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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Eduard Aarts van den Berg, Woensdrecht, NL;
Christian Maria Emile Bailly, Altamont, NY (US);
Johannes Everardus Fortuyn, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Marinus Cornelis Adriaan van der Ree, Sint-Philipsland, NL;
Robert Walter Venderbosch, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Frits Jan Viersen, Roosendaal, NL;
Gerrit de Wit, Ossendrecht, NL;
Hua Wang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sadhan C. Jana, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew Jay Salem, Albany, NY (US);
Joel Matthew Caraher, Delanson, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing a polymer composition useful as a prepreg comprises (a) melt-mixing at least one thermoplastic polymer above the glass transition temperature or melt temperature of the thermoplastic polymer with either (i) an uncured epoxy resin or (ii) an epoxy curing agent or a catalyst; (b) melt-mixing above the glass transition temperature or melt temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, the other of (i) an uncured epoxy resin or (ii) an epoxy curing agent or a catalyst to form a substantially uncured but essentially curable and/or polymerizable composition; (c) optionally forming a shaped product from the melt-mixed composition of (b); and (d) fast-curing and/or fast-polymerizing the optionally formed shaped product.