Method for producing polyurethane foam and apparatus therefor
US5055272A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S521/917
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of producing a polyurethane foam comprising the steps of dissolving rapidly and substantially completely a non-condensible non-reactive gas in a liquid isocyanate component or a liquid polyol component or both while the isocyanate and polyol components are maintained separate from one another, while controlling the flow of the non-reactive gas to maintain a predetermined dissolved gas to liquid ratio, and while maintaining the component in which the nucleating agent is being dissolved under pressure sufficient to maintain the gas in solution and to hold substantially constant the dissolved gas to liquid ratio and mixing the previously separated isocyanate and polyol components together while reducing the pressure to nucleate the dissolved gas in the isocyanate and polyol components and while impinging liquid streams of the composition together thereby enhancing mixing and permitting the mixture to foam so as to form a fine celled polyurethane foam. An apparatus for producing the same is also provided.
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