Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article – Polymer or resin containing
Patent
1988-05-17
1990-10-09
Lesmes, George F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
Polymer or resin containing
428 361, 428256, 428257, 428262, 523205, 523209, 523222, 138123, 138124, 138125, F16L 1102
Patent
active
049619772
ABSTRACT:
Composite articles comprising a matrix material and reinforcing fibres coated individually or in tows with a support layer and methods of making the same are disclosed. The support layer is capable of supporting the fibres and preventing kinking thereof when the article is deformed while the matrix material is relatively soft. Polymeric matrix and support layer materials, either thermoplastic or thermosetting, are disclosed. When the support layer comprises a thermoplastic material, it should be selected to have a softening temperature which is higher than any temperature to which the article is heated for deformation. If matrix material and support layer are thermoplastic, the materials should be selected so that the softening point of the support layer is at least 10.degree. C. higher than that of the matrix, especially at least 30.degree. C. higher. According to the disclosure, the fibres are arranged so as to deform in a trellis deformation when the article is deformed. For example, when the article is a sheet, the fibres will be woven; when the article is tubular, the fibres will be braided. Ratios by volume of matrix material to material of the support layer of less than 50% and preferably from 20% to 40% and of fibres to matrix and support material greater than 20% and more, preferably from 40 to 60%, are given. The articles may be made heat recoverable by crosslinking the matrix material after consolidation. The matrix material may be applied to the fibres individually or in tows after the fibres are coated with the support layer. Thus a disclosed method involves steps of braiding, weaving or otherwise arranging the coated fibres into an article and thereafter consolidating the matrix material. Alternatively, the method may involve providing the matrix as a sheet laminated with the fibres of the article and then heated to cause it to melt and impregnate the article. The method may additionally comprise heating the previously formed article to a temperature above the softening point of the matrix material but at which the support layer will support the fibres to prevent kinking of the fibres and then deforming the article.
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Undated paper titled: Engineering with Long Fibre Thermoplastic Composites.
Archer Joel
van Wassenhove Denis
Gray Jill M.
Lesmes George F.
Lindrooth Charles H.
Synnestvedt John T.
Textilver S.A.
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