Air dispersion of mineral fibers in ceiling tile manufacture

A technology of mineral fiber and suspended ceiling, which is applied in the direction of manufacturing tools, glass manufacturing equipment, fiber raw material processing, etc., and can solve the problems of reducing the strength of tiles

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-06-01
USG INTERIORS INC
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Fiber breakage results in reduced strength of the finished tile and nodules reduce possible NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) values ​​due to loss of porosity

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[0009] Traditionally, in the manufacture of wet felt acoustic tiles based on mineral wool, dilute aqueous slurries of mineral fibers and binders of starch and / or latex, and other small amounts of solid ingredients are used. The slurry is dispensed from the mixing tank onto a moving metal grid sometimes referred to simply as the wire. A mixing tank for the slurry is shown at 10 in FIG. 1 . It is common practice to receive bales 11 of mineral wool passed through belts or otherwise held in compression from a manufacturer or other source. As an example, the bale 11 may have a weight of 1000-1300 pounds and the mineral wool in the bale may be compressed to a density of, for example, between about 60 to about 65 pounds per cubic foot. When the restraint straps are released, the bag 11 will expand slightly on its own. The loose bales 11 are conveyed to a breaking bale station 12 where spiked rollers grab and separate the clumps 13 of mineral wool from the loose bales 11 . The aggl...

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A method of forming a dilute water slurry for water felting a basemat for an acoustical ceiling tile comprising delivering a bale of compressed mineral wool with a density of at least 8 lbs. per cubic foot at an unbaling station, releasing a binding holding the bale in compression, mechanically separating the fibers of a mineral wool bale with mechanical instrumentalities arranged to disperse the fibers to a generally uniform density of less than 2 lbs. per cubic foot prior to passage of the fibers through the tank inlet, and causing the separated mineral fibers to pass into the mixing tank for contact with water suspended binder.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the manufacture of sound-absorbing ceiling tiles based on mineral wool. Background technique [0002] Acoustic ceiling tiles based on mineral wool are traditionally manufactured in a wet felting process using Oliver or Fourdrinier machines well known in the art. Mineral wool and binders have long been used to form acoustic ceiling tiles. The reason for using mineral wool is that it is relatively cheap and inert. Mineral wool is typically shipped from the site where it is manufactured to another site where it is used to manufacture acoustical ceiling tiles. Typically, mineral wool is compressed into bales to reduce its volume for ease of handling and transportation. Mineral wool bales can be compressed to a density of at least 8 pounds per cubic foot. [0003] When compressed and bundled into bales, the individual mineral wools become tangled with each other. The longstanding practice is to use a motorized rotating ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): D21B1/06
CPCD21B1/06E04B9/04D21H13/40C03B37/10E04C2/00
Inventor M·W·布朗
Owner USG INTERIORS INC
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