-apart sizing sites along a length of the tow, leaving unsized interstitial regions of the tow, and cross-cutting the tow into a plurality of segments. Each segment includes at least a portion of one of the sizing sites and at least a portion of at least one of the unsized regions of the tow, the unsized region including and end portion of the segment.
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