Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Production of a thermoplastic injection-molding-material granulate and of an injection-molded component, and a granulate grain
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Application No.: US16953718Application Date: 2020-11-20
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Publication No.: US11759978B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Thomas Baranowski , Markus Franzen , Maik Broda , Pascal Rebmann
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Vincent Mastrogiacomo
- Priority: DE 2019131513.1 2019.11.21
- Main IPC: B29B9/14
- IPC: B29B9/14 ; B29C45/00 ; B29B9/16 ; B29C45/76 ; B29B9/06 ; C08J3/12 ; C08J5/04 ; B29K23/00

Abstract:
A system for production of a thermoplastic injection molding material granulate has at least one production unit for the production of a fiber reinforced plastic granulate from a thermoplastic granulate and natural fibers. to the system has at least one heat-treatment unit for the treatment of the fiber-reinforced plastic granulate providing heat such that an outer layer of each heated granulate grain of the fiber-reinforced plastic granulate is at least partially converted to a liquid physical state. The system has at least one applicator unit for applying a chemical foaming agent powder to at least some portions of each heated granulate grain, where the heat treatment unit is equipped to carry out the heat treatment such that a temperature of the molten outer layer of the respective granulate grain is below a reaction temperature of the foaming agent.
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