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US 12,312,278 B2Granted
Methods of reducing fiber cement waste and fiber cement articles produced therefrom
AssigneeJames Hardie Technology Limited
InventorsGreg Brunton, Peter Pagones, Sagarika Richards
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Abstract
A composite fibre cement cladding element, comprising a plurality of fibre cement component pieces is provided wherein the fibre cement component pieces are fused together to provide a single unit that gives the appearance of two or more courses of cladding elements in a series.
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A method of manufacturing a fiber cement article comprising:
- producing a first fiber cement panel having a front face and a rear face;
- producing a second fiber cement panel having a front face and a rear face;
- producing a third fiber cement panel having a front face and a rear face;
- joining the first fiber cement panel to the second fiber cement panel such that at least a portion of the front face of the second fiber cement panel lies adjacent to the rear face of the first fiber cement panel and at least one edge of first fiber cement panel is offset from at least one edge of the second fiber cement panel;
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- joining the third fiber cement panel to the first fiber cement panel such that at least a portion of the front face of the third fiber cement panel lies adjacent to the rear face of the first fiber cement panel, wherein the rear face of the second fiber cement panel is substantially coplanar with the rear face of the third fiber cement panel.
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