公开(公告)号：US12226942B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US16809071

申请日：2020-03-04

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： Patrick W Albor ,  Roy Joseph Bourcier ,  Eric Hamilton Starns

IPC: B32B3/10 ,  B29C48/00 ,  B29C51/00 ,  B29C51/02 ,  B29C64/165 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C64/194 ,  B29C64/209 ,  B29C64/321 ,  B29C64/336 ,  B29C70/12 ,  B29C70/20 ,  B32B3/14 ,  B32B3/18 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B5/12 ,  B32B5/26 ,  B32B5/28 ,  B32B27/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: The disclosure relates to embodiments of an apparatus for producing polymer composite panels. The polymer composite panels include one or more layers of a polymeric matrix having discontinuous fibers embedded therein. The apparatus has a frame, a deposition bed, and a deposition head configured to move relative to the frame and over the deposition bed. The deposition head includes at least one extruder and a nozzle array. The extruder is configured to force the polymeric matrix and discontinuous fibers through the nozzle array and onto the deposition bed. The deposition head is configured to deposit an entire layer of a polymer composite panel on the deposition bed in a single pass so that the discontinuous fibers are oriented in the direction of the single pass. The disclosure also relates to embodiments of a method of forming a polymer composite panel and to embodiments of a polymer composite panel.