PROCESS FOR AND POLYMER COMPOSITES OF FLOWABLE POLYMERS WITH SHORT FIBERS AND/OR EXFOLIATED NANOCLAYS

摘要

A process for fabricating a polymer composite of one or more flowable polymers with short fiber inclusions or nanoclay inclusions. The short man-made polymeric fibers or the nanoclay, along with a thermoplastic or elastomeric polymer matrix, are charged into a mixer. The mixer is operated for more than about 400 rotations at a shear rate of at least about 2000 radians/second.