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US 11,932,740 B2Granted
3D-formable sheet material
AssigneeFiberLean Technologies Limited
InventorsJohannes Kritzinger, Michel Schenker, Patrick Gane, Philipp Hunziker
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.
Claims11
3D-formable sheet material, characterized by comprising:
- (a) a cellulose material in an amount from 15 to 55 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the 3D-formable sheet material, wherein the cellulose material is a cellulose material mixture comprising:
- (i) microfibrillated cellulose in an amount of ≥55 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the cellulose material mixture, and
- (ii) cellulose fibres in an amount of ≤45 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the cellulose material mixture,
- and the sum of the amount of the microfibrillated cellulose and the cellulose fibres is 100 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the cellulose material mixture, and
- (b) at least one particulate inorganic filler material in an amount of 45 wt.-% to 85 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the 3D-formable sheet material,
- wherein the sum of the amount of the cellulose material and the at least one particulate inorganic filler material is 100.0 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the cellulose material and the at least one particulate inorganic filler material;
- wherein the 3D-formable sheet material has:
- (x) a normalized stretch increase per level of moisture content in the range from 0.15 to 0.7% per percent moisture, and
- (y) an elongation at break of at least 6%, and
- (z) a sheet weight from 50 to 500 g/m2.
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