KR810000697B1 - Apparatus for fiber ising thermoplastic materials - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for use in fiberizing attenuable material comprises means for establishing a gaseous blast, means for establishing a gaseous jet, a get a through shaped element receiving the jet toward one end thereof, the element concavery curved to direct the jet transversely into the blast, and the influence of the jet in the region in which the jet is flowing through the through of the deflector element.

Description

Devices for manufacturing fibers from materials such as thermoplastics

1 is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a glass fiber manufacturing apparatus.

2 is a sectional view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial bottom plan view of the glass feed orifices and conveying jet nozzles of the FIG. 2 embodiment.

4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment taken along line 4-4 of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of FIG.

6 is a partial bottom plan view of the device shown in FIGS. 4 and 5;

7 is a sectional view of a third embodiment.

8 is a schematic perspective view of a fourth embodiment.

9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the fifth embodiment.

10 is an elevation view from the right of FIG.

11 is a sectional view of a sixth embodiment.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing fibers from a micronized material such as, for example, glass, which, according to the apparatus, is called as a main gas and a conveying jet and directed to encounter the main gas and penetrates into the main gas It generates a gaseous gas with sufficient kinetic energy to form an interaction zone near the penetration of the jet into the gaseous gas, and supplies a softened material that is softened by heating to the boundary area of the gaseous gas. It is directed to an apparatus for reaching the interaction zone by penetrating into the gas stream to refine the material into fibers.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved device for infiltrating micronized material into the interaction zone.

According to the present invention, the process of producing fibers from the micronized material conveys the micronized material from the feeder, directs the main gaseous in a path away from the feeder and traverses the micronized material and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the main gaseous. The process of directing the gaseous gaseous to the gaseous gas from the point away from the gaseous gas to form an interaction zone between the gaseous gaseous gaseous gas and the gaseous gas in the area where micronized substances and gaseous gas meet. It includes.

In addition, according to the present invention, a carrier jet which is a main gas and a subgas which are at least angled to each other is used, and the movement of the gas is sufficient so that the gas can flow into the gas and form an interaction zone. Having energy, micronized material is transported by the gases in the interaction zone in the form of individual flows, keeping the pathway of material away from the structural elements located downstream of the interaction zone. It is also a micronized material configured to allow the mass to pass across the free space between the mass feeder and the main gas so as to reduce the effect of heat emitted from the main gas and the mass feeders on the mass. An apparatus for manufacturing the same is provided. The free space allows the fiber path to be separated from all elements of the device located downstream of the interaction zone and reduces the effects of heat from the elements supplying the main gases and the softened fibrous material. To be.

The present invention is also directed to a first device for injecting a single gas stream, and to be introduced laterally into the main gas stream to form an interaction zone downstream, and is larger than the kinetic energy per volume of the main gas stream. A second device for dispersing at least one conveying jet, which is a subgas having kinetic energy per volume, an orifice for supplying micronized materials to the point of entry into the interaction zone; An apparatus is provided that is configured to provide a space between the orifice and the main gases.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the figures, the main gases are always labeled 12A and the orifices for conveying jets and orifices for glass are shown as 36,37, respectively.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment having a crucible 200 in which a hopper 201 for introducing molten glass, which is a micronized material, is combined.

The main gases from the generator 202 are sprayed horizontally to a height lower than the crucible 200.

An orifice for conveying jet 36 is formed at the lower open end of jet tube 203 which is connected by tube 205 to tube 204 connected to a burner or other source of conveying gas jet. The jet tube 203 is positioned at an angle to the axis of the main gas 12A, and the jet orifice 36 is located at a distance above the main gas boundary, which is injected from the generator 202.

The conveying jets and the main gases interact with each other to generate an interaction zone in a known manner, which is formed below the orifice 37.

The glass enters the interaction zone from the orifice 37 in the form of a high quality stream or short fiber S, which is refined into fibers in a manner known there.

In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the vertical distance between the orifice 37 and the upper boundary line of the main gas stream 12A is about 10 to 100 mm. The distance between the axes of the orifice 36 and the orifice 37 measured in the main gas stream 12A direction is 4 to 10 mm.

Moreover, due to the positions and spacings of the various parts of the device, it is preferred that the jet tube 203, ie the jet, in turn be positioned at an angle with respect to the axis of the main gas 12A. The angle should be less than 90 ° and will usually be in the range of 45 ° to 85 °, with a range of 75 ° to 85 ° being preferred.

The relationship between angle and spacing is suitable for the generation of the interaction zone at a position generally lower than orifice 37. The jet tube 203, ie, the orifice 36, as a result, is preferably located upstream of the substance S as seen from the main gas 12A.

The orientation angle of the jet tube 203 should generally be such that the conveying jet is jetted in the direction traversing the main gas, but should be set so as to generate a force in the downstream direction of the main gas to facilitate the movement of the fiber. .

In order to achieve the invention, an apparatus having a plurality of glass fiber refining assemblies or stations as described above is preferably provided.

Parameters, including the kinetic energy of the main gases and conveying jets in the effective area, their temperature and speed, and the temperature of the glass, and also the relationship between the sizes of the glass orifices and the orifices for the conveying jets, are in some cases known devices. It should be noted that they may be changed from the parameters of, but will generally match them. Thus, the present invention allows the glass injection orifice to be spaced apart from the nearest boundary line of the main gas. Other modifications may be utilized, some of which will be described later.

Compared with the conventional invention, in the present invention, the limit of the kinetic energy ratio of the transport jet to the kinetic energy of the main gas in the effective area is hardly limited, and the effective result is the transport of the main gas kinetic energy. It will be achieved when the kinetic energy ratio of the jet is in the range of 4: 1 to 35: 1.

The size of the orifice for the conveying jet will be smaller than the size of the orifice used in the conventional apparatus. For example, the conveying orifice will be smaller than the glass orifice. That is, the diameter of the delivery jet orifice will be about 1/6 to 1 times the diameter of the glass orifice. And the orifice diameter of the carrier jet will be about 0.3 to 2.5.

The use of small conveying pressures requires the use of small orifices for conveying jets, but other operating conditions remain largely the same. It is possible to use conveying jet pressures of 2 to 25 bar.

In embodiments of the invention comprising conveying jets having the same diameter, the distance between the axis of the conveying jet orifice and the glass orifice measured in the direction of the main gas will be about 3 to 4 times the orifice diameter of the conveying jet. Or about 1 to 10 mm. In operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, an air stream is introduced by a conveying jet as indicated by arrow 206, which flows over the glass short fibers S as it approaches the boundary of the main gas stream. The short fibers are pulled even more towards the conveying jet.

This activity allows the glass fiber to flow into the interaction zone constantly and stably.

FIG. 1 shows that there is considerable space between and around all major elements of the glass refinement assembly including crucible 200, tube 204 and generator 202. With this increase in spacing between major elements, heat transfer from the crucible 200 to other elements is reduced. As a result, the glass temperature can be controlled more easily and accurately. The invention also allows the use of molten glass or other micronized materials at higher temperatures and may result in higher output.

Although a single fiber production station is shown in FIG. 1, it is also possible to locate multiple such stations transverse to the main gas direction.

Orifice 37 may be a simple orifice, or may be an orifice as will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 and 3, it can be seen that the general arrangement of the main elements is similar to that of FIG. 1, but the vertical distance between the orifice 37 and the upper boundary of the main gas 12A is shortened.

The shaft portions of the crucible 200 are protected with a fibrous alumina insulator 207 containing, for example, 60% Al ₂ O ₃ to reduce heat loss from the crucible and protect the jet tube 203 from the high temperature of the crucible. The crucible 200 is usually made of platinum alloy to withstand the heat of the molten glass and the thermal insulator 207 is made of an inexpensive metal such as stainless steel, for example, to form part of other elements such as the jet tube 203.

By providing the insulator 207, the temperature difference between the glass on one side and the gas forming the conveying jet on the other side can be maintained large.

In this way, even when the delivery jet has a relatively low temperature, insulator 207 can maintain the glass at a relatively high temperature without causing excessive heat loss.

The glass passageway has holes 37C at the bottom of the crucible and gradually expands to the upper and lower sides of the hole.

The enlargement above hole 37C is funneled to facilitate the flow of glass through the hole toward the lower enlargement which provides a small reservoir for outflowing the glass fiber S. The circumference of the feed orifice 37 is two to three times the circumference of the hole 37C, and all the circumferences of this feed reservoir are covered with glass, contributing to the safety of the glass bulb in the orifice, especially at high temperatures. By providing a supply reservoir, the base of the formed glass bulb becomes larger, resulting in the formation of longer bulbs, resulting in a longer distance between the glass feed point and the point where short fibers S are formed from the bulb. Increasing the distance between the glass feed point and the point where short fiber S is generated reduces the tendency for fibers to accumulate on the elements of the refiner station.

The supply reservoir may be circular, but it is advantageous to have an ellipse such that it is formed long in the flow direction of the main gas 12A as shown in FIG.

By providing the glass feeder described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the hole 37C may form an actual orifice or glass feed control orifice for glass feed.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3, the pressure of the conveying jet is advantageously slightly higher than in the conventional apparatus due to the distance between the orifice 36 and the main gases. As a result, the pressure of the conveying jet at orifice 36 of about 2 mm will be 2 to 10 bar, and at 2 to 25 bar for 1 mm orifice 36.

The use of a carrier jet with high pressure and high kinetic energy not only increases the amount of glass supplied by the orifice 37, but also increases the stability of the formed glass bulb and the uniformity of the glass. Increasing the uniformity of the fibers produced by the.

Moreover, the possibility of using a higher pressure conveying jet and the fact that the orifices 36,37 are separated from the main gas are important in that the mutual lateral distance between the orifices 36 and the orifices 37 can be made larger. In addition, these factors also have dimensions of 1 to 2 times the dimensions of orifice 36 when a conveying jet pressure of up to 12 bar is used, for example, and 2-3 times the conveying jet pressure of 12 to 25 bar when used. The use of an orifice 37 having dimensions, which is larger than the dimensions of the orifice 236, is envisioned.

In the examples of FIGS. 2 and 3, the width of the reservoir measured transversely to the flow direction of the main gas will be 1.3 times the diameter of the orifice 36, in typical case, the length of which will be twice the width. .

Manufacturing in the examples of FIGS. 2 and 3 was accomplished with the operating parameters and results given in the following table.

Glass manufacturing rate: 35 to 40 kg per day in one glass orifice

In the embodiments of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the crucible 200 is incorporated with the hopper 201.

Structure 202 directs main gas 12A generally horizontally under the crucible.

The crucible is matched with orifices 37A and orifices 37B that are staggered from each other as shown in FIG.

Supply pipe 204 has a branch provided with orifice 36B for conveying jets adjacent to orifice 37B, and a branch provided with orifice 36A associated with orifice 37A. All orifices 36A, 36B, 37A, 37B are located at a distance above the upper boundary line of the main gas 12A. This structure not only comprises a number of micronization stations with staggered arrangements but also makes it possible to provide a vertical distance between the orifice and the main gas boundary.

In the embodiments described above, glass or short fibers may pass through main gas 12A without being fully refined, and some short fibers may be too prematurely solidifying, resulting in thick fibers present in the resulting product. Will be.

This disadvantage can be avoided by the embodiment of FIG. 7 in which the main elements are arranged in the same manner as in FIGS. 2 and 3 but in addition the plate 208 is configured such that the main gas source 202 is installed at the outlet.

The backplate extends from the bottom of the main gas stream, as shown, and is curved downward.

The back plate leads to an extension plate 209 having a gap 210 for introducing air or other gas supplied by the tube 211. In this embodiment, the curved pieces of plates 208 and 209 provide a boundary effect for deflecting main gases, increasing the free space between orifice 37 and the main gases.

In this way, the tendency to increase in the refining zone of the main gas can be eliminated and the tendency for the glass to pass through the main gas can be eliminated and the pre-cooling of the fiber to take place before the required refining can be achieved. In FIG. 7, the pressure of air in the gap 210 will be 3-6 bar.

In the embodiment of FIG. 8, the generator 202 is located below the tube 212 with a series of orifices 36 that each supply a conveying jet on the gas.

The glass is supplied from a reservoir 213 filled by a feed tube 214. The reservoir 213 has the same pits as the wall 215 and also has a lip 216. The molten glass sheet flows over the lip 216 down to the carrier jet where it is separated into short fibers 37S. Each of the short fibers is formed adjacent to the corresponding carrier jets and formed into fibers by entering the interaction zone.

This embodiment is advantageous when making fibers from materials of high fire resistance or corrosion resistance, such as slag and other minerals. This type of material causes the orifice to oversize, causing the orifice to wear excessively, resulting in frequent replacement of crucibles and other containers, disrupting the fabrication process.

As in the above embodiments, the distance between the orifice 36 and the boundary line of the main gas will be 5 to 10 mm.

The distance between the point where the glass sheet exits the lip 216 and the orifice 36 will be between 2 and 10 mm.

In particular, when the micronized material has a tendency to close the glass feed orifices or to corrode around the orifice at high temperatures, to facilitate the treatment of such micronized materials, for example inert with fire resistance, which is a material composed of chromium oxide or alumina or An embodiment with elements made of corrosion resistant materials will be used.

This embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. Crucible 217 is made of a material comprising a refractory oxide. The crucible is supplied with molten micronized material 218. One wall of the crucible is formed with a lip having a groove 219 that forms separate supply channels for each short fiber S.

The generator 220 feeds the main gas in the form of a sheet through the outlet nozzle 202 directly below the groove 219. The delivery jet orifices 36 are supplied from a tube 204 connected to the source 221.

Orifices 36 are positioned to generate an interaction zone at a point generally perpendicular to said short fiber S beneath the downstream short fibers S to enter the interaction zone and form the fibers.

The grooves 219 will be placed just above the upper boundary of the main gases, the distance between them will be between 50 and 100 mm.

Orifice 36 is also located 5-10 above the upper boundary.

Micronized materials with very high temperatures are preferably cooled to reduce the temperature to have the best temperature for shaping the fibers.

The spacing between the main gas and the groove 219 may also provide the necessary cooling, but it is also possible to provide auxiliary cooling such as lowering the temperature of the conveying jet and the main gas.

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment similar to the embodiment of FIG. 1 but with an auxiliary conveying jet. The jet tube 222 having the opiris 223 is disposed at a point located downstream of the short fiber S in the flow direction of the main gas stream. One tube 222 may be provided to each refinement station, and the tube 224 will be supplied with gas through a tube 224 connected to the tube 225.

Auxiliary tubes 222 are used, in particular, when the free fall distance of short fibers S is relatively large, the auxiliary conveying jets when the short fibers have reached close proximity to the interaction zone of the conveying jets and dowels 12A from the orifice 36. Stabilize them. By providing an auxiliary conveying jet having substantially the same dimensions and the same pressure and speed as the main conveying jet, the two conveying jets generate inductive flows which are somewhat symmetrically distributed over the short fiber S as indicated by the arrows in FIG. The short fibers are held in a stable position between the transport jets, which are the entry points into the interaction zone.

In all the embodiments described above, the orifice 36 is located upstream of the glass feeder as seen in the flow direction of the main gas stream.

Although this is the preferred location of the orifice 36, the orifice 36 may be installed in a different position relative to the glass feeder or short fiber S.

As such, orifice 36 may be located downstream of the glass feeder or short fiber S when viewed in the flow direction of the main gases.

In this case, the short fibers S will pass through and into the area of the interaction zone formed just downstream of the transport jet, into the area, and into the main gas stream of the area.

Claims (1)

1. An apparatus for making fibers from micronized material, the apparatus comprising: a first apparatus for injecting gaseous streams, and oriented so as to be transversely introduced into the gaseous streams to form an interaction zone downstream; A second device for injecting at least one conveying jet, a subgas having a kinetic energy per volume greater than the volume of gas, and an orifice for supplying micronized materials to the point of entry into the interaction zone; And a free space between the orifice and the gas stream.

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