US4937028A
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Process for producing thermoplastic resins reinforced with long fibers
Assignee: Arkema France SA
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Filing: 1989-04-21
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Granted: 1990-06-26
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Expires: 2009-04-21
Abstract
Abstract A process is provided for producing thermoplastic resins reinforced with long fibers in which rovings are impregnated with a wetting thermoplastic polymer by means of a die and a baffle zone, then taking up the impregnated rovings in a second die where they are then covered with a thermoplastic polymer.
Inventors
- 👤 Michel Glemet
- 👤 Bernard Gourdon
- 👤 Michel Lottiau
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 16:19
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/04; C08J5/06; C08J5/08; B; B29; B29B; B29B15/00; B29B15/08; B29B15/10; B29B15/12; B29B15/122; B29B7/00; B29B7/80; B29B7/88; B29B7/90; B29B9/00; B29B9/12; B29B9/14; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/001; B29C48/0013; B29C48/0015; B29C48/0016; B29C48/03; B29C48/09; B29C48/15; B29C48/156; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/21; B29C70/00; B29C70/04; B29C70/28; B29C70/40; B29C70/50; B29C70/52; B29C70/523; C08J5/24; C08J5/241; C08J5/244; C08J5/249; B29C48/05; B29K; B29K2101/00; B29K2101/12; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/06; B29K2105/08; B29K2105/10; B29K2105/101; B29K2105/12; B29K2105/14; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/251
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A process for the production of thermoplastic resins reinforced with fibers, said process comprising: expanding rovings of said fibers by passing said rovings into a baffle zone; impregnating said rovings with a wetting thermoplastic polymer by means of a crosshead die to form impregnated rovings; after impregnation, passing said rovings through a second baffle zone; and coating the impregnated rovings in a coating zone comprising a second die with a thermoplastic coating polymer, for reinforcing, and thereafter, recovering the reinforced thermoplastic resins.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A process for the production of thermoplastic resins reinforced with fibers, said process comprising: expanding rovings of said fibers by passing said rovings into a baffle zone; impregnating said rovings with a wetting thermoplastic polymer by means of a crosshead die to form impregnated rovings; after impregnation, passing said rovings through a second baffle zone; and coating the impregnated rovings in a coating zone comprising a second die with a thermoplastic coating polymer, for reinforcing, and thereafter, recovering the reinforced thermoplastic resins.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the impregnated rovings enter the coating zone at a temperature between about 40° to about 80° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
93 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the rovings are passed into a baffle zone where they form expanded rovings, the expanded rovings are impregnated by passing through an impregnation die fed, by means of an extruder, with wetting thermoplastic polymer, the impregnated rovings pass to a shaping die to form shaped rovings and the shaped rovings impregnated with wetting thermoplastic polymer, pass through a second die, substantially in alignment with the shaping die and fed by a second extruder with a thermoplastic polymer wherein the thermoplastic polymer is reinforced by the rovings.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the wetting thermoplastic polymer is directly prepared by controlled degradation of a polymer in a molten state in an extruder that feeds the impregnation die.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process according to claim 4, wherein the controlled degradation is a peroxide degradation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process according to claim 4, wherein the wetting thermoplastic polymer is a saturated polyester degraded by a diamine to obtain a functional oligomer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the wetting thermoplastic polymer is a product of a polyaddition of a polyamide oligomer functionalized with a co-reagent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein, in the impregnation step, the fibers are continuous and impregnated with a wetting thermoplastic polymer in a weight ratio of from about 70 to about 75% fibers per 30 to 25% wetting polymer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein after leaving the die fed with thermoplastic coating polymer, the final product has a composition of from about 20 to about 40% by weight fibers, from about 8 to about 17% by weight wetting polymer, and from about 72 to about 43% by weight thermoplastic polymer.
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