Processes for manufacturing engineered composite objects
OwnerDouglas Gardner, Xuelian Zhang +2inventors
InventorsDouglas Gardner, Xuelian Zhang, Christopher Watt, Lech Muszynski
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Abstract
Methods for forming composite objects, wherein the methods comprise providing a plurality of material particles, applying a liquid adhesive to at least a portion of the plurality of material particles, wherein the adhesive is comprised of droplets, at least about 80% of the droplets having an average droplet diameter of about 50 to about 200 microns, to form a material/adhesive mixture, and forming the material/adhesive mixture into a composite object.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of material particles;
- applying a liquid adhesive to at least a portion of the plurality of material particles, wherein the adhesive is comprised of droplets, at least about 80% of the droplets having a droplet diameter of about 50 to about 200 microns, to form a material/adhesive mixture;
- and
- forming the material/adhesive mixture into a composite object.
A method of manufacturing a wood composite object comprising:
- providing a plurality of wood strands;
- applying a liquid adhesive to at least a portion of the plurality of wood strands, wherein the adhesive is comprised of droplets, at least about 80% of the droplets having a droplet diameter of about 50 to 200 microns, to form a wood/adhesive mixture;
- and
- forming the wood/adhesive mixture into a wood composite object.
A method of manufacturing a composite comprising:
- providing a plurality of material particles;
- subjecting a liquid adhesive to an ultrasonic field to form a plurality of adhesive droplets;
- combining the adhesive droplets and the material particles, to form a material/adhesive mixture;
- and
- forming the material/adhesive mixture into a composite object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.