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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1984
G Robert Traut, Danielson, CT (US);
Rogers Corporation, Rogers, CT (US);
Abstract
A radome combines low dielectric constant and dissipation factor at microwave frequencies with mechanical strength and rigidity as well as resistance to ablation and rain erosion at hypersonic velocities in the range of Mach 4 to 6. Continuous filament glass fabric and/or strand is saturated with PTFE dispersion. Layers are applied to a mandrel and cold isostatically pressed. The pressed layer may be machined between applications and subsequent pressings. After all layers are applied and pressed, optionally including an outer ablation resistant random fiber reinforced PTFE composite, the densified structure is heat cycled above the crystalline melt point of the polymer to maximize mechanical properties.