Apparatus and method for shaping fiber reinforced resin matrix materials and product thereof
CA 2000975 A1 · Owner: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company · Inventors: Medwin, Steven Jay
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TITLE, Apparatus and Method for Shaping Fiber Reinforced Resin Matrix Materials and, Product Thereof ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION, A method of shaping elongated composite structures of a resin matrix reinforced with randomly broken fibers oriented in transverse and non-transverse directions with respect to the longitudinal axis of the structure is implemented by a computer aided apparatus for forming the structure. The apparatus is provided with a heated fixed forming tool, a means for stretching the structure from each end and means associated with the forming tool for separately holding each formed component length of the structure in place against the forming tool. The formed structure is …
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- Filed October 18, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 18, 2009.
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