High throughput capactiy spinner for manufacturing dual-component curly fibers

A spinner for use in producing a bi-component fibre containing fibreglass insulation product including an interior slinger cup;

• said slinger cup being circumferentially secured in a fixed manner to a bottom of said spinner inwardly of said spinner periphery;
• said slinger cup having a bottom portion extending inwardly and being adapted to receive a first molten glass A which, through centrifugal movement, forces said glass A in an outward direction;
• said slinger cup further comprising a vertically extending circumferential wall and an upper horizontally extending flange adapted to receive a second stream of molten glass B with a different coefficient of thermal expansion than said first glass A;
• said glass B being forced outwardly through centrifugal movement;
• said spinner having a plurality of vertical baffles creating vertical chambers inwardly of a spinner peripheral wall;
• said slinger cup having a plurality of openings on an outwardly facing wall, such that glass A emerges into first of said vertical chambers and glass B emerges above said slinger cup horizontal flange into second alternative vertical chambers;
• said chambers being greater than 2 in number and lesser than or equal to 32;
• said spinner further comprising a plurality of horizontal baffles disposed between said vertical chambers such that glass A and glass B enter separately from said vertical chambers between said baffles;
• said baffles creating alternate vertically disposed horizontal chambers;
• said spinner on its inner periphery wall having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive glass A from one horizontal chamber and glass B from an alternative upper or lower horizontal chamber;
• said apertures opening into either glass A or glass B channels leading to the exterior peripheral wall whereupon in operation each one of glass A channels and each of one of glass B channels connects to a single common orifice through the spinner exterior peripheral wall;
• said spinner wall having a large number of said single common orifices placed in an ordered fashion, thereby creating a bi-component primary glass fibre, which after further attenuation by a combined action of rotating spinner, external main burner and compressed air blower create curly, irregularly shaped glass fibers.