Syntactic foam core incorporating honeycomb structure for compos

Details Syntactic foam core incorporating honeycomb structure for compos Syntactic foam core incorporating honeycomb structure for compos

1996-12-19

1998-06-30

McCamish, Marion E.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Structurally defined web or sheet

Honeycomb-like

156145, 156146, 156197, 156276, 156320, 181292, 264 453, 264 465, 264 466, 264630, 428118, 4283135, 4283139, 4283179, 428406, 493966, B32B 312, B32B 326, B32B 516, B32B 1800

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057731217

ABSTRACT:
A syntactic structural foam product in flat sheet form or curved three-dimensional form adaptable to such uses as a light weight structural core for composite laminates, is made of a mixture of hollow ceramic microspheres and dry resin powder, of either thermosetting or a high-temperature thermoplastic resin, distributed in the interstices of the mass of microspheres for integration of the mixture into desired form upon heating and cooling. The dry resin powder in another embodiment of the invention includes unexpanded expandable powder which will expand into microballoons in the confined spaces in which they reside and effect a bonding relation with surrounding particles upon supply of heat to the mixture. The foam product is produced by thoroughly intermixing and depositing the mixture as a layer over a surface having a release agent thereover within a dimension defined region. Heat is then supplied, with or without pressure, to the layer at a temperature and for a time period sufficient to effect a melting or softening of the resin powder. Thereafter the resin is cooled to a hardened condition to integrate the mixture into the product desired after which the product is withdrawn from the forming zone. The mixture in layer form can be reinforced with honeycomb structures and/or with elements such as glass or carbon fibers selectively included in the mixture for predeterminable physical properties.

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