Gurit (UK) Ltd. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150290884 | PRESS MOULDING METHOD - A method of press moulding a moulding material to form a moulded part of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, the method comprising the steps of:
| 10-15-2015 |
20150145182 | PRESS MOULDING METHOD - A method of press moulding a moulding material to form a moulded part of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, the method comprising the steps of:
| 05-28-2015 |
20150145160 | PRESS MOULDING METHOD - A method of press moulding a moulding material to form a moulded part of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, the method comprising the steps of:
| 05-28-2015 |
20140023515 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MOULDING AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite moulding, the method comrisinci the steps of: (a) disposing at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material within a mould; (b) disDosing at least one pre-preg layer adjacent to the fibrous reinforcing material, the pre-preg layer comprising fibrous reinforcement at least partially impregnated with uncured first resin material, to form a laminar assembly of the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the at least one pre-preg layer within the mould; (c) applying a vacuum to the assembly; (d) infusing a flowable uncured second resin material, under the vacuum, into the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material: and (e) curing the first and second resin materials at least partially simultaneously to form the fibre-reinforced composite moulding which comprises at least one first structural portion formed from the fibrous reinforcement and the cured first resin material bonded to at least one second structural portion formed from the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the cured second resin material. | 01-23-2014 |
20130108464 | WIND OR TIDAL TURBINE BLADE HAVING AN ATTACHMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130017385 | PACKING OF PREPREG ROLLSAANM LOZOYA-LOPEZ; IreneAACI AlbaceteAACO ESAAGP LOZOYA-LOPEZ; Irene Albacete ESAANM FERNANDEZ-GARCIA; MonicaAACI AlbaceteAACO ESAAGP FERNANDEZ-GARCIA; Monica Albacete ESAANM MUNOZ-ESPIGARES; Jose MariaAACI AlbaceteAACO ESAAGP MUNOZ-ESPIGARES; Jose Maria Albacete ESAANM Esteban-Franceschi; EmilioAACI ValenciaAACO ESAAGP Esteban-Franceschi; Emilio Valencia ES - A packing system for a plurality of prepreg rolls, the packing system comprising a plurality of prepreg rolls on a pallet, wherein each prepreg roll comprises a helical winding of prepreg material co-axially mounted around a central cylindrical tube, the prepreg material having opposite side faces, the central cylindrical tube having opposite ends which are each spaced outwardly from a respective side face, the prepreg rolls being stacked on the pallet in a horizontal orientation, with the roll axes being vertically oriented and the side faces being horizontally oriented, the rolls forming at least two layers of vertically stacked prepreg rolls, and at least one rigid separation layer, each rigid separation layer separating adjacent prepreg roll layers, the ends of the central cylindrical tubes contacting the pallet and the rigid separation layers to form a structural assembly of alternating central cylindrical tubes and rigid separation layers which supports the entire weight of the plurality of prepreg rolls on the pallet, both an upper surface of the pallet and surfaces of the at least one rigid separation layer being spaced from a respective opposed side face of an adjacent helical winding of prepreg material. | 01-17-2013 |
20120261060 | PREPREGS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A prepreg comprising a fibrous material contacting a polymerisable resin, at least 50 wt % of the polymerisable resin comprising at least one polymerisable monomer having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated functional groups, the monomer being polymerisable by reaction of the unsaturated functional groups to form a cured resin, wherein the resin has a heat of polymerization of less than 230 KJ/kg to provide a maximum increase in temperature of the prepreg of 60° C. during polymerisation under adiabatic conditions. | 10-18-2012 |
20120248645 | PRODUCTION OF EXTRUDED FOAM - A method of producing a laminated body of structural thermoplastic foam, the method comprising the step of successively extruding a plurality of foam layers from an extrusion die, each next layer being extruded onto a previously extruded layer to form a stack of mutually bonded layers. | 10-04-2012 |
20120164373 | FIRE-RETARDANT COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A prepreg for the manufacture of a fibre-reinforced composite material, the prepreg including:
| 06-28-2012 |
20120064333 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Prepreg for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite material, the prepreg comprising a layer of dry fibres and a layer of resin material adhered to a surface of the layer of dry fibres, the resin material having a plurality of particles dispersed therein, the particles have an average particle size that is larger than the average fibre separation of the layer of dry fibres. | 03-15-2012 |
20110244213 | CORE FOR COMPOSITE LAMINATED ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Core for a composite laminated article, the core being a sheet having a sandwich structure including a pair of outer foam bodies and a central structural insert therebetween, the structural insert including portions that are inclined to the plane of the sheet and to the through-thickness direction of the sheet. | 10-06-2011 |
20110114252 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS - A prepreg for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite material, the prepreg comprising a layer of a layer of fibrous reinforcement fully impregnated by a matrix resin material, wherein at least the surface of the resin material has a viscosity and a tack at room temperature, and each prepreg has a stiffness at room temperature, such that when two of the prepregs are disposed as a vertical stack thereof at room temperature with adjacent resin material surfaces, the adjacent resin material surfaces are unadhered and form continuous air paths therebetween. | 05-19-2011 |
20110104478 | STRUCTURAL FOAM AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a foam body having an anisotropic cell structure, the method including the steps of: expanding a polymer at an elevated temperature to form an initial foam body; and cooling the initial foam body under a negative pressure. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a foam body having an anisotropic cell structure, the method including the steps of: (a) in a first expansion step, expanding a foamable polymer composition substantially isotropically to form an initial foam body having an isotropic cell structure; and (b) in a second expansion step, expanding the initial foam body anisotropically in a selected direction under a negative pressure which applies an expanding force in the selected direction to provide a final foam body having an anisotropic cell structure. Apparatus for the methods are also disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
20110059308 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Prepeg for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite material, the prepreg comprising a layer of dry fibres and a layer of resin material adhered to a surface of the layer of dry fibres, the resin material having a plurality of particles dispersed therein, the particles have an average particle size that is larger than the average fibre separation of the layer of dry fibres. | 03-10-2011 |
20100291370 | COMPOSITE LAMINATED ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Composite laminated article having: a first layer of a closed cell foam of a thermoplastic material, a second layer of a fibre-reinforced resin, the resin adhering a surface of the second layer to a surface of the first layer, wherein the closed cell foam has an average cell size of from 15 to 75 microns. | 11-18-2010 |
20100261000 | COMPOSITE LAMINATED ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Composite laminated article having: a first layer of a fibre-reinforced resin, a second layer of a closed cell foam of a thermoplastic material, and a third layer of a fibre-reinforced resin, the resin of the first and third layers respectively adhering a surface of the first and third layers to a respective surface of the second layer to form a sandwich construction of the first, second and third layers, wherein the closed cell foam comprises a plurality of expanded beads mutually welded together, each bead comprising a plurality of closed cells, wherein in each bead the closed cell foam has an average cell size of from 15 to 75 microns, at least 50% of the beads comprise first beads having a uniform cell size in which the maximum cell size is 100 microns and at most 50% of the beads comprise second beads having a non-uniform cell size in which the majority of cells have a maximum cell size of 100 microns and a minority of cells have a maximum cell size from more than 100 microns to up to 660 microns. | 10-14-2010 |
20100166998 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MOULDING AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite moulding, the method comprising the steps of: (a) disposing a surfacing layer on a portion of a mould surface, the surfacing layer comprising a first resin material and being in the form of at least one solid sheet; (b) disposing at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material on the surfacing layer to provide, on the portion of the mould surface, an assembly of the surfacing layer and a structural layer comprising the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material; (c) applying a vacuum to the assembly; (d) infusing a flowable second resin material, under the vacuum, into the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material; and (e) curing the first and second resin materials to form the fibre-reinforced composite moulding which comprises a surface portion formed from the surfacing layer laminated to a structural portion formed from the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the second resin material. | 07-01-2010 |
20100143145 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MOULDING AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced composite moulding, the method comprising the steps of: (a) disposing at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material within a mould; (b) disposing at least one pre-preg layer adjacent to the fibrous reinforcing material, the pre-preg layer comprising fibrous reinforcement at least partially impregnated with uncured first resin material, to form a laminar assembly of the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the at least one pre-preg layer within the mould; (c) applying a vacuum to the assembly; (d) infusing a flowable uncured second resin material, under the vacuum, into the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material; and (e) curing the first and second resin materials at least partially simultaneously to form the fibre-reinforced composite moulding which comprises at least one first structural portion formed from the fibrous reinforcement and the cured first resin material bonded to at least one second structural portion formed from the at least one layer of fibrous reinforcing material and the cured second resin material. | 06-10-2010 |
20100136278 | FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MOULDING AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Moulding material comprising at least one dry fibrous reinforcement layer having a surface resin material conjoined to a first surface thereof and a structural resin material conjoined to a second surface thereof wherein the structural resin material is provided with a recess which is free from resin and is located at the edge of the structural resin layer and wherein the dry fibrous reinforcement layer provides a venting structure to allow entrapped air to pass out during processing. The material of the present invention can be used to form a composite which can be used as a surface coating for large components such as wind turbines. | 06-03-2010 |