Patents Assigned to Sabic Innovative Plastics South America
  • Patent number: 8066934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of production of polyamide compounds with natural fibers and polyamide compounds with natural fibers, establishes the fact of using natural fiber to obtain a compound with mechanical properties close to the one obtained with inorganic loads by means of continuous process with extrusion and molding by injection process; the processes presented allows the obtainment, by means of injection, of finished products with precise dimensional and complex features; the fact that the compound with natural Curauá fiber presenting suitable mechanical properties combined to a lesser density than the compound with inorganic load is interesting to the automotive industry as vehicles manufactured with lighter parts consume less fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignees: Sabic Innovative Plastics South America, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Inventors: Marco Aurélio de Paoli, Karen Kely Godoi Fermoselli, Márcia Aparecida da Silva Spinacé, Paulo Aparecido dos Santos, João Carlos Girioli