Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140256201 | FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES MADE WITH COUPLING-ACTIVATOR TREATED FIBERS AND ACTIVATOR CONTAINING REACTIVE RESIN - This invention relates to a process of making a fiber-reinforced composite. Glass fibers may be provided. These glass fibers may be treated with a sizing composition that has a coupling-activator compound with the formula: S—X-(A) | 09-11-2014 |
20140364025 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - Methods of making prepregs are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include polymer particles mixed in a liquid medium, and the polymer particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles. | 12-11-2014 |
20150144253 | FIBER-CONTAINING PREPREGS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MAKING - Methods of making a fiber-containing prepregs may include drawing unsized fibers from a batch of molten glass. The method may also include applying a sizing composition to the unsized fibers to form a plurality of sized fibers, where the sizing composition includes a first polymerization agent for polymerizing caprolactam. The method may further include weaving the plurality of sized fibers into a fabric. Another step may include melting a reactive resin composition to form a melted reactive resin composition, where the reactive resin composition may include caprolactam. The melted reactive resin composition may be applied to the fabric. The method may further include heating the fabric and the melted reactive resin composition to a polymerization temperature, where the caprolactam polymerizes to form a fiber-resin amalgam including a polyamide. Another step may be to form the fiber-resin amalgam into the fiber-containing prepreg. | 05-28-2015 |
20150145165 | FIBER-CONTAINING PREPREGS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MAKING - Methods of making fiber-containing prepregs are described. The methods may include the steps of providing a plurality of fibers, and applying a reactive resin composition to the plurality of fibers to make a mixture of the plurality of fibers and the resin composition. The reactive resin composition may include at least one of monomers and oligomers capable of polymerizing into a polymerized resin matrix. The mixture may be heated to a polymerization temperature where the monomers, oligomers, or both polymerize to form a fiber-resin amalgam that includes the polymerized resin matrix. The fiber-resin amalgam may be formed into the fiber-containing prepreg. Also described are methods of forming a fiber-reinforced composite that includes the prepreg. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148485 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES MADE WITH REACTIVE RESIN COMPOSITIONS AND FIBERS - Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The method may include the providing of a reactive resin composition to an extruder, where the reactive resin composition may include monomers, oligomers, or both, that are capable of polymerizing into a thermoplastic resin. The method may further include combining the reactive resin composition with a plurality of reactive fibers that are also supplied to the extruder. The plurality of reactive fibers may be sized with at least one polymerization agent and/or coupling agent. The fiber-resin composition may be extruded from the extruder, where the composition includes a thermoplastic resin in contact with the plurality of fibers that is formed by the polymerization of the monomers and/or oligomers of the reactive resin composition. Also described are methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148498 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES MADE WITH THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITIONS AND REACTIVE COUPLING FIBERS - Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The methods may include the providing of a thermoplastic resin to an extruder, where the thermoplastic resin may include at least one reactive moiety capable of forming a covalent bond with a coupling agent on a plurality of reactive fibers. The methods may further include combining the thermoplastic resin with the plurality of reactive fibers also supplied to the extruder. The reactive fibers are sized with the coupling agent that reacts with the thermoplastic resin to form the fiber-resin composition, which may be extruded from the extruder. Methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition are also described. | 05-28-2015 |
20160024266 | FIBER-CONTAINING PREPREGS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MAKING - Methods of making a fiber-containing prepregs may include drawing unsized fibers from a batch of molten glass. The method may also include applying a sizing composition to the unsized fibers to form a plurality of sized fibers, where the sizing composition includes a first polymerization agent for polymerizing caprolactam. The method may further include weaving the plurality of sized fibers into a fabric. Another step may include melting a reactive resin composition to form a melted reactive resin composition, where the reactive resin composition may include caprolactam. The melted reactive resin composition may be applied to the fabric. The method may further include heating the fabric and the melted reactive resin composition to a polymerization temperature, where the caprolactam polymerizes to form a fiber-resin amalgam including a polyamide. Another step may be to form the fiber-resin amalgam into the fiber-containing prepreg. | 01-28-2016 |
20160102182 | FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - Methods of making a prepreg are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include particles of monomers or oligomers mixed in a liquid medium, and the particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles. | 04-14-2016 |
20160108188 | FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING - Methods of making a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer. The sized fibers may be contacted with a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curative that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108189 | FIBER REINFORCED THERMOSET COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING - Methods of making a fiber-reinforced composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one of a curing agent or an accelerator for a resin composition. The sized fibers may be contacted with the resin composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the resin composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curing agent and the accelerator that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced composite. | 04-21-2016 |