摘要 |
<p>In a process for making a heat-recoverable article by embedding a fabric (1), mesh or the like made of strands of polymeric material extending in one direction and strands of essentially non-deformable material extending transversely thereto in a matrix (2) of polymeric material, a fabric, mesh or the like of filaments (3) of a thermoplastic extending in the intended direction of stretching or shrinking, and filaments (4) of an essentially non-deformable material extending transversely thereto is embedded in a polymer matrix. Then the polymer matrix (2) is crosslinked and subsequently the article is heated to a temperature above the crystalline melting point of the polymer matrix, stretched at this temperature in the direction of the filaments (3) made of thermoplastic and cooled in the stretched state. …<IMAGE>… </p> |