EP1461484B1 - Method and apparatus for producing mineral fibre mat - Google Patents

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EP1461484B1
EP1461484B1 EP02788011A EP02788011A EP1461484B1 EP 1461484 B1 EP1461484 B1 EP 1461484B1 EP 02788011 A EP02788011 A EP 02788011A EP 02788011 A EP02788011 A EP 02788011A EP 1461484 B1 EP1461484 B1 EP 1461484B1
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Erkki Karjalainen
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/42—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties characterised by the use of certain kinds of fibres insofar as this use has no preponderant influence on the consolidation of the fleece
    • D04H1/4209—Inorganic fibres
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/42—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties characterised by the use of certain kinds of fibres insofar as this use has no preponderant influence on the consolidation of the fleece
    • D04H1/4209—Inorganic fibres
    • D04H1/4218—Glass fibres
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/70—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres characterised by the method of forming fleeces or layers, e.g. reorientation of fibres
    • D04H1/74—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres characterised by the method of forming fleeces or layers, e.g. reorientation of fibres the fibres being orientated, e.g. in parallel (anisotropic fleeces)
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
    • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
    • E04B1/76—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to heat only
    • E04B2001/7683—Fibrous blankets or panels characterised by the orientation of the fibres

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a mineral fiber mat wherein the fibers are principally oriented in the thickness direction of the mat, i.e., orthogonal to the horizontal direction of the mat.
  • a mineral wool mat having the above-mentioned properties is produced by changing the predominant fiber orientation of a pressed and cured mineral wool blanket with the help of the so-called lamellation technique so that the blanket-direction oriented fibers become principally oriented in the thickness direction of the mat.
  • a mineral wool mat is fabricated starting from a primary web which is received from a fiber-forming unit that delivers the fibers predominantly oriented in the plane of the web due to the web formation technique employed in the process.
  • the thin primary web is next folded into a layered primary blanket of a desired thickness wherein the predominant fiber orientation still is parallel to the primary blanket plane.
  • This primary blanket is passed to a pressing step including the curing of a binder impregnated into the blanket, whereupon a mineral wool blanket of a desired thickness and density is obtained.
  • the predominant fiber orientation still is parallel to plane of the product.
  • Fiber orientation determines the mechanical strength of the blanket in its different directions. For instance, the compressive strength of the blanket in its thickness direction is low. This property is of importance, e.g., in applications where a mineral wool mat forms the core of load-bearing building component. It is known in the art that the problem caused by the low compressive strength of a mineral wool blanket in its thickness direction can be overcome by recombining the blanket so that the predominant fiber orientation is rotated 90° in respect to the original fiber orientation. This is accomplished by way of cutting the blanket into slabs of a predetermined width that are then rotated 90° about their longitudinal axis and subsequently combined side by side in this new position into a new mineral wool mat later called a lamellar mat. The thus formed mat exhibits high compressive strength in its thickness direction.
  • One prior-art embodiment comprises the steps of cutting the blanket received from the pressing/curing step longitudinally in its travel direction (longitudinal direction) into continuous slabs that are rotated 90° about their longitudinal axis in a continuous process and subsequently combined side by side in their new position into a continuous mineral wool mat.
  • the blanket is cut transversely in regard to its travel direction into a set of slabs having a predetermined transverse length. The principal plane of the set is subsequently rotated 90° in regard to the travel direction of the set thus making the slabs to travel side by side in successive sets.
  • the slabs are individually rotated 90° about their longitudinal axis and combined successively side by side into a lamellar mat, wherein the fibers are predominantly oriented in the thickness direction of the mat.
  • the method is disclosed in patent publication EP A2 1136609 .
  • Another method and apparatus are disclosed in EP-A1-0 000 378 .
  • the position control of the slab rotation about the longitudinal axis thereof is imprecise thus causing a risk of problems in the organization of the slabs in the reoriented mineral wool mat.
  • the reorienting technique according to the invention of a mineral wool web can be applied to a conventionally manufactured mineral wool blanket whose fabrication comprises the step of collecting fibers received from fiberizing units onto a foraminous conveyor into a so-called primary web. This web is subsequently folded into a multilayer blanket having a thickness suitable for the desired end product.
  • the blanket is passed to a pressing/curing step, where the blanket is pressed to a desired thickness and the binder embedded therein is cured by heat.
  • the pressing/curing step of the process line is followed by the cutting of the blanket into slabs.
  • the continuous mineral wool blanket is sheared in its transverse direction into slabs of a predetermined length.
  • the slabs thus obtained are passed in a side-by-side succession into a turning step implemented in accordance with the invention such that the slabs can be rotated about their longitudinal axis.
  • the slabs to be passed to the turning step are fabricated by shearing the mineral wool blanket in its travel direction into longitudinal slabs that are next trimmed transversely in regard to their longitudinal direction into a set of parallel slabs of a predetermined length. Subsequently, the set can be rotated horizontally so as to make it travel in a position oriented orthogonal to the travel direction of the conveyor path thereupon continuing to travel to the slab turning step according to the invention, wherein the slabs are rotated about their longitudinal axis.
  • slabs 1 cut from a continuous mineral wool blanket in a preceding step are received in this embodiment at a turning device 2 from a conveyor 3 in a side-by-side position.
  • the predominant fiber orientation is the same as determined by the preceding formation steps of the mineral wool blanket, i.e., substantially horizontal.
  • the slab turning device includes a turning cassette 4 for rotating the slabs, the cassette being located in the plane of conveyor 3 so as to receive into its entry opening a set of slabs traveling on the conveyor.
  • the turning cassette is shaped to permit therethrough a free passage of the slabs moving tightly side by side in the interior of the cassette.
  • the turning cassette is further arranged to be rotatable from its home position shown in FIG.
  • a curved guide 5 serving to hold the slabs 1 in the turning cassette 4 during its filling and turning steps.
  • both cassettes 4 and 6 are selected such that the slabs 1 can be gravitationally passed in the situation shown in FIG. 2 through both cassettes.
  • An alternative embodiment of the cassettes may be contemplated such that the slabs are passed therethrough with the help of a weak mechanical transferring force.
  • the lower edge of the feed cassette 6 is located slightly higher than the top surface of the slab blanket to be combined onto conveyor 8 from slabs 1' transported in a tight side to side position and turned 90° about the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the turned slabs 1' loaded into the feed cassette 6 are removed therefrom by means of a pusher 7 that also forces the slab being ejected from the feed cassette into a tight contact with the preceding slab already placed on conveyor 8.
  • pusher 7 also retains the next slab to be removed from the feed cassette 6 thus preventing coincidence problems between the successive laying of the slabs onto conveyor 8.
  • the turning cassette 4 may also have a multibin construction such as the four-bin embodiment shown in FIG. 3 .
  • This kind of construction permits improved continuity of the turning device operation as compared with the basic construction of the device illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the loaded turning cassette may be advantageously arranged to turn about its axis of rotation downward so as to stop above the feed cassette 6. Further advantageously in order to avoid unnecessary delays in system operation, this embodiment has the feed cassette designed for sufficient buffer capacity to receive the entire set of slabs imported by the turning cassette.
  • FIG. 3 also illustrates schematically a possible posttreatment of the mat combined from the turned slabs 1' by means of binding and/or coating webs 9 and 10.
  • the liner webs can be adhered to the mat using conventional curable resins or meltable glue adhesion techniques.

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