Patent ID: 7560005

Claim:
A process for the manufacture of a fluoropolymer laminate, comprising melt mixing a melt processible fluoropolymer with an LCP having a melting point of at least 15° C. higher than that of said melt processible fluoropolymer; extruding the resultant melt mixture in the form of a sheet in which the LCP is oriented in the fibrous state in the melt processible fluoropolymer in the direction of said extruding, the temperature of said extruding being at least the melting point of said LCP and no greater than about 20° C. above said melting point; overlaying multiple sheets obtained from said extruding in such a way that at least two sheets will have their respective LCP oriented in the fibrous state oriented in different directions; and laminating said multiple sheets together, said laminating being done at a temperature at least equal to the melting point of the fluoropolymer and below the melting point of the LCP.