US Patent Issued to Shocker Composites on March 25 for "System and method for converting recycled carbon fiber into densified fibers" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,743, issued on March 25, was assigned to Shocker Composites LLC (Wichita, Kan.).

"System and method for converting recycled carbon fiber into densified fibers" was invented by Vamsidhar Patlolla (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for densification of recycled pre-preg fibers may include a cutting device configured to receive the recycled pre-preg fibers having various lengths, and cut the recycled pre-preg fibers to produce cut fibers having a desired length, and a mixer configured to mix wetted, cut fibers to generate bound fibers having an increased bulk density relative to a bulk density of the cut fibers."

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