Composite materials and machines and methods to produce same
AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.
InventorsRakshit AMBA, Lakshmikant Suryakant POWALE
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Abstract
In certain applications it can be desirable to combine a first material having a first set of properties, for example mechanical and physical properties, with a second material having a second set of properties that are different than the first set properties. The combination of the first material and the second material can result in a third material having a third set of properties that include at least some of the first set of properties and at least some of the second set of properties. Composite materials, machines configured to produce composite materials, and methods of manufacturing composite materials are described in the present disclosure.
Claims14
A machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a first mount rotatably coupled to the frame, the first mount configured to receive a roll of a first material;
- a first idler rotatably coupled to the frame, the first idler defining a first diameter of at least six inches;
- a second mount rotatably coupled to the frame, the second mount configured to receive a roll of a second material;
- a laminator coupled to the frame, the laminator configured to secure the first material and the second material relative to each other such that a third material is formed that includes both the first material and the second material;
- a second idler rotatably coupled to the frame, the second idler defining a second diameter at least fourteen inches;
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- a third mount rotatably coupled to the frame, the third mount configured to receive the third material such that a roll of the third material is formed on the third mount.
A method of manufacturing a composite material, the method comprising the steps of:
- unrolling a portion of a first material from a roll of the first material, the roll of the first material being coupled to a first mount of a machine;
- contacting the portion of the first material with at least a portion of a first idler of the machine, the first idler defining an outer diameter that is at least six inches;
- unrolling a portion of a second material from a roll of the second material, the roll of the second material being coupled to a second mount of the machine;
- moving the portion of the first material and the portion of the second material through a laminator concurrently thereby adhering the first material to the second material to form a third material;
- contacting a portion of the third material with at least a portion of a second idler of the machine, the second idler defining an outer diameter that is at least fourteen inches;
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- rolling the portion of the third material onto a roll of the third material, the roll of the third material being coupled to a third mount of the machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.