CPC B29C 70/526 (2013.01) [B29C 70/20 (2013.01); B29C 70/52 (2013.01); B29C 70/527 (2013.01); B29C 70/528 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a heater that heats fiber reinforced material to a sticking point temperature of a constituent material of the fiber reinforced material;
a pultrusion die, downstream of the heater, having a channel that enforces a curvature along a length of the fiber reinforced material to form the fiber reinforced material into a preform for a gap filler;
a cooling chamber that places the fiber reinforced material into direct contact with a fluid; and
rollers that form a nip to pull the preform out of the pultrusion die, the nip having a cross-sectional shape of the channel.
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