The present invention is a method for manufacturing an optical fiber which includes a resin coating step in which a resin is supplied to a resin coating section via piping, and a glass fiber is passed through the resin coating section such that the resin is coated on the outer circumference of the glass fiber. In the resin coating step, the temperature of the resin inside the piping is measured, and a heating unit provided on the outer circumference of at least some of the piping is controlled such that the temperature of the resin inside the piping reaches a set target temperature; and a viscometer is disposed in between the resin coating section and the piping on which the heating unit is provided, and the set value of the target temperature is adjusted such that the viscosity of the resin measured by the viscometer reaches a target viscosity.

The systems and methods of forming optical fiber coatings with reduced defects include moving a bare optical fiber through first and second coating sub-systems. The first coating sub-system forms a first coating on the bare optical fiber by depositing a first coating material and then curing the deposited first coating material with actinic light. This process also results in the formation of stray actinic light. The process also includes moving the coated optical fiber through a second coating sub-system to form a second coating on the first coating. A light-blocking device resides between the first and second coating sub-systems to block the stray actinic light. Without the light-blocking device, the stray actinic light can enter the second coating sub-system and reach the second coating material therein and form a gel therefrom, which in turn leads to defects in the coated optical fiber exiting the second coating sub-system.

A method and an apparatus for producing a reinforcement mesh. Here, a reinforcement fiber strand is firstly saturated with a resin (H) and cured to form a cured, fiber-reinforced strand material. The strand material present as an endless material is then cut lengthwise into bars, which are then used as longitudinal bars or transverse bars for forming the reinforcement mesh. A connecting material is used at each intersection point between a longitudinal bar and a transverse bar and is dispensed in liquid form at the intersection point or is liquefied and then cured at the intersection point. A fixed connection is thus created between the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars at the intersection points. Between the intersection points, the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars have portions that are free of connecting material.

A method and an apparatus for producing a reinforcement mesh. Here, a reinforcement fiber strand is firstly saturated with a resin (H) and cured to form a cured, fiber-reinforced strand material. The strand material present as an endless material is then cut lengthwise into bars, which are then used as longitudinal bars or transverse bars for forming the reinforcement mesh. A connecting material is used at each intersection point between a longitudinal bar and a transverse bar and is dispensed in liquid form at the intersection point or is liquefied and then cured at the intersection point. A fixed connection is thus created between the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars at the intersection points. Between the intersection points, the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars have portions that are free of connecting material.

A method of forming a metallized minor coating on a light diffusing optical fiber (110) includes contacting an end face (118) of a second end (114) of a light diffusing optical fiber (110) with a metallized mirror precursor. The light diffusing optical fiber (110) includes a first end (112) opposite the second end (114), a core (120), a polymer cladding (122) surrounding the core (120) and coplanar with the core at the end face (118) of the second end (114), an outer surface (128), and a plurality of scattering structures (125) positioned within the core (120), the polymer cladding (122), or both, that are configured to scatter guided light toward the outer surface (128) of the light diffusing optical fiber (110). The method also includes heating the metallized minor precursor such that the metallized mirror precursor bonds to the core (120) and the polymer cladding (122) at the end face (118) of the second end (114) thereby forming a metallized minor coating on the end face (118) of the second end (114).

A method of forming a metallized minor coating on a light diffusing optical fiber (110) includes contacting an end face (118) of a second end (114) of a light diffusing optical fiber (110) with a metallized mirror precursor. The light diffusing optical fiber (110) includes a first end (112) opposite the second end (114), a core (120), a polymer cladding (122) surrounding the core (120) and coplanar with the core at the end face (118) of the second end (114), an outer surface (128), and a plurality of scattering structures (125) positioned within the core (120), the polymer cladding (122), or both, that are configured to scatter guided light toward the outer surface (128) of the light diffusing optical fiber (110). The method also includes heating the metallized minor precursor such that the metallized mirror precursor bonds to the core (120) and the polymer cladding (122) at the end face (118) of the second end (114) thereby forming a metallized minor coating on the end face (118) of the second end (114).

A polyurethane based filament winding resin reaction mixture, a resin bath and a filament winding apparatus are set forth. The reaction mixture comprises an isocyanate component including one or more isocyanates and an isocyanate-reactive component including from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of one of more polyols having a number acerage molecular weight from 50 g/mol to 8,000 g/mol, from 2 wt % to 30 wt % of one or more propane based triols, and from 1 wt % to 15 wt % of one or more trimester-phosphates, based on the total weight of the isocyanate-reactive component. A ratio of a total weight of the one or more propane based triols to a total weight of the one or more trimester-phosphates is between 1.1 and 5.0.

A modified boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) comprising pendant hydroxyl (OH) and amino (NH.sub.2) functional groups covalently bonded to a surface of the BNNT. Aqueous and organic solutions of these modified BNNTs are disclosed, along with methods of producing the same. The modified BNNTs and their solutions can be used to coat substrates and to make nanocomposites.

The invention pertains to the fields of chemistry and mechanical engineering and relates to glass fiber surfaces which are modified without sizing material and silane, which glass fiber surfaces can be further processed into and used as composite materials, for example as reinforcing fiber materials for plastics, and to a method for producing the modified glass fiber surfaces. The object of the present invention is to provide glass fiber surfaces modified without sizing materials and silane, which glass fiber surfaces exhibit improved properties overall and for a further processing into composite materials, and furthermore to provide a simple and cost-effective method for producing glass fiber surfaces modified in such a manner. The object is attained with glass fiber surfaces modified without sizing material and silane, which glass fiber surfaces are at least partially covered at least with a hydrolysis-stable and/or solvolysis-stable cationic polyelectrolyte and/or hydrolysis-stable and/or solvolysis-stable cationic polyelectrolyte mixture and/or with a hydrolysis-stable and/or solvolysis-stable polyelectrolyte complex and coupled to the glass fiber surface via a (polyelectrolyte) complex formation process by means of ionic bonding, with the polyelectrolyte complex A thereby being formed.

The invention pertains to the fields of chemistry and construction and relates to surface-modified glass fiber for reinforcing concrete, such as those which can be used in textile-reinforced concrete (textile concrete), for example. The object of the present invention is to provide surface-modified glass fibers for reinforcing concrete, which glass fibers are at least substantially protected against an alkaline attack caused by the calcium hydroxides released during the cement reaction and/or dissolution and leaching processes generated thereby. The object is attained with surface-modified glass fibers for reinforcing concrete which are at least partially covered at least with a hydrolysis-stable and alkali-resistant cationic polyelectrolyte and/or hydrolysis-stable and alkali-resistant cationic polyelectrolyte mixture and/or with a hydrolysis-stable and alkali-resistant polyelectrolyte complex and coupled to the glass fiber surface via a (polyelectrolyte) complex formation process by means of ionic bonding, with the hydrolysis-stable and alkali-resistant polyelectrolyte complex A thereby being formed, wherein at least one additional (co)polymer at least partially covers the polyelectrolyte complex A and is coupled with the polyelectrolyte A via ionic and/or covalent bonds.