Fibre reinforced composite method
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsGregory Elliot Nash, Christopher Dighton
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Abstract
A method of providing a pre-impregnated tape (15), comprising reinforcement fibres (11), for manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts, the method comprising: non-uniformly impregnating (14) an additive composition in and/or on a tape (13), comprising reinforcement fibres, to provide the pre-impregnated tape, wherein the additive composition comprises a resin and an additive.
Claims15
A method of providing a pre-impregnated tape suitable for manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts, the method comprising:
- non-uniformly impregnating an additive composition in and/or on a tape to provide the pre-impregnated tape;
- wherein the additive composition comprises a resin and an additive;
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- wherein the tape comprises reinforcement fibres.
An apparatus for providing a pre-impregnated tape suitable for manufacture of fibre-reinforced composite parts, the apparatus comprising:
- an impregnating mechanism configured for non-uniformly impregnating an additive composition in and/or on a tape, comprising reinforcement fibres, to provide the pre-impregnated tape;
- wherein the additive composition comprises a resin and an additive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.