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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
May. 01, 1991
Donald G Baird, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ashish Sukhadia, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for blending polymeric materials includes the steps of producing a melt stream of a first polymer from a first extruder (12) and a separate melt stream of a second polymer from a second extruder (14), joining the melt streams at a T-junction (16), distributing the first polymer within said second polymer using a static mixer (10), and extruding the blend through a die (18). In particular, using this method liquid crystal polymer fiber reinforcement can be formed in-situ within a matrix material.