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- This invention relates to thin porous membranes used for acoustic insulation, often in combination with another generally thicker web of insulation.
- Some acoustic insulation tasks are best performed with a combination of a primary, relatively thick fibrous sheet and a secondary, thinner sheet or membrane (the term
- membrane means herein a thin sheet).
- the primary sheet and membrane reduce noise better than the primary sheet would by itself; for example, inclusion of the membrane can often enhance reduction of noise in lower frequency ranges.
- the membrane can offer physical protection for the primary sheet.
- Membranes can also be used by themselves, mounted in a planar array over an air space (i.e., with the film stretched in a flat or curved plane over the air space or air gap). When positioned in a room or other enclosure in which it is desired to reduce noise, with an air gap of appropriate thickness behind the membrane, the membrane functions to absorb sounds in the enclosure.
- a composite insulation of a thick primary insulating sheet and a secondary membrane-like sheet is described, for example, in Thorn et al., U.S.
- Patent No. 6,376, 396 which teaches as the membrane-like sheet a nonwoven web compacted in two sequential operations — a first stage of mechanical compaction (such as by needle-tacking or hydroentangling) and a second stage of compaction by heat and pressure with presses or calenders. Increased sound absorption is said to occur as a result of the second compaction.
- microfibers "attains a thickness of only 0.2 to 1.0 mm, and in particular 0.3 to 0.7 mm and has a weight per unit area of 20 to 200 g/m 2 , and in particular 30 to 100 g/m 2 " (col. I 5 11. 62-64).
- a laminate of the Vanbemmel invention Another commercial form of insulation uses a membrane-like sheet that comprises a multilayer sheet such as a spunbond-meltblown-spunbond laminate (SMS) point bonded with heat and pressure and assembled in combination with a primary insulating sheet.
- SMS spunbond-meltblown-spunbond laminate
- a disadvantage with each of the described prior insulation composites is that in order to add desired levels of sound insulation to the composite the membrane-like secondary sheet is thick enough and heavy enough to add undesired cost and weight to the overall insulation package.
- a new membrane is provided that is of lower cost and often simpler construction than prior membranes while offering at least equal insulation performance.
- a preferred membrane comprises a highly densified nonwoven fibrous web, for example, a web prepared by compacting a nonwoven starting sheet material to a very thin thickness, preferably less than 200 micrometers.
- the new membranes are dense, but retain a porosity effective for attenuating sound; generally porosity is sufficient that the specific airflow resistance of the membrane is no more than about 10,000 rayls, and for a broader utility is no more than about 5000 rayls (the industry commonly refers to "specific airflow resistance” simply as “airflow resistance” and that practice will be followed herein; the same property is also sometimes referred to as "acoustic resistance,” e.g., when the focus is on sound insulation; the same test procedure, described subsequently herein, is used to measure both airflow resistance and acoustic resistance; the units for the measured property are reported herein as rayls in the mks system; other units used in the industry include Ns/m 3 and Pa- s/m).
- a porous membrane that exhibits an Acoustic Value Ratio (AVR) of at least 3000 makes possible acoustic insulation performance of high quality, while adding little cost and weight to the overall insulation material.
- AVR Acoustic Value Ratio
- the Acoustic Value Ratio is at least 7,000.
- the membrane preferably is no more than about 150 micrometers in thickness; in other words, surprisingly thin membranes are useful and desirable.
- a membrane as described can be used in laminar assembly with a primary sound absorbing sheet to prepare a surprisingly effective sound insulation.
- a membrane as described can function to provide sound attenuation by itself when arranged in planar array with an air gap or air space behind the membrane.
- Figures 1-9 are plots of sound absorption coefficient versus frequency for representative membranes of the invention and of comparative webs.
- a fibrous web is preferably used as the starting sheet material for preparation of a membrane of the invention.
- Any of a variety of conventional well-known forms of web can be used, including spunbond webs (generally comprising meltspun fibers that are cooled, drawn, collected on a forming surface in a random isotropic manner as a loosely entangled web, and then bonded as by calendering or through-air bonding); meltblown webs (formed by extruding molten thermoplastic polymer through a row of orifices in a die into a high-velocity air stream, where the extruded polymer streams are attenuated into generally fine-diameter fibers — often averaging 10 micrometers or less in diameter ⁇ and carried to a collector where the fibers collect as a coherent entangled web); spunlaced webs (generally dry-laid webs that have been hydroentangled); carded or air-laid staple fiber webs; woven webs; wet-laid webs
- Membranes of the invention can also be prepared from other porous sheet materials such as open-celled foams or netting.
- any porous thermoplastic sheet material is a candidate for use as a starting sheet material for preparing a membrane of the invention.
- a starting sheet material for use in the invention should generally be softenable by heat.
- any thermoplastic polymeric material that can be formed into fibers or other useful web form can be used.
- the polymers selected are those commonly used in fiber formation such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, and urethanes.
- Elastic materials are useful and offer advantages in conformability, flexibility and moldability.
- Blends of materials may be used, including blends of polymers as well as polymeric materials into which additives have been blended, such as pigments or dyes.
- the starting sheet material may include bicomponent fibers, such as core-sheath or side-by-side bicomponent fibers ("bicomponent" herein includes fibers with two or more components).
- Different materials such as fibers of different materials may be combined so as to prepare a blended web.
- staple fibers may be blended into meltblown fibers in the manner taught in U.S. Patent No. 4,118,531 ; or particulate material may be introduced and captured within a web in the manner taught in U.S. Patent No. 3,971,373; or microwebs as taught in U.S. Patent No. 4,813,948 may be blended into a web.
- Webs that are a blend of thermoplastic fibers and other fibers such as wood pulp fibers may also be used, though introduction of non-thermoplastic material is generally less desirable.
- a starting sheet material for use in the invention may also comprise more than one layer.
- SMS spunbond/meltblown/spunbond
- webs that combine other fibrous layers, e.g., layers that differ according to the diameter of fibers used in the layers, thereby providing gradations of fiber diameter or porosity.
- a membrane of the invention is typically prepared by densifying a starting sheet material with a calender under heat and pressure.
- Well known calendering procedures may be used.
- the rolls of the calender are smooth surfaced, but rolls carrying low- relief projections can be used, e.g., to achieve point bonding of a web or sheet.
- Sufficient heat and pressure are used to compact the sheet causing deformation and/or melting of the sheet material, but heating conditions that would cause sheet material to flow so as to completely plug pores should be avoided.
- Stretching or heating of a sheet may be used to re-open overly closed openings or to enlarge overly narrow openings.
- a membrane of the invention can be tuned to better attenuate particular ranges of frequency by adjusting the degree of porosity left in the membrane after calendering. For example, a membrane having an airflow resistance of 5000 to 6000 rayls may best attenuate sounds having a frequency of 400-1000 hertz. To have more effectiveness over a broader and higher range of frequencies the porosity of the calendered or densified membrane will best have an airflow resistance less than about 2000, or even about 1000 or less.
- a membrane of the invention also generally has a low basis weight, i.e., preferably about 100 grams per square meter or less, and more preferably about 50 grams per square meter or less.
- a main criterion in selecting a starting material is to achieve good continuity or uniformity of the finished membrane. Good membrane properties often can be obtained irrespective of the diameter of fibers in a starting sheet material.
- microf ⁇ ber webs can be of advantage, e.g., starting material webs in which the microf ⁇ bers average 10 micrometers or less in diameter, such webs are usually meltblown webs. Fiber diameter can be determined using actual visually measured diameter as with a scanning electron micrograph (SEM).
- the primary sound absorbing sheet used in laminar assembly with a membrane of the invention can be generally any of the known sound insulating sheet materials, including, preferably, a web comprising microfibers and crimped staple fibers blended therein, as taught, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,298,694.
- Other useful sound absorbing sheet materials include open-cell foams.
- products of the invention are marketed as the membrane by itself or as sheet goods comprising a laminar assembly of membrane and primary sound absorbing sheet.
- products of the invention can also be marketed in other ways, e.g., as a molded article of membrane and primary insulating sheet shaped for a particular application.
- Tests that define webs of the invention and measure their performance are as follows.
- Specimen solidity is determined by dividing the bulk density of a specimen (usually a fibrous web) by the density of the materials making up the specimen (web). Bulk density of a web specimen is determined by first measuring the weight and thickness of a 10-cm-by- 10-cm section of web. Thickness of the specimen is evaluated as prescribed in the ASTM D 5729 standard test method, modified by using a mass of 150 grams to exert a pressure of 0.4213 lb/in 2 (2.9 kPa/m 2 ) onto the face of each sample. When the size of the sample is limited to something less than the size recommended in
- the mass on the pressure foot is proportionately reduced to maintain a loading force of 0.4213 lb/in 2 (2.9 kPa/m 2 ).
- the specimens are first preconditioned at 22 +/- 5°C and in an atmosphere of 50% +/- 5% relative humidity. Dividing the weight of the specimen in grams by the sample area in square centimeters derives the basis weight of the specimen, which is reported in g/m 2 .
- the bulk density of the web is determined by dividing the basis weight by the thickness of the specimen and is reported as g/m 3 .
- Solidity is a dimensionless fraction representing the proportion of solids content in a given specimen, calculated by dividing the bulk density of the specimen by the-density of the material composing the specimen.
- Airflow resistance is evaluated as prescribed in the ASTM C 522 standard test method. Values of specific airflow resistance, r, are reported as mks rayl (Pa.s/m). Samples were prepared by die cutting a 5.25-inch-diameter (13.33 cm) circular sample. If edges are slightly compressed from the die cutting operation, edges must be returned to original or natural thickness before testing. The preconditioned samples were placed in a specimen holder, and the pressure difference was measured over a 100 cm 2 face area.
- Sound absorption of acoustic materials is determined by the test method described in ASTM designation E 1050-98, titled "Impedance and Absorption Using A Tube, Two Microphones and A Digital Frequency Analysis System.”
- the preconditioned samples were tested using a 29-millimeter-diameter tube.
- the 1/3 octave band sound absorption coefficients from 160 to 6300 hertz were reported.
- Examples 9-11 the samples were tested using a 63-millimeter-diameter tube.
- the 1/3 octave band sound absorption coefficients from 100 to 3150 hertz were reported.
- Example 1 a spunbond nylon web (#G066380 supplied by Western Nonwovens).
- Example 2 a spunbond polypropylene web (#83149006-01 supplied by BBA Nonwovens).
- Example 3 a spunbond PET web (polyethylene terephthalate — Reemay Fabric, supplied by BBA Nonwovens).
- - For Example 4 a meltblown polypropylene web containing fibers averaging 8 micrometers in diameter (EFD); the average actual diameter of the microfibers was less than about 10 micrometers.
- EFD micrometers in diameter
- Example 5 a meltblown polyurethane web of fibers having an average (EFD) diameter of 20 micrometers.
- Example 7 a spunlaced web comprising 95 weight % Kurraray Wl 02 3.4- denier splittable composite fibers, each fiber comprising about 50%PET and 50% nylon, and 5 weight % KoSa Type-254 2-denier crimped "Melty" bicomponent fibers.
- Example 8 a carded web containing Type 196 1.9-denier, 1.5-inch-long polypropylene fibers supplied by Fiber Vision.
- the described starting sheet materials were calendered between two smooth rollers under conditions as summarized in Table 2.
- Tests were performed on the finished membranes of the invention and starting sheet materials alone and on the membrane in combination with a thicker carded-web sheet material, (20 mm thick) not generally used for sound insulation to illustrate the improvement gained by combining such a sheet material with a membrane of the invention (the thicker web was a blend of 85 weight percent 2-denier crimped staple fibers and 15 weight percent 2-denier crimped "Melty" bicomponent fibers with a latex binder applied in a weight of 7g/m 2 ). Results for airflow resistance and web solidity are presented in Table 1 for the starting sheet material and in Table 3 for the completed membrane.
- Figure 1 presents the data for the test webs of Example 1, Figure 2 for Example 2, and so on through Figure 8 and Example 8.
- Plot A is for the starting sheet material measured with a 20 milimeter air gap
- Plot B is for the calendered membrane of the invention measured with a 20 millimeter air gap
- Plot C is for a laminar assembly of the calendered membrane of the invention and the above-described 20 millimeter thicker web.
- Plot D is data for the thicker web alone. There is no Plot A in Figure 8 because sound absorption was not measured on the uncalendered starting sheet material of that example.
- Examples 9-11 were prepared from a polypropylene SMS
- Example 11 and the TAI web; and Plot D is for Comparative Example Cl .
- the airflow resistance of the completed membrane is less than 1500 rayls and even less than 1000 rayls, suggesting a desired range of airflow resistance for such broad-spectrum improvement.
- the weight of the membrane in Examples 2, 3, and 8 is less than 50 g/m 2
- Example 9-11 is less than 20 g/m 2
- the thickness is less than 100 micrometers and in five cases is less than 50 micrometers
- the Acoustic Value Ratio is 7,000 or more, and in several examples is 10,000 or more.
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