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US 2015/0017407 A1Published application
Interlayer hot compaction
AssigneePropex Operating Company, LLC
InventorsIan MacMillan Ward, Peter John Hine, Keith Norris
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AssigneePropex Operating Company, LLC
InventorsIan MacMillan Ward, Peter John Hine, Keith Norris
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A process for the production of a polymeric article comprises: (a) forming a ply having successive layers, namely, (i) a first layer made up of strands of an oriented polymer material; (ii) a second layer of a polymeric material; (iii) a third layer made up of strands of an oriented polymeric material, wherein the second layer has a lower peak melting temperature that of the first and third layers; (b) subjecting the ply to conditions of time, temperature, and pressure sufficient to melt a proportion of the fits layer, to melt the second layer entirely, and to melt a proportion of the third layer, and to compact the ply; and (c) cooling the compacted ply. The resultant articles have good mechanical properties yet may be made at a lower compaction temperature than articles not employing the second layer, leading to a more controllable manufacturing process.
A polymeric article having a non-planar shape comprising a compacted ply including at least three layers that is adapted to be subjected to conditions of time, temperature and a single compaction temperature to melt at least 10% but no more than 30% by volume of the first and third layers and substantially all of the second layer wherein the compacted ply is further configured to be subjected to a compaction pressure to form a non-planar article wherein a thickness of the first and third layers individually exceed a thickness of the second layer, and wherein the first and third layers of ply comprise the same type of polymer and the second layer comprises a polymer with the same chemical composition and grade of polymers as the first and third layers with a lower degree of molecular orientation and lower peak melting temperature than that of the first and third layers.
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