Method for producing mineral wool
US5554324A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22C32/0026
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for producing mineral wool of a material which is highly fluid at an elevated liquidus temperature in particular above 1,200.degree. C., with a viscosity of less than 5,000 poises at liquidus temperature, is proposed wherein the molten mineral material, after having destroyed all nuclei of crystallization, is supplied into a spinner (1') the peripheral wall (19) of which comprises a multiplicity of orifices with small diameters wherethrough said molten material is centrifuged to form filaments which, in a given case, are subjected to a supplementary attenuating effect of a preferably hot gas flow flowing along said peripheral wall (19) of said spinner (1') and generated by a concentric annular external burner (13). If fiberization of such a material is effected in the traditional way, a great proportion of unfiberized particles in the product will result. To avoid this, the spinner temperature in ongoing, continuous operation is maintained at a balanced value which is lower than or equal to the temperature at which the viscosity of the molten mineral material is 100 poises, and higher than the crystallization temperature in undercooled state of said material to be fiberize…
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