E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

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James R Layton

Herbert G Lauterbach

Richard K Okine

David H Edison

Thomas E Armiger

Dustin Stetson Adams

Frederick C Field, Jr

A coating of a viscous lubricant applied prior to stretch-breaking permits forming slivers of stretch-broken carbon fibers. When an anti-static ingredient is added to the viscous lubricant cohesive slivers of stretch-broken glass fibers can be formed. Composites of matrix resin reinforced with these slivers exhibit high strength, tensile stiffness, and good formability.

Composites of stretch broken aligned fibers of carbon and glass

Comosites of stretch broken aligned fibers of carbon and glass

A coating of a viscous lubricant applied prior to stretch-breaking permits forming slivers of stretch-broken carbon fibers. When an anti-static ingredient is added to the viscous lubricant cohesive slivers of stretch-broken glass fibers can be formed. composites of matrix resin reinforced with these slivers exhibit high strength, tensile stiffness, and good formability.

A zero twist, staple fiber yarn of good strength, outstanding cleanness and good uniformity is produced from continuous filaments by a direct spinning process followed by entangling to a pin count of less than 50 millimeters. Filaments of less than 70 percent break elongation are stretch broken to fibers having an average length of 18 to 60 centimeters with at least 5 percent short fibers, at least 1.5 percent long fibers, and 50 to 93.5 percent fibers of lengths between 12.7 and 76 centimeters.

Yarn of entangled fibers

Direct spinning process for stretch-breaking continuous filaments to

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James R Layton