Patent ID: 6890476
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B29C,B29K,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material having the fibrous reinforcement encapsulated within a solidified matrix material, comprising: (a) placing into a mold cavity a fibrous reinforcement comprising a plurality of fibers that are bonded together at spaced points by at least one bonding element; (b) injecting into the mold cavity the matrix material or a precursor to the matrix material, in flowable form, to surround the fibrous reinforcement with the matrix material; and (c) solidifying the matrix material to form the composite material, wherein, after (a), at least substantially degrading the bonding element in the course of making the composite material, at the latest upon the solidification of the matrix material.