SAFIRE Presentation to Ametex
July 2nd, 1987
Presentation to Ametex AG
S F Bush, Prosyma Research Ltd
Introduction: Basis of the SAFIRE Idea
- To use Polymer flow to assemble the filaments into a coherent reinforcing structure upstream of the extrusion die or mould.
- To protect filaments from breakage by separating them from their strands only after they have passed through the extruder of injection moulding machine.
- To make the long fibre compound in granule form so that fibre length can be readily adjusted to applications and so that the granule matches the fibre management units.