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Textile reinforcements for composite materials and method of manufacturing thereof
Assignee: Hexcel Fabrics SA
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Filing: 1989-10-27
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Granted: 1993-01-05
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Expires: 2009-10-27
Abstract
Abstract PCT No. PCT/FR89/00564 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 20, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 20, 1990 PCT Filed Oct. 27, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/04507 PCT Pub. Date May 3, 1990.From 3 to 25 g/m2, in particular from 5 to 10 g/m2 of a pulverulent reactive hot-melt composition including a prepolymer and a hardener for the latter are applied onto one or two faces of textile reinforcement. The hardener becomes active only at a temperature above that at which the powder softens to become tacky. This powder on one or two faces makes it possible in particular to preform the reinforcement before it is employed for the manufacture of an article made of composite material.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Allagnat
- 👤 Jean-Paul Charles
- 👤 Michel Delehaye
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C70/00; B29C70/04; B29C70/28; B29C70/30; B29C70/34; B29C70/345; B29B; B29B15/00; B29B15/08; B29B15/10; B29B15/12; B29C70/54; B29C70/543; D; D06; D06M; D06M15/00; D06M15/19; D06M15/37; D06M15/55; D06M23/00; D06M23/08; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/254; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/287; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3472; Y10T442/3528; Y10T442/3569; Y10T442/3577
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A textile reinforcement for use in forming a composite material, said textile reinforcement comprising: a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hog-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
A textile reinforcement for use in forming a composite material, said textile reinforcement comprising: a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hog-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 1, wherein said sheet of reinforcement material is a unidirectional, bidirectional or multidirectional tissue or nonwoven.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 1, wherein said sheet of reinforcement material comprises technical fibers of at least one kind.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 1, wherein said prepolymer is an epoxide prepolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 4, wherein said epoxide prepolymer is a polycondensate of epichlorohydrin and of bishphenol A, and the hardener is acid anhydride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 1, wherein said pulverulent composition has a particle size from approximately 20 to 180 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 1, having a non-planar shape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The textile reinforcement according to claim 6, wherein said pulverulent composition has a particle size from approximately 40 to 100 μm.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
84 words
The method for treating a sheet of textile reinforcing material for use in forming a composite material, said method comprising: providing a reactive hot-melt pulverulent composition of a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, the hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which the composition softens and becomes tacky; and applying said composition as points of powder to at least one of the surfaces of the sheet of textile material at a rate of 3 to 25 g/m 2 .
Claim 11
Independent Claim
84 words
The method for treating a sheet of textile reinforcing material for use in forming a composite material, said method comprising: providing a reactive hot-melt pulverulent composition of a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, the hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which the composition softens and becomes tacky; and applying said composition as points of powder to at least one of the surfaces of the sheet of textile material at a rate of 3 to 25 g/m 2 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein the composition is applied to said sheet as points of powder at a rate of 5 to 10 g/m 2 .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said providing a reactive hot-melt composition comprises mixing said prepolymer and said hardener and grinding the mixture to a particle size from approximately 20 to 180 μm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein the mixture is ground to a particle size from approximately 40 to 100 μm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
92 words
An assembly of textile reinforcements for use in forming a composite material, each of said textile reinforcements in the stack comprising a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hot-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
92 words
An assembly of textile reinforcements for use in forming a composite material, each of said textile reinforcements in the stack comprising a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hot-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
91 words
An assembly of textile reinforcements for use in forming a composite material, at least one of said textile reinforcements comprising a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hot-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
91 words
An assembly of textile reinforcements for use in forming a composite material, at least one of said textile reinforcements comprising a sheet of reinforcement material having opposite surfaces, and a pulverulent hot-melt composition distributed over at least one of the surfaces of said sheet of reinforcement material as points of powder in an amount of 3 to 25 g/m 2 , said composition comprising a prepolymer and a hardener for the prepolymer, said hardener becoming active only at a temperature above that at which said hot-melt composition softens and becomes tacky.
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