Patent ID: 7011774

Claim:
A method for producing an optical fiber cable composite structural component, the composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix containing a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer dispersed therein, the method comprising the steps of: providing a thermoplastic polymer matrix melt stream; providing a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt stream; dividing the thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt stream into a plurality of thermotropic liquid crystalline melt streams; injecting the plurality of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt streams into the thermoplastic polymer matrix melt stream to form a composite melt stream comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix melt stream containing a plurality of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt streams dispersed therein; passing said composite melt stream through a static mixer to subdivide and draw down the individual liquid crystalline polymer melt streams; extruding the composite melt stream through a die to form the optical fiber cable composite structural component.