FORMING AND CUTTING TOOL FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20190248063A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16344257

    申请日:2017-10-20

    CPC classification number: B29C51/082 B29C51/32 B29C70/46 B29C70/545 B29C70/56

    Abstract: An article useful as a forming and cutting tool for molding composite material and cutting non-planar edges of molded composite material. The article includes an upper and lower die. The upper die includes an upper pressure pad with an upper shearing edge and an upper mold with a cavity. The lower die includes a lower pressure pad and a lower mold with a core and a lower shearing edge. The upper die is adapted to come into contact with the lower die so that the upper pressure pad and upper mold apply pressure to the lower pressure pad and lower mold to form a composite material blank into a formed composite structure. The upper die is adapted to contact the lower die so that the upper shearing edge bypasses the lower shearing edge to form a non-planar cut in at least a portion of a formed composite.

    Microcapillary Wire Coating Die Assembly

    公开(公告)号:US20210107200A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16464348

    申请日:2017-11-13

    Abstract: Polymeric coatings comprising microcapillary structures are applied to a wire or optic fiber using a wire coating apparatus comprising a die (13) assembly comprising a mandrel assembly (16) comprising: (A) a housing (12) comprising: (1) a housing (12) wire tubular channel extending along (a) the length of the housing (12), and (b) the longitudinal centerline axis of the housing (12); (2) a fluid annular channel encircling the wire tubular channel; (3) a fluid ring (28) in fluid communication with the fluid annular channel, the fluid ring (28) positioned at one end of the housing (12); and (B) a cone-shaped tip having a wide end and a narrow end, the wide end of the tip attached to the end of the housing (12) at which the fluid ring (28) is positioned, the tip comprising: (1) a tip wire tubular channel extending along (a) the length of the tip, and (b) the longitudinal centerline axis of the tip; (2) a tip fluid channel (27) in fluid communication with the fluid ring (28); and (3) one or more nozzles (29A) in fluid communication with the tip fluid channel (27), the nozzles (29A) located at the end and extending beyond the narrow end of the tip; the housing (12) wire tubular channel and the tip wire tubular channel in open communication with one another such that a wire can pass from one to the other in a straight line and without interruption.

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