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US 2025/0026068 A1Published application
Steam Heating And Molding Of Nonwoven Materials
AssigneeAuria Solutions UK I Ltd.
InventorsStefan KOENIGBAUER, Timothy Joel ALLISON, Ernest Franklin WILSON
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Abstract
Steam heating and molding of single or multilayer nonwoven materials, particularly suitable for the formation of three-dimensionally shaped automotive sound insulators.
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A system for forming a three-dimensional nonwoven structure comprising:
- a. a steam heating chamber configured to heat a nonwoven substrate with saturated steam and/or superheated steam, wherein said nonwoven substrate comprises one or a plurality of layers;
- b. a mold configured to form said heated nonwoven substrate into a three-dimensional shape;
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- c. a conveyor configured to deliver said nonwoven substrate into said steam heating chamber and into said mold.
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A method for forming a three-dimensional nonwoven structure comprising:
- a. supplying a steam heating chamber configured to heat a nonwoven substrate with saturated steam and/or superheated steam wherein said nonwoven substrate comprises one or a plurality of layers;
- b. providing a mold configured to form said heated nonwoven substrate into a three-dimensional shape;
- c. heating said nonwoven substrate with steam and/or superheated steam for a period of time of 1 second to 60 seconds;
- d. placing said heated nonwoven substrate from step (c) into said mold and forming said three-dimensional nonwoven structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.