Syntactic foam core material for composite structures
CA 2218159 A1 · Owner: Philipps, Thomas E. · Inventors: Meteer, Charles L.; Philipps, Thomas E.
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A syntactic structural foam product in flat sheet form or curved three-dimensional form adaptable to such uses as a light weight structural core for composite laminates, is made of a mixture of hollow ceramic microspheres and dry resin powder, of either thermosetting or a high-temperature thermoplastic resin distributed in, the interstices of the mass of microspheres for integration of the mixture into desired form upon heating and cooling. The dry resin powder in an other embodiment of the invention includes unexpanded expandable powder which will expand into microballoons in the confined spaces in which they reside and effect a bonding relation with surrounding particles upon supply of …
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- Filed February 12, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 12, 2017.
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