Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Carbon fiber reinforcements for sheet molding composites
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Application No.: US15782907Application Date: 2017-10-13
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Publication No.: US10207427B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Soydan Ozcan , Felix L. Paulauskas
- Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Oak Ridge
- Agent Joseph A. Marasco; Colin L. Cini
- Main IPC: D06B11/00
- IPC: D06B11/00 ; B29C70/12 ; B29B15/12 ; C08J5/04 ; D02J1/18 ; C08J5/06 ; B29K307/04 ; B29K63/00

Abstract:
A method of processing a carbon fiber tow includes the steps of providing a carbon fiber tow made of a plurality of carbon filaments, depositing a sizing composition at spaced-apart sizing sites along a length of the tow, leaving unsized interstitial regions of the tow, and cross-cutting the tow into a plurality of segments. Each segment includes at least a portion of one of the sizing sites and at least a portion of at least one of the unsized regions of the tow, the unsized region including and end portion of the segment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180071958A1 Carbon Fiber Reinforcements for Sheet Molding Composites Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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