Patent ID: 11904502
Assignee: TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A system for debundling fiber tow into chopped fibers according to the process of claim 1 comprising:
one or more reels of fiber tow;
a cutting element comprising a blade configured to receive the fiber tow to form chopped fiber from the one or more reels of fiber tow that are introduced into a rotating tube having a gas flow to form a plasma in vortex while the chopped fiber is being debundled;
a moving belt positioned under the rotating tube to collect the chopped fiber exiting the tube under gravity;
a dispenser positioned along the moving belt for applying one of a siliane or a silisequioxane additive to the chopped fiber to form treated chopped fibers; and
a treatment chamber that receives the treated chopped fibers.