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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
Gene C. Weedon, Richmond, VA (US);
Charles Paul Weber, Jr., Monroe, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Harding, Midlothian, VA (US);
Gene C. Weedon, Richmond, VA (US);
Charles Paul Weber, Jr., Monroe, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Harding, Midlothian, VA (US);
Integrated Textile Systems, Inc., Monroe, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for the production of films/fibers of UHMWPE below 3 mils and preferably about 2 mils in thickness. The process involves calendering and/or drawing the materials of the prior art under careful tension control at a temperature above the melting point of the UHMWPE material. Before and after subsequent slitting, and/or fibrillation, UV resistance treatments, etc the thin films/fibers thus produced find use in such diverse applications as personal armor, dental floss, and sails for sail boats.