Honeywell International Inc.

Mark Tallent

Henry Gerard Ardiff

Thomas Y Tam

John Armstrong Young

Ralf Klein

Huy Xuan Nguyen

Lori L Wagner

Thomas Yiu-Tai Tam

Christopher B Miller

David A Hurst

Thomas Y-t Tam

Brian H Waring

Bradley L Grunden

Bradley Grunden

Elongated bodies made from high tenacity polyolefin fibers are provided that are useful as fishing lines, and processes for making the lines. Fibers having tenacities of at least 39 g/denier are braided and fused together to form braided bodies having very small diameters.

High strength small diameter fishing line

Processes for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene ('UHMW PE') filaments and multi-filament yarns, and the yarns and articles produced therefrom. Each process produces UHMW PE yarns having tenacities of 45 g/denier to 60 g/denier or more at commercially viable throughput rates.

High tenacity high modulus UHMWPE fiber and the process of making

Process of making high tenacity, high modulus UHMWPE fiber

High tenacity high modulus UHMW PE fiber and the process of making

Methods for modifying high tenacity fibers without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers. More particularly, methods for modifying fibers with a plasma treatment or a corona treatment without reducing the physical strength properties of the fibers.

Surface treated yarn and fabric with enhanced physical and adhesion properties and the process of making

Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties and retained or improved ballistic penetration resistance properties. The composites are formed from high tenacity fibers having a tenacity of at least about 33 g/denier at ambient room temperature after being modified by a plasma treatment or by a corona treatment, without tenacity loss due to said treatments.

High performance ballistic composites and method of making

Colored monofilament ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin lines, and methods of making such colored lines are disclosed. The colorant can result in a product that provides a visual indication of metered length. When the colorant has a luminescent response to ultraviolet or infrared light, a line can change color based on the environmental conditions to which it is exposed. Methods of making the line can include feeding a substantially untwisted multifilament ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin yarn; coating the substantially untwisted multifilament yarn with at least one colorant; twisting the coated multifilament yarn; and heating the twisted multifilament yarn to a temperature and for a time sufficient to at least partially fuse adjacent filaments together while stretching the yarn.

Colored lines and methods of making colored lines

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Midlothian, VA, United States of America

Mark Tallent