Textile reinforcement that can be used for the production of composite parts by pultrusion, including a central layer made from glass fibre segments and polyester, and in which, in the central layer, the glass fibre segments are enrobed with polyester, the central layer including a central reinforcement core surrounded by the glass fibre segments enrobed with polyester, at least one fibre-web surface layer forming one of the external faces of the textile reinforcement.

A method and apparatus for manufacturing a filler for a composite structure. The apparatus may comprise a filler. The filler may comprise a fiber matrix that is uniform in all directions. The fiber matrix may comprise a first plurality of discontinuous filaments and a second plurality of discontinuous filaments. Each filament of the first plurality of discontinuous filaments may be comprised of a stiffening material. Each filament of the second plurality of discontinuous filaments may be comprised of a binding material. Discontinuous filaments of both the first plurality of discontinuous filaments and the second plurality of discontinuous filaments may be randomly oriented and entangled with each other.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for producing a moulded component, for example a component for an automobile, having at least two unidirectional fibre portions. The unidirectional fibre portions are joined together at nodal points in a first step to produce a network of unidirectional fibres with over-moulded nodal points. The network of unidirectional fibres with over-moulded nodal points is then placed in a large mould tool along with a second moulding material. The large mould tool is then closed to produce a part that comprises the network of unidirectional fibres embedded within the second moulding material.

A reinforcing article (10, 100, 200) includes a porous substrate layer (105, 205) and a plurality of parallel first continuous fiber elements (12, 114, 212) spaced apart from each other and extending along a first direction and fixed to the porous substrate (105, 205). Each first continuous fiber element (12, 114, 212) includes a plurality of parallel and co-extending continuous fibers (22, 122, 222) embedded in a thermoplastic resin (24, 124, 224).

A molded object includes: a first layer formed using a fiber-reinforced resin material including thermoplastic resin and strip-shaped reinforcement fiber bundles each composed of a plurality of reinforcement fibers aligned unidirectionally, the strip-shaped reinforcement fiber bundles being three-dimensionally and randomly stacked; and a second layer made of a fiber-reinforced resin material including thermoplastic resin and reinforcement fibers of filaments, and formed on at least one surface of the first layer.

A composite structure including a composite body having an outer surface, wherein the composite body is elongated along a span axis, and a detection layer connected to the outer surface of the composite body, the detection layer including a plurality of strips, wherein each strip comprises a plurality of glass fibers embedded in a matrix material, is elongated along a detection axis, the detection axis being substantially aligned with the span axis, and is spaced a non-zero distance apart from adjacent strips such that a discontinuity is defined between adjacent strips.

The invention is directed to a vehicle pneumatic tire wherein strengthening plies are provided with steel cords running parallel to one another. The belt plies can be used, as isolated electrically conductive plates, for supplying electricity to electrical consumers such as sensors and actuators installed in the tire. Adjacent belt plies can be connected by puncture sensors to be able to identify damage to the belt caused by metallic parts penetrating from the outside, such as nails, on the basis of a change in the electrical resistance.

The present invention pertains to a method for producing a long-fiber composite in which a fiber bundle is impregnated with a non-Newtonian resin. More specifically, the present invention pertains to a method for producing a thermoplastic long-fiber composite, wherein the efficiency of a non-Newtonian resin impregnation process is improved using Equation 1 representing the correlation between the penetration pressure, effective viscosity, transverse permeability, and average penetration velocity of the non-Newtonian resin, and the thickness of the fiber bundle.

A method for forming a composite component, comprising: locating a rigid composite element comprising a matrix interspersed with long fibre reinforcement in a mould that is shaped to define a cavity about the rigid element; loading a material comprising a matrix precursor interspersed with short fibre reinforcement into the cavity; and curing the matrix precursor.

The present invention relates to a method of molding a component (1) having one or more features (5). At least one fibrous substrate (7) is located in a mold (31, 33). A matrix-forming material (29) is also provided in the mold (31, 33). Heat is applied to melt the matrix-forming material (29) to form a matrix (9) and to integrally mold said one or more features (5).