Johns Manville

Nicholas Gene Fitzpatrick

Jawed Asrar

Mingfu Zhang

Klaus Friedrich Gleich

Michael John Block

Asheber Yohannes

Derek Cooper Bristol

Christopher Paul Sandoval

Albert Patrick Faulkinbury

Stanislav Kukatin

Bradley Ray Lockwood

Edwing Chaparro-Chavez

Christopher McBride

Matthew Walp

According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.

System for producing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg

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Highlands Ranch, CO, United States of America

Nicholas Gene Fitzpatrick