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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Johns Manville, Denver, CO (US);
Mingfu Zhang, Englewood, CO (US);
Asheber Yohannes, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael Block, Centennial, CO (US);
Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Nuremberg, DE;
Daniel P De Kock, Assenede, BE;
Jawed Asrar, Englewood, CO (US);
Johns Manville, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present technology may include a method of making a thermoplastic composite strand. The method may include melting a reactive thermoplastic resin to form a molten reactive resin. The method may also include fully impregnating a plurality of continuous fibers with the molten reactive resin in an impregnation device. The method may further include polymerizing the molten reactive resin to form a thermoplastic resin matrix. In addition, the method may include cooling the thermoplastic resin matrix to form a thermoplastic composite strand.