Method of manufacturing molded articles

Method for manufacturing a molded article, for use, for example as a fluid filter or as a preform for a structural composite, is prepared from a batt of nonwoven structural fibers and a binder material, such as binder fibers or a thermoresponsive resin. The batt is stabilized by exposing it to a tem...

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Hauptverfasser:	FARLEY, RADCLIFFE W, TWILLEY, IAN C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING BRAIDING CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COTTON-WOOL FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING KNITTING LACE-MAKING MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL METALLURGY NON-WOVEN FABRICS ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS SEPARATION SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TEXTILES THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING TRIMMINGS WADDING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	Method for manufacturing a molded article, for use, for example as a fluid filter or as a preform for a structural composite, is prepared from a batt of nonwoven structural fibers and a binder material, such as binder fibers or a thermoresponsive resin. The batt is stabilized by exposing it to a temperature slightly below the melting point of the binder material, so that the binder material becomes tacky and bonds the fiber materials at the surface of the batt. By exposing the batt to the heat for only a few seconds, only the binder material at the surface of the batt bonds the structural fibers; the structural fibers within the batt remain unbonded. Accordingly, the batt is "skinned", so that it is stiff enough to be handled, but is still flexible enough that it can be molded into complex shapes. The molding is effected in a mold in which heated air is drawn through the batt to force it to assume the contours of the mold.