A composition is made by melt-mixing pellets and a further propylene-based polymer, wherein the pellets are pellets of a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition having a sheathed continuous multifilament strand including a core that extends in the longitudinal direction and a polymer sheath which intimately surrounds said core, wherein the core includes at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, the polymer sheath has a thermoplastic polymer composition containing a polyolefin and having a melt flow index as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16 kg/230 C.) of at least 1.0 dg/min and less than 47 dg/min, wherein the length of the glass filaments in the pellets is substantially the same as the pellet length, and is 10 to 55 mm, wherein the further polyolefin has a melt flow index as measured according to ISO 1133-1:2011 (2.16 kg/230 C.) of less than 20 dg/min.

Pellets of a glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition include a sheathed continuous multifilament strand having a core that extends in the longitudinal direction and a polymer sheath which intimately surrounds said core, wherein the core includes at least one continuous glass multifilament strand, the polymer sheath has a thermoplastic polymer composition including a polyolefin and having a melt flow index as measured according to ISO1133-1:2011 (2.16 kg/230 C.) of at least 1.0 dg/min and less than 20 dg/min, wherein the length of the glass filaments in the pellets is substantially the same as the pellet length, and is 10 to 55 mm, preferably 10 to 40 mm, more preferably 10 to 30 mm and most preferably from 10 to 20 mm.

A method of manufacturing a structural beam comprising an elongate base part comprising a polymer. The base part has a length, a width and a height. The beam also comprises an elongate reinforcement part comprising a strip comprising a unidirectional polymer, bonded to the base part at an outer surface of the base part and extending in the length direction along the length of the base part. The strip has a higher Young's modulus than the base part. The method also relates to a beam and to a building comprising such a beam.

Elastic compression apparatus for loose tube used in fiber optic cables, comprising compression contacts for gripping the loose tube following extrusion, the loose tube being made of a first material having a predefined post-extrusion shrinkage, and the compression contacts being made of a second material, wherein the compression contacts are modified to provide a coefficient of friction between the two materials such that said compression contacts apply a radial pressure and an axial tension to said tube that cause elastic deformation only and do not cause plastic deformation. The tube may be extruded at a line speed rate that is relatively different from the optical fiber line speed rate, and causes elastic extension of the tube over the distance that would be covered by post-extrusion shrinkage.

A thermally conductive rope includes a plurality of tows of crystalline carbon fiber, a plurality of tows of additional fiber, and at least one of a thermoset and thermoplastic.

Straight plastic profiles from a plastics material and a continuous reinforcement are predominantly produced continuously in a strand, usually by the pultrusion method. As the plastic profile is pulled through a mold, only straight plastic profiles are formed in known pultrusion methods. In the production of plastic profiles using semi-finished products or complex fibrous constructions, congestion of the fibrous constructions or of the semi-finished products, and thus solidification of the material, may arise when entering the mold, such that the process has to be stopped. A method and a device for the simple production of individually molded plastic profiles is provided in that the mold is formed from at least two mold parts that in relation to the cross section of the plastic profile are split and are moved in a temporally offset manner counter to a production direction of the plastic profile along a portion of the plastic profile.

A flexible and oblong blade seal for sealing a gap between a door leaf and an adjacent surface includes a flexible outer material and B) a section with the sealing function (the sealing section), in which a barrier of a plurality of substantially parallel metal wires and/or narrow metal strips is embedded in the flexible outer material in such a way, that the wires and/or strips are arranged in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the seal. A method for mounting such seals and a method for producing them.

A tow stabilization method includes applying liquid to a tow having fibers arranged into a non-stabilized spread-out fiber web, applying powder to the web to adhere the powder where liquid was applied, removing powder from where it did not adhere, and fusing the powder remaining on the web to stabilize the fiber arrangement. The liquid may be volatile. The step of fusing may include heating the fiber web. The liquid and/or powder may be selectively applied. Selective application of powder may be used without application of liquid or powder removal. A tow stabilization apparatus includes a liquid applicator, powder applicator, powder remover, and powder fuser. The liquid applicator may include spray nozzles, applicators based on miniature solenoid valves, inkjet printing heads, and roll applicators. The powder remover may include rollers, air blasters, vibrators, sound wave generators, and vacuums. The powder fuser may include heat applicators and chemical reaction initiators.

An improved sucker rod and the method of making is set forth herein. The improved sucker rod is used in well drilling to connect a pump present at a well casing to a motor and drive for a pump present at a well head. The method of making the improved sucker includes coating strands of sucker rod material with a mixture of epoxy and graphene platelets, bonding them together, and then extruding them through a pultrusion machine. The resulting improved sucker rod has increased flexibility, durability, corrosion resistance, and strength.

Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into a conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to drag the filament from the conduit nozzle.