Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a pre-impregnated fibrous material comprising a continuous fibre fibrous material and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, characterized in that said pre-impregnated fibrous material is made of a single unidirectional ribbon or a plurality of parallel ribbons unidirectional and in that said method comprises an impregnation step, in particular at the core, of said fibrous material being in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings by said thermoplastic polymer being in powder form, said step of impregnation being carried out with said at least one thermoplastic polymer and said fibrous material the D90/D10 ratio of which by volume of the thermoplastic polymer particles ranges from 1.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an impregnated fibrous material including a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, the method including pre-impregnating the fibrous material while it is in the form of a roving or several parallel rovings with the thermoplastic material and heating the thermoplastic matrix for melting, or maintaining in the molten state, the thermoplastic polymer after pre-impregnation, the at least one heating step being carried out by means of at least one heat-conducting spreading part (E) and at least one heating system, with the exception of a heated calendar, the roving or the rovings being in contact with part or all of the surface of the at least one spreading part (E) and partially or wholly passing over the surface of the at least one spreading part (E) at the level of the heating system.

Abstract: A method for preparing composite parts, including a step of depositing at least one band of fibrous material impregnated with a thermoplastic polymer on a substrate, by means of a main heating system selected from the following two systems: a preheating system (1) and a heating system (2), in combination with at least one secondary heating system selected from: a heating system (3), a post-heating system (4), a heating system (5), and a preheating system (6), or by means of the two main heating systems (1) and (2), the substrate being previously devoid of any deposited band or comprising at least one band n?1 of said fibrous material, the thermoplastic polymer being amorphous, with a Tg such that Tg?80° C., or semicrystalline, with a Tm?150° C.

Abstract: A multilayer structure which is chosen from among a tank, a pipe or a tube and intended for transporting, distributing or storing liquid hydrogen, the structure including a sealing layer in contact with the liquid hydrogen, the sealing layer including a composition which includes a polymer P1 which is polychlorotrifluoroethylene and at least one second layer located above the sealing layer, the second layer being a composite reinforcing layer of a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers impregnated with a composition mainly including at least one thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer P2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mould.

Abstract: A composition including at least one polyamide polymer obtained from at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer including at least one chain extender (PA1-All1-PA1), the polyamide polymer being prepared at a temperature T1 no lower than the temperature melting temperature or glass transition temperature of the polymer and having a mean molecular weight Mn1. The composition has a melt viscosity which can be modulated according to the temperature to which the composition is exposed, wherein the temperature is between T2 and T3, T2 and T3 being higher than T1, and the melt viscosity ?2 or ??3 observed at the temperature T2 or T3, respectively, being lower than the melt viscosity ?2 or ?3 of the polyamide polymer, which does not include a chain extender and has the same mean molecular weight Mn1(PA1) observed at the same temperature T2 or T3. The composition includes one or more polyamides.

Abstract: The use of a composition including a mixture of at least one non-reactive thermoplastic polymer of Tg >40° C., especially >100° C., in particular >120° C., and at least one reactive thermoplastic prepolymer, with a fibrous material, for the preparation of a fibrous material impregnated with the composition, the composition having an initial melt viscosity during the impregnation, as measured in plate-plate rheology under 1 Hz and 2% strain, at a temperature of 300° C., of less than the viscosity of the same composition devoid of reactive prepolymer, measured under the same conditions, and/or a ductility, after in situ polymerization of the reactive thermoplastic prepolymer in the composition during the impregnation and after the impregnation, that is at least equivalent to the ductility of the same composition devoid of non-reactive thermoplastic polymer, and of which said reactive thermoplastic prepolymer is polymerized to the same number-average molecular mass (Mn).

Abstract: A composition including at least one polyamide polymer obtained from at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer including at least one chain extender (PA1-All1-PA1), the polyamide polymer being prepared at a temperature T1 no lower than the temperature melting temperature or glass transition temperature of the polymer and having a mean molecular weight Mn1. The composition has a melt viscosity which can be modulated according to the temperature to which the composition is exposed, wherein the temperature is between T2 and T3, T2 and T3 being higher than T1, and the melt viscosity ?2 or ??3 observed at the temperature T2 or T3, respectively, being lower than the melt viscosity ?2 or ?3 of the polyamide polymer, which does not include a chain extender and has the same mean molecular weight Mn1(PA1) observed at the same temperature T2 or T3. The composition includes one or more polyamides.

Abstract: A web of impregnated fibrous material(s) including N individual tapes of fibrous material(s) stacked and/or joined in relation to one another, in which said N tapes adhere to each other and can overlap at least partially. The tapes of fibrous material(s) include continuous fibers impregnated with at least one thermoplastic polymer, and optionally a chain extender. The web has a surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, S, that is substantially equal to the sum of the surface, in cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the fibers, of each initial individual tape, denoted Sth, Sth being equal to N×l×Ep, wherein l represents the average width of a tape and Ep represents the average thickness of a tape, N being between 2 and 2000, and the average thickness of each individual tape being less than or equal to 150 ?m.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one impregnated fibrous material including a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer, the method including a step of impregnating the at least one fibrous material in a pultrusion head by injecting a reactive composition in the melt state including at least one precursor of the thermoplastic polymer in the presence of the fibrous material, the at least one fibrous material on entry into the pultrusion head being divided in its thickness into layers, with each layer circulating in its own channel within the pultrusion head, the reactive composition being injected into each channel and/or between the layers when they are recombined at the exit from each channel, the channel being heated, in which the precursors of the thermoplastic polymer are at least partly polymerized.

Abstract: A thin-walled mold and a method for manufacturing a part made of composite material, the material including reinforcing fibers and a polymer matrix, the method including the following consecutive steps: installing, in a matrix mounted on a press, a closed thin-walled mold in which reinforcing fibers have been arranged; closing the press; injecting a polymer or a reactive composition including at least one prepolymer, at least one monomer or a mixture thereof, in the molten state, into the closed thin-walled mold; keeping the press closed during all or part of the polymerisation of the polymer matrix when a reactive composition is used; opening the press and removing the thin-walled mold from the press, while maintaining a residual pressure of between 0.7 and 10 bar, preferably between 0.7 and 5 bar, inside the mold; and cooling the mold under said residual pressure.

Abstract: A multilayer structure selected from a reservoir, a pipe or a tube, for transporting, distributing or storing hydrogen, including, from the inside to the outside, at least one sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcing layer, the innermost composite reinforcing layer being welded to the outermost adjacent sealing layer, the sealing layers including at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, the Tm of which is less than 280° C., wherein the at least one thermoplastic polymer of each sealing layer may be the same or different, and at least one of the composite reinforcing layers being of a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers impregnated with a composition of at least one thermoplastic polymer P2j, the thermoplastic polymer P2j having a Tg greater than the maximum temperature of use of said structure (Tu), with Tg?Tu+20° C., Tu being greater than 50° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a preimpregnated fibrous material containing a fibrous material made of continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, wherein the preimpregnated fibrous material is produced as a single unidirectional tape or of a plurality of parallel unidirectional tapes and wherein the process includes a step of impregnating, in particular fully and homogeneously, the fibrous material that is in the form of a roving or of several parallel rovings with the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix that is in powder form, the impregnating step being carried out by a dry route in a tank and the control of the amount of the at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix in said fibrous material being achieved by control of the residence time of said fibrous material in the powder, with the exclusion of any electrostatic process with intentional charging.

Abstract: A multilayer structure for transporting or storing gas or for exploiting oil or gas deposits under the sea, including, from the inside to the outside, at least one sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcing layer, the innermost composite reinforcing layer being welded to the outermost adjacent sealing layer, the sealing layers of a composition including at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, the Tm of which is less than 280° C., wherein at least one of the composite reinforcing layers of a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers impregnated with a composition including at least one thermoplastic polymer, the thermoplastic polymer having a Tg greater than the maximum temperature of use of the structure (Tu), with Tg?Tu+20° C., Tu being greater than 50° C., and a multilayer structure selected from a reservoir, a pipe or a tube for transporting or storing hydrogen being excluded.

Abstract: Manufacture of a pre-impregnated fibrous material which contains continuous fibers and a thermoplastic matrix, the material being made as a plurality of unidirectional parallel ribbons or sheets, and the method involving a step of pre-impregnating, in dry conditions, N parallel strands divided into X groups of Ni strands, by the thermoplastic matrix in powder form in a tank, ?Ni=N et X 3, one thereof from each series being immersed in the powder, each group of strands running on the same number Y of tensioning parts, and the parallel strands being separated by a spacing at least equal to the width of each strand.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an impregnated fibrous material comprising at least one continuous-fiber fibrous material in the form of a roving or a plurality of parallel rovings and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix, characterized in that said at least one thermoplastic polymer is an amorphous or semi-crystalline polymer having a glass transition temperature such that Tg?40° C., especially Tg?100° C., in particular ?120° C., the fiber content of said impregnated fibrous material being from 45 to 65% by volume, preferably from 50 to 60% by volume, especially from 54 to 60% by volume, the number-average molecular mass Mn of said thermoplastic polymer being from 11,000 to 25,000 g/mol, the melt viscosity of said thermoplastic polymer being from 80 to 1500 Pa·s, as measured by plane-plane rheology at 1 Hz and 2% deformation, at a temperature of Tg+220° C.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a material including a fibrous material with continuous fibres and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, the material being produced as a unidirectional band, the method including a step of pre-impregnation of a strand of the fibrous material by the matrix in powdered form, the pre-impregnation step being carried out in a fluidised bed including a grooved roller component, the strand being in contact with the surface of the roller component and including up to 0.1% by weight of sizing, the matrix rate being controlled by controlling the dwell time in the powder and by constantly controlling the tension of the strand when it is introduced into the fluidised bed.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a continuous fiber material and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, the material being made from a unidirectional tape, the method comprising a step of pre-impregnating a roving of the material with the matrix and a step of melting the matrix, the melting step being carried out by means of a heat-conducting tension device and a heating system, the tension device being thermostatically controlled at a temperature, for a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, from Tc?30° C. to Tf+50° C., and, for an amorphous polymer, from Tg+50° C. to Tg+250° C., the roving running over the surface of the tension device in the heating system, and the porosity rate in the material being less than 10%.

Abstract: Manufacture of a pre-impregnated fibrous material which contains continuous fibers and a thermoplastic matrix, the material being made as a plurality of unidirectional parallel ribbons or sheets, and the method involving a step of pre-impregnating, in dry conditions, N parallel strands divided into X groups of Ni strands, by the thermoplastic matrix in powder form in a tank, ?Ni=N et X 3, one thereof from each series being immersed in the powder, each group of strands running on the same number Y of tensioning parts, and the parallel strands being separated by a spacing at least equal to the width of each strand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of thermoplastic composite materials. Specifically, the invention relates to a fluorinated, flame-retardant thermoplastic composition, to the prepreg prepared from said composition, to the composite material containing said prepreg, to the methods enabling manufacture, and to the uses of said material. The invention also relates to the use of a thermoplastic prepreg for manufacturing fire-resistant composite materials.