Method of fabricating a loaded powder, and a product made of electrically conductive composite materials
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters
InventorPhilippe Joedicke
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Abstract
A method of fabricating an electrically conductive loaded powder of thermoplastic polymers. The method comprises the steps of making an original powder containing cores made of thermoplastic polymers and of making the loaded powder by using electrically conductive submicrometer filaments and wax, forming a plurality of particulate compounds each comprising one of the cores together with at least one of the filaments and a protective membrane of the wax.
Claims20
A method of fabricating an electrically conductive powder of thermoplastic polymers, the electrically conductive powder of thermoplastic polymers being referred to as a loaded powder, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- making an original powder containing cores of thermoplastic polymers, each of the cores comprising a grain or a flake;
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- making the loaded powder using the original powder together with electrically conductive submicrometer filaments and wax so as to form a plurality of particulate compounds, a smallest dimension of each submicrometer filament being less than one micrometer and greater than or equal to one hundred nanometers, each particulate compound comprising at least one of the cores together with at least one of the filaments and a protective membrane of the wax, each articulate compound having at least one of the filaments and one of the protective membranes arranged around one of the cores.
A method of fabricating an electrically conductive powder of thermoplastic polymers, the electrically conductive powder of thermoplastic polymers being referred to as a loaded powder, wherein the method comprises:
- making an original powder containing cores of thermoplastic polymers, each of the cores comprising a grain or a flake;
- and
- combining the original powder with electrically conductive submicrometer filaments and wax to form a plurality of particulate compounds to form the loaded powder, a smallest dimension of each submicrometer filament being less than one micrometer and greater than or equal to one hundred nanometers, each particulate compound comprising at least one of the cores together with at least one of the filaments and a protective membrane of the wax, each particulate compound having at least one of the filaments and one of the protective membranes arranged around one of the cores.
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