US 12,331,173 B2
Process for producing glass fiber-reinforced composition
Rob Donners, Geleen (NL); and Zahra Fahimi, Geleen (NL)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/609,996
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed May 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063053
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229411, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19174085 (EP), filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235185 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B29B 9/14 (2006.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.01); C08J 5/04 (2006.01); C08J 5/08 (2006.01); B29B 7/90 (2006.01); B29C 48/285 (2019.01)
CPC C08J 5/043 (2013.01) [B29B 9/14 (2013.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.02); C08J 5/08 (2013.01); B29B 7/90 (2013.01); B29C 48/2886 (2019.02); C08J 2323/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer composition comprising
a sheathed continuous multifilament strand comprising at least one first continuous glass multifilament strand having a first filament thickness t1 and at least one second continuous glass multifilament strand having a second filament thickness t2 larger than the first filament thickness t1 and a sheath of a thermoplastic polymer composition provided around the at least one first continuous glass multifilament strand and the at least one second continuous glass multifilament strand, wherein t2 is at least 1 μm larger than t1,
wherein t2 is 5 to 20 μm larger than t1.