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US 2011/0236519 A1Published application
Auxetic foam manufacturing system
AssigneeGlobal Composites Group Limited
InventorDavid Skertchly
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Abstract
An apparatus for the continuous production of an auxetic foam, comprising a tunnel (17) comprising a compression section with an inlet and an outlet for compressing foam in at least one axis as it moves from the inlet to the outlet, means (13, 14, 15, 16) to propel a foam material through the tunnel (17) from the inlet to the outlet, and heating means to heat foam passing through the compression section (11) to a temperature higher than its glass transition temperature.
Claims10
An apparatus for the continuous production of an auxetic foam, comprising:
- a tunnel comprising a compression section with an inlet and an outlet for compressing foam in at least one axis as it moves from the inlet to the outlet;
- means to propel a foam material through the tunnel from the inlet to the outlet;
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- heating means to heat foam passing through the compression section to a temperature higher than its glass transition temperature.
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