PREPREG

• Main Authors: KUBOTA, ALEXANDER, KUBOTA, AYAKO, KUBOTA, MASANORI, KUBOTA, MUNETAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.09.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; WALL, FLOOR OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM,OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF AFIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULARMATERIAL; WORKING-UP

The present invention relates to a prepreg composite and to a process for manufacturing the prepreg composite. The manufacturing process involves surface treatment and impregnation of a high tenacity fibrous material with a surface treatment agent and a polymer matrix resin material. The fiber may be in the form of a woven, unidirectional or non-woven fabric. The fiber may optionally be coated with a surfactant and/or an adhesion promoter. Prior to treatment, the surface treatment materials may be contained in a dispersion of nano-particles in which each material has a film forming process temperature at a value below the degradation temperature of the fiber. The layers may be applied individually or simultaneously onto the fibers. The coated material is heat dried without compression to form a prepreg composite.