FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITES WITH LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE REINFORCING FIBRES WHERE AT LEAST SOME OF THE TRANSVERSE FIBRES ARE CURVED AT THEIR ENDS ALONG THE ENDS OF THE PRODUCT

摘要

584657 A fibre reinforced plastic resin product having delamination resistant edges, comprises a substantially flat product made by a pultrusion process including reciprocating consolidation plates 45, 47. The product has longitudinal and transverse reinforcing fibres 53, where at least some of the transverse fibres 53 are curved at their ends along the edge of the product and extend to the vicinity of the centre of the edge as a result of excess resin being forced from between the reciprocating consolidator plates 45, 47 during shaping into a flashing 55 which is later removed.