CPC B29B 7/905 (2013.01) [B29B 9/14 (2013.01); B29B 9/16 (2013.01); B29B 13/08 (2013.01); B29B 15/08 (2013.01); B29C 66/028 (2013.01); B29C 70/08 (2013.01); B29C 70/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); D04H 1/4242 (2013.01); D06M 10/025 (2013.01); B29B 2009/163 (2013.01); B32B 2310/14 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A system for forming a blended fiber mat comprising:
two or more reels of different types of fiber tow;
a vortex chamber configured as a tube, said tube housing a cutting system configured to receive the two or more types of fiber tow to form chopped fiber from the two or more reels of fiber tow;
a pressurized gas flow directed into said vortex chamber having both rotary and vertical flow components that form a vortex within said vortex chamber, said cutting system is disposed above the vortex; and
a moving belt positioned under the tube to collect the chopped fiber exiting the tube under gravity.
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