Arkema France

Essilor International (compagnie Generale D'optique)

Technip France

Dehondt Technologies

Akrema France

Institut De Soudure

Le Pole De Plasturgie De L'est

Gilles Hochstetter

Mathieu Capelot

Thibaut Savart

Michel Glotin

Arthur Pierre Babeau

Patrice Gaillard

Pierre Gerard

Benoît Brule

Thierry Briffaud

Marc Audenaert

Denis Huze

Axel Salinier

François Tanguy

Jean-Pierre Cauchois

Quentin P Pineau

Gilles Francois

Yves Deyrail

Camille Perrin

Lionel Hugon

Anthony Florencie

Ramin Amin-Sanayei

Guillaume Le

Philippe Bussi

Michael Werth

John Biteau

Pierre Nogues

Patrick Dang

Sébastien Taillemite

Thierry Lannuzel

Frédéric Chaput

Jérôme Douce

Frédéric Demanze

Barbara Ramfel

Thomas Fine

Maliha Khusrawy

Edouard Philippe

Guy Dehondt

Henri Perrin

Barbara Wiegert

Thomas Boucheres

Adrian Causier

Lise Deves

Stéphanie Pignoc-Chicheportiche

Thomas Labour

Vincent Palluault

Thibault Savart

Method for manufacturing a material including a fibrous material with continuous fibres and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, the material being produced as a unidirectional band, the method including a step of pre-impregnation of a strand of the fibrous material by the matrix in powdered form, the pre-impregnation step being carried out in a fluidised bed including a grooved roller component, the strand being in contact with the surface of the roller component and including up to 0.1% by weight of sizing, the matrix rate being controlled by controlling the dwell time in the powder and by constantly controlling the tension of the strand when it is introduced into the fluidised bed.

Method for manufacturing a fibrous material pre-impregnated with thermoplastic polymer in a fluidised bed

A multilayer structure selected from a reservoir, a pipe or a tube, for transporting, distributing or storing hydrogen, including, from the inside to the outside, at least one sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcing layer, the innermost composite reinforcing layer being welded to the outermost adjacent sealing layer, the sealing layers including at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, the Tm of which is less than 280° C., wherein the at least one thermoplastic polymer of each sealing layer may be the same or different, and at least one of the composite reinforcing layers being of a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers impregnated with a composition of at least one thermoplastic polymer P2j, the thermoplastic polymer P2j having a Tg greater than the maximum temperature of use of said structure (Tu), with Tg≥Tu+20° C., Tu being greater than 50° C.

Multilayer structure for transporting or storing hydrogen

A composition including at least one polyamide polymer obtained from at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer including at least one chain extender (PA-All-PA), the polyamide polymer being prepared at a temperature Tno lower than the temperature melting temperature or glass transition temperature of the polymer and having a mean molecular weight Mn. The composition has a melt viscosity which can be modulated according to the temperature to which the composition is exposed, wherein the temperature is between Tand T, Tand Tbeing higher than T, and the melt viscosity ηor η'observed at the temperature Tor T, respectively, being lower than the melt viscosity ηor ηof the polyamide polymer, which does not include a chain extender and has the same mean molecular weight Mn(PA) observed at the same temperature Tor T. The composition includes one or more polyamides.

Thermoplastic composition made from a polyamide polymer obtained from a prepolymer and a chain extender and manufacturing method

The present invention relates to an article that comprising recycled thermoplastic polymeric composite material. The thermoplastic polymeric composite material is obtained by in situ polymerization of a thermoplastic resin with a fibrous material. More particularly the present invention relates to a polymeric composite material obtained by in-situ polymerization of a thermoplastic (meth)acrylic resin and a fibrous material containing long fibers and its use, a process for making such a composite material and manufactured mechanical or structured part or article comprising this polymeric composite material, especially wind turbine parts including welded parts and sports equipment.

Composite material via in-situ polymerization of thermoplastic (meth)acrylic resins and its use

A method for manufacturing at least one impregnated fibrous material including a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer, the method including a step of impregnating the at least one fibrous material in a pultrusion head by injecting a reactive composition in the melt state including at least one precursor of the thermoplastic polymer in the presence of the fibrous material, the at least one fibrous material on entry into the pultrusion head being divided in its thickness into layers, with each layer circulating in its own channel within the pultrusion head, the reactive composition being injected into each channel and/or between the layers when they are recombined at the exit from each channel, the channel being heated, in which the precursors of the thermoplastic polymer are at least partly polymerized.

Method for preparing an impregnated fibrous material by reactive pultrusion

A thin-walled mold and a method for manufacturing a part made of composite material, the material including reinforcing fibers and a polymer matrix, the method including the following consecutive steps: installing, in a matrix mounted on a press, a closed thin-walled mold in which reinforcing fibers have been arranged; closing the press; injecting a polymer or a reactive composition including at least one prepolymer, at least one monomer or a mixture thereof, in the molten state, into the closed thin-walled mold; keeping the press closed during all or part of the polymerisation of the polymer matrix when a reactive composition is used; opening the press and removing the thin-walled mold from the press, while maintaining a residual pressure of between 0.7 and 10 bar, preferably between 0.7 and 5 bar, inside the mold; and cooling the mold under said residual pressure.

Method for manufacturing a part made of composite material using a thin-walled mold

An impregnated fibrous material including at least one fibrous material of continuous fibers and: at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer matrix, or at least one reactive thermoplastic prepolymer, which is a precursor of the non-reactive thermoplastic polymer, optionally mixed with a chain extender, wherein the at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer or the reactive prepolymer is an amorphous polymer or prepolymer having a glass transition temperature such that Tg≥80° C., or is a semi-crystalline polymer or prepolymer having a melting temperature Tf≥150° C., the fiber content in the pre-impregnated fibrous material being between 45 and 65 volume %, and the average thickness of the impregnated fibrous material being less than or equal to 100 μm, independently of the number of fibers present in the fibrous material before impregnation.

Fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer having a thickness of less than or equal to 100MM and method for the production thereof

A multilayer structure for transporting or storing gas or for exploiting oil or gas deposits under the sea, including, from the inside to the outside, at least one sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcing layer, the innermost composite reinforcing layer being welded to the outermost adjacent sealing layer, the sealing layers of a composition including at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, the Tm of which is less than 280° C., wherein at least one of the composite reinforcing layers of a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers impregnated with a composition including at least one thermoplastic polymer, the thermoplastic polymer having a Tg greater than the maximum temperature of use of the structure (Tu), with Tg≥Tu+20° C., Tu being greater than 50° C., and a multilayer structure selected from a reservoir, a pipe or a tube for transporting or storing hydrogen being excluded.

Multilayer structure for transporting or storing gas or for exploiting offshore oil deposits under the sea

The present invention concerns an impregnated fibrous material comprising at least one continuous-fiber fibrous material in the form of a roving or a plurality of parallel rovings and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, characterized in that said at least one thermoplastic polymer is an amorphous or semi-crystalline polymer having a glass transition temperature such that Tg≥40° C., especially Tg≥100° C., in particular ≥120° C., the fiber content of said impregnated fibrous material being from 45 to 65% by volume, preferably from 50 to 60% by volume, especially from 54 to 60% by volume, the number-average molecular mass Mn of said thermoplastic polymer being from 11,000 to 25,000 g/mol, the melt viscosity of said thermoplastic polymer being from 80 to 1500 Pa·s, as measured by plane-plane rheology at 1 Hz and 2% deformation, at a temperature of Tg+220° C.

Fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer of optimum molecular mass and viscosity and method for the production thereof

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a pre-impregnated fibrous material comprising a continuous fibre fibrous material and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, characterized in that said pre-impregnated fibrous material is made of a single unidirectional ribbon or a plurality of parallel ribbons unidirectional and in that said method comprises an impregnation step, in particular at the core, of said fibrous material being in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings by said thermoplastic polymer being in powder form, said step of impregnation being carried out with said at least one thermoplastic polymer and said fibrous material the D90/D10 ratio of which by volume of the thermoplastic polymer particles ranges from 1.5 to 50, in particular from 2 to 10 and the ratio of the average diameter by volume (D50) thermoplastic polymer particles on the average diameter of the unit fibres of said fibrous material ranges from 3 to 40, except for an impregnation process in aqueous suspension of a fibrous material made of carbon fibres by a thermoplastic polymer, said D50/mean unit fibre diameter ratio being comprised from 3 to 8, and excluding any electrostatic process in voluntary charge.

Process for manufacturing a fibrous material pre-impregnated with thermoplastic polymer in powder form

A method of manufacturing an impregnated fibrous material including a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, the method including pre-impregnating the fibrous material while it is in the form of a roving or several parallel rovings with the thermoplastic material and heating the thermoplastic matrix for melting, or maintaining in the molten state, the thermoplastic polymer after pre-impregnation, the at least one heating step being carried out by means of at least one heat-conducting spreading part (E) and at least one heating system, with the exception of a heated calendar, the roving or the rovings being in contact with part or all of the surface of the at least one spreading part (E) and partially or wholly passing over the surface of the at least one spreading part (E) at the level of the heating system.

Method for manufacturing a fibrous material impregnated with thermoplastic polymer

The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mould. The present invention concerns also manufacturing process for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles and three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts obtained by this process.

Impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid (meth) acrylic syrup for the impregnation process, its method of polymerization and structured article obtained thereof

A composition including at least one polyamide polymer obtained from at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer including at least one chain extender (PA-All-PA), the polyamide polymer being prepared at a temperature Tno lower than the temperature melting temperature or glass transition temperature of the polymer and having a mean molecular weight Mn. The composition has a melt viscosity which can be modulated according to the temperature to which the composition is exposed, wherein the temperature is between Tand T, Tand Tbeing higher than T, and the melt viscosity &#x3b7;or &#x3b7;'observed at the temperature Tor T, respectively, being lower than the melt viscosity &#x3b7;or &#x3b7;of the polyamide polymer, which does not include a chain extender and has the same mean molecular weight Mn(PA) observed at the same temperature Tor T. The composition includes one or more polyamides.

A web of impregnated fibrous material(s) including N individual tapes of fibrous material(s) stacked and/or joined in relation to one another, in which said N tapes adhere to each other and can overlap at least partially. The tapes of fibrous material(s) include continuous fibers impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer, and optionally a chain extender. The web has a surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, S, that is substantially equal to the sum of the surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, of each initial individual tape, denoted S, Sbeing equal to N&#xd7;l&#xd7;Ep, wherein l represents the average width of a tape and Ep represents the average thickness of a tape, N being between 2 and 2000, and the average thickness of each individual tape being less than or equal to 150 &#x3bc;m.

Web of impregnated fibrous material, production method thereof and use of same for the production of three-dimensional composite parts

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a preimpregnated fibrous material containing a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, wherein the preimpregnated fibrous material is produced as a single unidirectional tape or of a plurality of parallel unidirectional tapes and wherein the process includes a step of impregnating, in particular fully and homogeneously, the fibrous material that is in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings with the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix that is in powder form, the impregnating step being carried out by a dry route in a tank and the control of the amount of the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix in said fibrous material being achieved by control of the residence time of said fibrous material in the powder, with the exclusion of any electrostatic process with intentional charging.

Fluidized-bed process for manufacturing a fibrous material preimpregnated with thermoplastic polymer

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