A method for manufacturing an electrically conductive composite material includes obtaining a composite material which includes a thermoplastic matrix and short carbon fibers and is free of carbon nanotubes, preheating a furnace until a predetermined target temperature is reached, inserting the composite material into the preheated furnace once the target temperature has been reached, and heating the composite material in the furnace at the predetermined target temperature which is kept constant for a predetermined duration.

Molding composition, including by weight: (A) from 38 to 79.5% of at least one semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide with the exclusion of PA6 and PA66, (B) from 10 to 20% of carbon fibres, (C) from 10 to 20% of hollow glass beads, (D) from 5.5 to 10% of at least one impact modifier having a flexural modulus of less than 200 MPa, in particular less than 100 MPa, as measured according to standard ISO 178: 2010, at 23° C., and (E) from 0.1 to 1% by weight of at least one additive, the sum of the proportions of each constituent (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E) of the composition being equal to 100%.

Provided is a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article having high dimension stability and low dielectric characteristics. In the glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article, the fiber diameter D of glass fiber included in the glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article is in the range of 5.0 to 15.0 μm, the dielectric constant Dk at a measurement frequency of 1 GHz of the glass fiber is in the range of 4.0 to 7.0, the linear expansion coefficient C of the glass fiber is in the range of 2.0 to 6.0 ppm/K, the number average fiber length L of the glass fiber is in the range of 150 to 400 μm, and the D, Dk, C, and L satisfy the following formula (1):

57.9≤Dk×C.sup.1/4×L.sup.1/2/D.sup.1/4≤70.6  (1)

A method of manufacturing a transport refrigeration unit is provided. The method includes providing an enclosure including an outer layer and a supporter. Providing the enclosure includes supplying one of a first material and a second material to a mold. This also includes supplying the other of the first material and the second material on the one of the first material and the second material that is supplied to the mold. Also, this includes curing the first material and the second material integrally that are supplied to the mold. The first material forms into the outer layer and the second material forms into the supporter. The second material includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers.

A method for making a composite piece comprised of a metal part and a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic part, comprising: providing a metal part with a receiving cavity and a flow guiding channel, the flow guiding channel having an inlet communicating with the receiving cavity and an outlet; introducing molten plastic reinforced with glass fibers into the receiving cavity to fill the receiving cavity and the flow guiding channel and overflows from the outlet to form a flash section; curing the molten plastic to obtain a plastic part; removing unwanted portion of the metal part together with a portion of the plastic part to obtain the composite piece, wherein the glass-fiber-reinforced plastic part includes an exposed surface and glass fibers exposed at the exposed surface are substantially parallel to each other. A metal-plastic composite part prepared by the method and an electronic device housing are also disclosed.

A fibrous material or composite including a plurality of layers joined to one another, for example, by needlepunching, is disclosed. The fibrous composite generally has an asymmetrical stretch profile, such that the fibrous composite is more extensible in the cross-machine direction than in the machine direction. The fibrous composite may find particular use in forming a cure-in-place pipe liner.

A method for producing a component includes incorporating a molding compound into a tool for producing the component, where the molding compound includes an artificial resin as a matrix and a filler material embedded in the matrix. The method includes compressing the molding compound by the tool and by the compressing forming the molding compound to a green product. The method further includes providing the green product while disposed in the tool with a layer in a sub-region by incorporating a liquid material for producing the layer into the tool and applying the liquid material to the sub-region. The liquid material is a metallic material and the layer is an electromagnetic shielding on the green product.

A pipe liner comprising a nonwoven felt, and process for making said nonwoven felt, the nonwoven felt consisting essentially of 0 to 85 weight percent polyester staple fibers and 15 to 100 weight percent para-aramid staple fibers, the nonwoven felt having a basis weight of 250 to 600 grams per square meter and a thickness of 2.0 to 5.0 mm; wherein: 20 to 100 weight percent of the total amount of para-aramid staple fibers are re-purposed para-aramid staple fibers, 0 to 80 weight percent of the total amount of para-aramid staple fibers are crimped virgin para-aramid staple fibers having a uniform cut length, and at least 50 weight percent of the total amount of the combined polyester and para-aramid staple fibers are crimped staple fibers.

A method and apparatus for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects are disclosed. Two or more materials are extruded simultaneously as a composite, with at least one material in liquid form and at least one material in a solid continuous strand completely encased within the liquid material. A means of curing the liquid material after extrusion hardens the composite. A part is constructed using a series of extruded composite paths. The strand material within the composite contains specific chemical, mechanical, or electrical characteristics that instill the object with enhanced capabilities not possible with only one material.

A method of fabricating an article by fused filament fabrication. The method comprises providing a filament (3) comprising a first set RF of reinforcement fibres (300), including a first reinforcement fibre (300A), surrounded, at least in part, with a first polymeric composition (30); forming a first discontinuity (310A) of a first set D1 of discontinuities (310) in the first reinforcement fibre (300A); and depositing the filament (3), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre (300A), comprising softening, at least in part, the first polymeric composition (30) and solidifying the softened first polymeric composition (30); wherein depositing the filament (3), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre 300A, comprises depositing the filament (30), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre (300A), in a first arc (320) of a set of arcs A.