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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
Daniel Hüsler, Zürich, CH;
Andreas Rüegg, Zürich, CH;
Daniel Hüsler, Zürich, CH;
Andreas Rüegg, Zürich, CH;
Weber Technology AG, Kuesnacht, CH;
Abstract
The method enables the series production of light structural components out of long-fiber thermoplastic material (LFT) with integrated continuous fiber (CF)-reinforcements in a single stage LFT-pressing step. In this, CF-tapes () are melted open and transferred into a profile tool () of a CF-profile forming station (), there are pressed for a short time period and shaped into the required CF-profile (). In doing so, by means of contact with the thermally conditioned profile tool () on the profile surface () a shock-cooled, dimensionally stable, thin casing layer () is formed and the inside of the CF-profile remains melted. Following a defined short shock-cooling period (ts), the CF-profile () is transferred into an LFT-tool () and pressed together with an introduced molten LFT-mass (). In doing so, the casing layer () is melted open again on the surface () and is thermoplastically bonded together with the surrounding LFT-mass.