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Clark-schwebel, Inc.

Clark-schwebel Fiber Glass Corp.

Dennis J Vaughan

C George Herschdorfer

John H Walker

James Easton Hendrix

James Lee Rakes

A film having a width of at least about one foot as defined by the cross machine direction thereof and a substantially uniform average thickness of less than about 10 mils is formed of a crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin polymer, a crosslinking agent, and preferably a flame retardant. The film can be combined with a suitable substrate to form a prepreg or coated substrate, and the prepreg or coated substrate can be subsequently treated under conditions to crosslink the olefin polymer and to form a rigid composite structure. The composite structure is particularly useful for printed circuit board applications.

Crosslinkable polymeric coatings and films and composite structures

A process of producing reinforced laminates from crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin polymer material. In the process, a normally solid, high molecular weight crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin polymer containing a catalyst which reacts with and effects crosslinking of the polymer and which has a decomposition temperature above the melting temperature of the polymer, is heated to a molten state at a temperature above the polymer melting temperature but below the catalyst decomposition temperature. A continuous nonreinforced sheet is then formed from the molten polymer at a temperature below the decomposition temperature and is applied to at least one surface of a substrate to form a laminate. The laminate is then heated under pressure to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the catalyst to effect substantially complete crosslinking of the polymer and is cooled to a temperature below the polymer melting temperature to a self-supporting state to fix the shape of the laminate.

Reinforced laminates produced from crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin

A process for producing reinforced laminates from crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin polymer material. In the process, a normally solid, high molecular weight crosslinkable thermoplastic olefin polymer containing a catalyst which reacts with and effects crosslinking of the polymer and which has a decomposition temperature above the melting temperature of the polymer, is heated to a molten state at a temperature above the polymer melting temperature but below the catalyst decomposition temperature. A continuous nonreinforced sheet is then formed from the molten polymer at a temperature below the decomposition temperature and is applied to at least one surface of a substrate to form a laminate. The laminate is then heated under pressure to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the catalyst to effect substantially complete crosslinking of the polymer and is cooled to a temperature below the polymer melting temperature to a self-supporting state to fix the shape of the laminate.

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Anderson, SC, United States of America

Dennis J Vaughan