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US 2026/0061649 A1Published application
Wet gel cutting technology
AssigneeCardinal CG Company
InventorsMohammad Arifuzzaman, Kellen C. Kitzman, Kari B. Myli, Tanner Bares
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of cutting a wet gel sheet. The method includes positioning a wet gel sheet on a cutting support surface, so that a bottom face of the wet gel sheet is supported by the cutting support surface. The wet gel sheet is a porous material comprising solvent in at least some pores. The wet gel sheet is cut by moving a blade along a cutting path. The invention also provides an aerogel sheet formed by a process that includes the cutting method, as well as certain articles that include the cut aerogel sheet.
Claims35
A method comprising:
- providing a wet gel sheet on a cutting support surface, so that a bottom face of the wet gel sheet is supported by the cutting support surface and a top face of the wet gel sheet faces in an opposite direction, the wet gel sheet being a porous material comprising solvent within at least some pores;
- and
- cutting the wet gel sheet by moving a blade along a cutting path;
- wherein the wet gel sheet is stationary during the cutting.
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