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Method of manufacturing fire retardant polystyrene insulating board

US4596682A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1984
Grant dateJun 24, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 11, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S264/07
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Fire retardant polystyrene insulating material is manufactured from expandable polystyrene beads in admixture with a phenol-formaldehyde or melamine-formaldehyde resin in resole form, the resin containing a blowing agent and a surfactant. The insulating material is formed from the bead-resin mix by applying dielectric heating to foam the resin, expand the beads, and cure the foamed resin to a closed cell structure.

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