SMC manufacturing method

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PATENT NO 12179388
APP PUB NO 20220347890A1
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17865288

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Provided is a useful improvement in a manufacturing method of a CF-SMC using a partially split continuous carbon fiber bundle. The manufacturing method of an SMC of the present invention includes (i) a step of drawing out a continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) from a package, the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) having a filament number of NK and partially split into n sub-bundles in advance, (ii) a step of chopping the continuous carbon fiber bundle (10) drawn out from the package with a rotary cutter (234) into chopped carbon fiber bundles (20), and (iii) a step of depositing the chopped carbon fiber bundles (20) on a carrier film (41) traveling below the rotary cutter (234) to form a carbon fiber mat (30). In the manufacturing method, due to a fragmentation processing, in which at least some of the chopped carbon fiber bundles before being deposited on the carrier film (41) are fragmented by being brought into contact with a rotating body, a distribution of the filament number of the chopped carbon fiber bundles in the carbon fiber mat (30) is made different from that when the fragmentation processing is not performed.

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MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION1-1 MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008251 ?1008251

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Kanehagi, Junji Tokyo, JP 16 20
Mizutori, Yukihiro Tokyo, JP 24 35
Samejima, Tadao Tokyo, JP 28 61
Watanabe, Yasushi Tokyo, JP 204 2847

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