US2670298A - Process of manufacturing a cellular material - Google Patents
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims description 15
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 title claims description 9
- 230000001413 cellular effect Effects 0.000 title description 3
- LSNNMFCWUKXFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfurous acid Chemical compound OS(O)=O LSNNMFCWUKXFEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 16
- 210000003850 cellular structure Anatomy 0.000 claims description 12
- QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L Sulfate Chemical compound [O-]S([O-])(=O)=O QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 claims description 7
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- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims description 6
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- 239000004927 clay Substances 0.000 description 11
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- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 206010000060 Abdominal distension Diseases 0.000 description 2
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- 239000011449 brick Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000012467 final product Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003292 glue Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000000465 moulding Methods 0.000 description 2
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- 239000002699 waste material Substances 0.000 description 2
- BPQQTUXANYXVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Orthosilicate Chemical compound [O-][Si]([O-])([O-])[O-] BPQQTUXANYXVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000011398 Portland cement Substances 0.000 description 1
- ILRRQNADMUWWFW-UHFFFAOYSA-K aluminium phosphate Chemical compound O1[Al]2OP1(=O)O2 ILRRQNADMUWWFW-UHFFFAOYSA-K 0.000 description 1
- 229940001007 aluminium phosphate Drugs 0.000 description 1
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- 238000000354 decomposition reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000000446 fuel Substances 0.000 description 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
- C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
- C04B20/00—Use of materials as fillers for mortars, concrete or artificial stone according to more than one of groups C04B14/00 - C04B18/00 and characterised by shape or grain distribution; Treatment of materials according to more than one of the groups C04B14/00 - C04B18/00 specially adapted to enhance their filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone; Expanding or defibrillating materials
- C04B20/02—Treatment
- C04B20/04—Heat treatment
- C04B20/06—Expanding clay, perlite, vermiculite or like granular materials
- C04B20/068—Selection of ingredients added before or during the thermal treatment, e.g. expansion promoting agents or particle-coating materials
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- This invention relates to" a process for the manufacture of aburnt silicate product having a cellular structure.
- Such products are frequently used" for insulating purposes'in wallsandfloors and oneof" the principal objects of the invention is toprovide a product havinga very low density, but very high crushing strength.
- a still further object is the provision of a a certain temperature thereby producing a con- 1 siderable increase of the volume of the product due to leavening or the formation of gas filled cavities in the argillaceous material.
- the latter becomes softened at the burning temperature thereby permitting the gas filled cavities to become evenly distributed and resulting in a highly cellular final composition.
- the waste products referred to above are sultits and sulfate lyes and their residues. It was found, for example, that by admixing Danish clay with 1% of concentrated sulfite lye, calcu latedon a dry basis, a unit weight of 540 lbs. per cubic yard was obtained in the final product.
- the clay before admixture, was in a moist and plastic condition, i. e. with a water content of 40%, calculated on the clay dried at 100 C.
- the clay was fed at the rate of 2.5 tons per hour to a brick-making machine consisting of a pugmill, two pairs of rollers and a string press. Sulfite lye with a water content of 40% was added in the pugmill at the rate of 30 kg. per hour with an equal quantity of water to uniformly distribute the lye in the clay.
- the clay coming from the press was cut into slices about 2 cm. thick by a rotating knife and then carried by a conveyor into'a rotarykiln -w-ith aF-length of 23* m'.
- the burning was effected at a temperature of about 1100-4125 C.”
- the resulting grainy" product' was thensorted into' tlireegrades of. grain size; namely, 3mm. or'less'; 3-I2 mm. and 12-30 mm: respectively.
- the greatest portion was classified of the medium grain size and it had a" unit wcight' of-fi'O '1bs; per cubic yard.
- sulfate lye which;.im additionszofl /i. o-.-1.% /22 of 1%, 1%, 2%, 4% and 7%, gave unit weights of 790, 720, 590, 540, 680 and 760 lbs. per cubic yard, respectively.
- a slate with a suction ability of 20% was crushed into pieces of a grain size of 12 mm. and moistened until saturation with a solution of sulfite lye containing 10% dry substance, whereafter it was burned in a rotary kiln at a temperature of 1225".
- the resulting product consisted of rounded lumps having a unit weight of 620 lbs. per cubic yard. Without any addition of sulfite lye a unit weight of 980 lbs. per cubic yard was obtained.
- German patent specification No. 594,000 it has been suggested to manufacture highly porous refractory bricks by means of highly porous chamotte burned in a rotary kiln.
- a finely ground plastic clay is mixed with a similar amount of sawdust and burned whereafter the difierent materials are moulded to the shape wanted and burned.
- the said material after its moulding is burned to a temperature, at which the sawdust and sulfite lye is burned out leaving cavities in the clay.
- the material is, however, not burned until it begins to soften, and the cellular structure of the final product could therefore not be the result of a bloating and expansion which would make the previous moulding to certain dimensions quite illusorious.
- the burning temperature necessary for making porosity by means of burning out substances is ordinarily below 1000 C.
- a process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure consisting essentially of uniformly distributing in an argillaceous material A; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, of a member selected from the group consisting of sulfite and sulfate lyes, uniformly baking the resulting mixture at the softening temperature of the material, whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
- a process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure consisting essentially of uniformly distributing in an argillaceous material 2; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, of an aqueous solution of a member selected from the group consisting of sulfite and sulfate lyes, uniformly baking the re- 4 sultlng mixture at the softening temperature of the material, whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
- a process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure consisting essentially of uniformly distributing sulfite lye in the proportion of about A; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, in a material selected from the group consisting of clay and. slate, uniformly baking the resulting mixture at the softening temperature of the material whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
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Description
Patented Feb. 23, 1954 AxeLFrokjaer-Jensen, Charlottenlund, andiAlfredL Herman. Munch Andreasen, Gentofta. Dien- 7 mark No Drawingv Application Julya28, 1350;;Se1iialvNm. 176,522. In Denmark-MayyM;19.41;
, Section LPublic Law 690; AugustS', 194s" Patent expires M23124; 1961 6. Claims: I-
This is a' contihuation-in-part of our ccpending application iorpatent Serial No. 654,212, filed March 13, 1946,,nowabandoned;
This invention relates to" a process for the manufacture of aburnt silicate product having a cellular structure.
Such products are frequently used" for insulating purposes'in wallsandfloors and oneof" the principal objects of the invention is toprovide a product havinga very low density, but very high crushing strength.
A' further'object'ofthis invention-is to provide a strong, granulated product, which is suitable for incorporation in concrete.
A still further object is the provision of a a certain temperature thereby producing a con- 1 siderable increase of the volume of the product due to leavening or the formation of gas filled cavities in the argillaceous material. The latter becomes softened at the burning temperature thereby permitting the gas filled cavities to become evenly distributed and resulting in a highly cellular final composition.
The waste products referred to above are sultits and sulfate lyes and their residues. It was found, for example, that by admixing Danish clay with 1% of concentrated sulfite lye, calcu latedon a dry basis, a unit weight of 540 lbs. per cubic yard was obtained in the final product.
The clay, before admixture, was in a moist and plastic condition, i. e. with a water content of 40%, calculated on the clay dried at 100 C. The clay was fed at the rate of 2.5 tons per hour to a brick-making machine consisting of a pugmill, two pairs of rollers and a string press. Sulfite lye with a water content of 40% was added in the pugmill at the rate of 30 kg. per hour with an equal quantity of water to uniformly distribute the lye in the clay. The clay coming from the press was cut into slices about 2 cm. thick by a rotating knife and then carried by a conveyor into'a rotarykiln -w-ith aF-length of 23* m'. and-adiamet'er 'of about 2?5-m:- and revolving at a rate of 139 R: P; M; At-"theintake-end"of the-kiln, chains were suspended in thesame manner-- as in kilns for the burning of Por-tland cement and at the opposite end of the kiln therewas a coal dust firee The kilnwas lihed- With'ordinar-y firebr-icks andhadfour radial' ridges projecting inwardly about 8 cm.
The burning was effected at a temperature of about 1100-4125 C." The resulting grainy" product'was thensorted into' tlireegrades of. grain size; namely, 3mm. or'less'; 3-I2 mm. and 12-30 mm: respectively. By far the greatest portion was classified of the medium grain size and it had a" unit wcight' of-fi'O '1bs; per cubic yard.
A product manufactured? in the same, manner, but without anylye-hadiaunit weight of" 1'100i1bs. per cubic-yard; An adinixture.of;2.% of sulfite lyeigaveazproducizwithza unit weightrof 480 lbs. per cubic. yards;
Similarly, additions of /8 of'i1;%.,. /2 of. 1%, 4% and 8% sulfateilyeayiclded cellular'products havingzunit ;weights;of; 900517100; 590; and 750 lbs; per cubic yard; respectively;
Instead ofrsulfite' lye; other similar waste prod:- ucts: derived: by decomposition: ofi'lignin in the manufacture of; cellnl'osez may; be. used; such. as
sulfate lye;.which;.im additionszofl /i. o-.-1.% /22 of 1%, 1%, 2%, 4% and 7%, gave unit weights of 790, 720, 590, 540, 680 and 760 lbs. per cubic yard, respectively.
A slate with a suction ability of 20% was crushed into pieces of a grain size of 12 mm. and moistened until saturation with a solution of sulfite lye containing 10% dry substance, whereafter it was burned in a rotary kiln at a temperature of 1225". The resulting product consisted of rounded lumps having a unit weight of 620 lbs. per cubic yard. Without any addition of sulfite lye a unit weight of 980 lbs. per cubic yard was obtained.
In German patent specification No. 594,000 it has been suggested to manufacture highly porous refractory bricks by means of highly porous chamotte burned in a rotary kiln. A finely ground plastic clay is mixed with a similar amount of sawdust and burned whereafter the difierent materials are moulded to the shape wanted and burned. It is indicated to be advantageous here to add about 40% of sulfite lye or mineral glue in order to obtain a stronger brick.
The said material after its moulding is burned to a temperature, at which the sawdust and sulfite lye is burned out leaving cavities in the clay. The material is, however, not burned until it begins to soften, and the cellular structure of the final product could therefore not be the result of a bloating and expansion which would make the previous moulding to certain dimensions quite illusorious.
In applying the method according to the present invention sawdust in large or small quantities is of no importance and sulfite lye is only to be used in very restricted quantities.
While in the said German patent specification the addition of sulfite lye is indicated to give the same effect as mineral glue-for instance manufactured by aluminium phosphate and phosphoric acid-the effect of the restricted use of sulfite lye according to the present invention could not be obtained by substituting the sulfite lye with mineral glue. 7
The burning of a clay applicable for refractory purposes until bloating is furthermore practically impossible and has never been done because the necessary temperature should be at least 1600 C. The necessary amount of fuel and the necessary equipment for such burning would be too expensive.
The burning temperature necessary for making porosity by means of burning out substances is ordinarily below 1000 C.
We claim:
1. A process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure, said process consisting essentially of uniformly distributing in an argillaceous material A; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, of a member selected from the group consisting of sulfite and sulfate lyes, uniformly baking the resulting mixture at the softening temperature of the material, whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
2. A process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure, said process consisting essentially of uniformly distributing in an argillaceous material 2; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, of an aqueous solution of a member selected from the group consisting of sulfite and sulfate lyes, uniformly baking the re- 4 sultlng mixture at the softening temperature of the material, whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
3. A process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure, said process consisting essentially of uniformly distributing sulfite lye in the proportion of about A; of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, in a material selected from the group consisting of clay and. slate, uniformly baking the resulting mixture at the softening temperature of the material whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
4. A process for the manufacture of a product having a cellular structure, said process consisting essentially of uniformly distributing sulfate lye in the proportion of about A of 1% to about 4%, by weight on a dry basis, in a material selected from the group consisting of clay and slate, uniformly baking the resulting mixture at the softening temperature of the material, whereby the material softens and gas is produced in the material causing it to bloat under formation of a cellular structure and then cooling the resulting bloated material.
5. A process as defined by claim 3 in which the sulfite lye is in the form of an aqueous solution.
6. A process as defined by claim 4 in which the sulfate lye is in the form of an aqueous solution.
AXEL FROKJAER-JENSEN.
ALFRED HERMAN MUNCH ANDREASEN.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,073,138 Bole Mar. 9, 1937 2,463,994 Nichols et al Mar. 8, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 594,000 Germany 1934 OTHER REFERENCES Ser. No. 382,101, Passelecq et al. (A. P. (3.), published May 11, 1943.
Claims (1)
1. A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A PRODUCT HAVING A CELLULAR STRUCTURE, SAID PROCESS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTING IN AN ARGILLACEOUS MATERIAL 1/4 OF 1% TO ABOUT 4%, BY WEIGHT ON A DRY BASIS, OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFITE AND SULFATE LYES, UNIFORMLY BAKING THE RESULTING MIXTURE AT THE SOFTENING TEMPERATURE OF THE MATERIAL, WHEREBY THE MATERIAL SOFTENS AND GAS IS PRODUCED IN THE MATERIAL CAUSING IT TO BLOAT UNDER FORMATION OF A CELLULAR STRUCTURE AND THEN COOLING THE RESULTING BLOATED MATERIAL.
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| DK226840AA DK63553C (en) | 1940-12-09 | 1940-12-09 | PROCEDURE FOR MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT FOR INSULATION, PREFERABLY AS A FILLER PRODUCED WITH BLADDER STRUCTURE. |
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| US3010177A (en) * | 1956-12-04 | 1961-11-28 | Thomas Marshall & Company Loxl | Method of manufacturing porous refractory insulating materials |
| US20190024360A1 (en) * | 2017-07-18 | 2019-01-24 | Kurt Evan Haberman | Interlocking building system using one-piece skin-and-frame panels, vacuum-insulation, vertical slide-locks, multi-story slides, and snap-locks |
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| DE594000C (en) * | 1930-11-02 | 1934-03-09 | Didier Werke Akt Ges | Process for the production of refractory, highly porous insulating bricks |
| US2073138A (en) * | 1930-08-09 | 1937-03-09 | Laclede Christy Clay Products | Heat insulating material |
| US2463994A (en) * | 1944-08-25 | 1949-03-08 | Funkhouser Company | Process for making aggregates |
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| US2073138A (en) * | 1930-08-09 | 1937-03-09 | Laclede Christy Clay Products | Heat insulating material |
| DE594000C (en) * | 1930-11-02 | 1934-03-09 | Didier Werke Akt Ges | Process for the production of refractory, highly porous insulating bricks |
| US2463994A (en) * | 1944-08-25 | 1949-03-08 | Funkhouser Company | Process for making aggregates |
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| US3010177A (en) * | 1956-12-04 | 1961-11-28 | Thomas Marshall & Company Loxl | Method of manufacturing porous refractory insulating materials |
| US20190024360A1 (en) * | 2017-07-18 | 2019-01-24 | Kurt Evan Haberman | Interlocking building system using one-piece skin-and-frame panels, vacuum-insulation, vertical slide-locks, multi-story slides, and snap-locks |
| US10858818B2 (en) * | 2017-07-18 | 2020-12-08 | Kurt Evan Haberman | Interlocking building system using one-piece skin-and-frame panels, vacuum-insulation, vertical slide-locks, multi-story slides, and snap-locks |
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