CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINES AND METHODS OF CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING A CONSOLIDATED THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL

CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINES AND METHODS OF CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING A CONSOLIDATED THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL

Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone hea...

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Hauptverfasser: CHAREST, Trevor David, COWIN, Aaron Ross, WILKERSON, Randall Dow, SCHELL, Justin Joseph, HICKMAN, Gregory James Schoepen
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
TRANSPORTING
WORKING OF PLASTICS
WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone heating structure. The CCMMs also include a press structure, a demold structure, and a supply structure. The methods include providing a thermoplastic matrix composite material (TMCM) that includes a thermoplastic material to a CCMM. During the providing, the methods also include heating the TMCM within a heat zone of the CCMM, cooling and consolidating the TMCM within a consolidation zone of the CCMM, relaxing stress within the TMCM within a stress relaxation zone of the CCMM, demolding the TMCM within a demold zone of the CCMM at a mold temperature that is greater than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, and periodically compressing the TMCM.