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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Randall Jay Brown, Puyallup, WA (US);
Semen Kharchenko, Taylor, MI (US);
Harry D. Coffee, Aurora, OH (US);
Icheng Huang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Randall Jay Brown, Puyallup, WA (US);
Semen Kharchenko, Taylor, MI (US);
Harry D. Coffee, Aurora, OH (US);
Icheng Huang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Milgard Manufacturing Incorporated, Tacoma, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a pultruded component includes providing a plurality of fiber tows each formed of a plurality of fibers. The method also includes providing a first chamber and a second chamber for wetting the plurality of fiber tows with a polymeric resin precursor. The method further includes pulling the plurality of fiber tows through a first chamber to wet their exterior surfaces with the polymeric resin precursor, pulling the plurality of fiber tows through a second chamber to wet the plurality of fibers within each tow, and pulling the wetted plurality of tows and fibers through a curing die to form the pultruded component.