Process for making a treated veil and a product produced by the process
AssigneePrecision Fabrics Group, Inc.
InventorsRichard L. Vockel, Jr., Ladson L. Fraser, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a veil treated with a resin-affecting compound such as a mold release agent, a UV stabilizer, or a UV absorber for use in fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts. Also disclosed is a process for altering the chemical or physical properties of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of: (a) treating a veil with at least one resin-affecting compound, alone or in combination with other resin-affecting compounds; (b) applying the treated veil to a resin; (c) forming an article from said veil and said resin; and (d) curing the article.
Claims15
A process for selectively delivering a composition effective to alter a chemical or physical property of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of:
- (a) treating a veil with at least one compound selected from a mold release agent, an ultraviolet stabilizer, an ultraviolet absorber, a cure promoter, or combinations thereof capable of altering at least one chemical or physical property of the resin;
- (b) applying the treated veil to the resin whereby said compound leaches from the treated veil into the resin permeating and surrounding the treated veil in an amount effective to alter at least one chemical or physical property of the resain;
- (c) forming an article from the resin and the veil;
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- (d) curing the article.
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