Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Pore forming in situ – Composite article making
Patent
1989-10-11
1992-06-16
Simmons, David A.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Pore forming in situ
Composite article making
264 51, 264 54, 521 85, 521 87, 521 92, 521 97, 521113, B29C 6700
Patent
active
051223163
ABSTRACT:
Processes using high temperature thermoplastic polymers in the in-situ fabrication in the formation of foamed composite sandwich or foam articles often result in weak unsound products which may be avoided by utilizing a high temperature thermoplastic in powder form (22), a blowing agent having a high decomposition temperature (24), and, if desired, reinforcers and/or fillers, (28), mixing the thermoplastic, blowing agent and reinforcer and fillers (30), placing the mixture in a mold and, if forming a composite structure, in abutment with at least one skin (34), and applying sufficient heat and/or pressure to the mold and its contents to melt the thermoplastic and generate gas within said mixture by decomposition of the blowing agent (38). Also, an activator may be included with the blowing agent which promotes the production of gas (26). The thermoplastic should be free from any material which will react with the blowing agent or the activator at temperatures below the melting point of the thermoplastic.
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Coleman Robert E.
Murray Patrick J.
Saatchi Hossein
Smith Kurt A.
Sells J.
Simmons David A.
Sundstrand Corporation
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