Fiber tow treatment apparatus and system

Wang, Chen-Shih; Knakal, Charles William; Dahl, Jeffrey Scott; Shah, Bhavesh Suresh

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Title: Fiber tow treatment apparatus and system

Abstract

In one embodiment, a fiber treatment system includes a rotatable nubbed roller including an axis of rotation, a surface, and a number of spaced apart nubs projecting away from the surface, the number of spaced apart nubs imparting a number of spaced apart openings in a fiber tow. In another embodiment, the fiber treatment system further includes an optionally rotatable spreader roller for flattening the fiber tow. In yet another embodiment, the loosened, but still continuous fiber tow is chopped by a downstream chopper to form short fibers with reduced tow sizes.

Inventors:: Wang, Chen-Shih; Knakal, Charles William; Dahl, Jeffrey Scott; Shah, Bhavesh Suresh

Issue Date:: Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018

Research Org.:: United States Council For Automotive Research, LLC, Southfield, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1495325

Patent Number(s):: 10138579

Application Number:: 14/626,015

Assignee:: United States Council For Automotive Research, LLC (Southfield, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
B29C70/12 - using fibres of short length, e.g. in the form of a mat {

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
B29K2105/12 - of short lengths, e.g. chopped filaments, staple fibres or bristles
B29K2307/04 - Carbon

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B65 - CONVEYING B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
B65H2701/31 - Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
B65H2701/38 - Thread sheet, e.g. sheet of parallel yarns or wires
B65H51/005 - Separating a bundle of forwarding filamentary materials into a plurality of groups

D - TEXTILES D01 - NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES D01D - MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
D01D11/02 - Opening bundles to space the threads or filaments from one another

D - TEXTILES D01 - NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES D01G - PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING
D01G1/04 - by cutting

D - TEXTILES D02 - YARNS D02J - FINISHING OR DRESSING OF FILAMENTS, YARNS, THREADS, CORDS, ROPES OR THE LIKE
D02J1/18 - Separating or spreading

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T428/2913 - Rod, strand, filament or fiber
Y10T428/2975 - Tubular or cellular

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-020R22910

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2015 Feb 19

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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