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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2001
Henri Hinc, Saint-Beauzire, FR;
Jean-paul Meraldi, Zurich, CH;
Antoine Verdis, Grolley, CH;
Fernand Genoud, Remaufens, CH;
Henri Hinc, Saint-Beauzire, FR;
Jean-Paul Meraldi, Zurich, CH;
Antoine Verdis, Grolley, CH;
Fernand Genoud, Remaufens, CH;
Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A., Givisiez, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing an elongate composite element in undefined lengths, the composite element containing reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix based on a composition containing a curable resin, including a vacuum chamber, rigid-walled inlet tubing, an impregnation chamber, rigid-walled transfer tubing between the vacuum chamber and the impregnation chamber, a sizing die and, downstream of the sizing die, irradiation tubes providing radiation in the ultraviolet-visible spectrum to prepolymerize the resin.