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US09248412B2 Fluoropolymer hollow fiber membrane with fluoro-copolymer and fluoro-terpolymer bonded end portion(s) and method to fabricate
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含氟共聚物和氟三元共聚物结合端部的氟聚合物中空纤维膜和制造方法
- Patent Title: Fluoropolymer hollow fiber membrane with fluoro-copolymer and fluoro-terpolymer bonded end portion(s) and method to fabricate
- Patent Title (中): 含氟共聚物和氟三元共聚物结合端部的氟聚合物中空纤维膜和制造方法
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Application No.: US13964335Application Date: 2013-08-12
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Publication No.: US09248412B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Robert E. Jerman , Cornelius Brown, Jr. , Kenneth Donald Hobbs , Carlos Ruano , Charles Edward Wolanski
- Applicant: Robert E. Jerman , Cornelius Brown, Jr. , Kenneth Donald Hobbs , Carlos Ruano , Charles Edward Wolanski
- Applicant Address: US PA Plymouth Meeting
- Assignee: Markel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Markel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Plymouth Meeting
- Agent Leslie A. Cohen
- Main IPC: B01D63/02
- IPC: B01D63/02 ; B01D71/36 ; B29C65/48 ; B29C65/50 ; B29C65/02 ; B29C65/68 ; B01D69/02 ; B29C65/10 ; B29C65/00 ; B29L31/14 ; B29L31/60

Abstract:
A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film. PTFE hollow fibers, and its respective fluoro-co and terpolymers as potting films, impart high packing densities, superb chemical resistance and temperature resistance without membrane contamination, or low fiber pull strength, as is sometimes observed with standard potting materials such as polyurethane and epoxy.
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