Fibrous products and methods for producing the same
AssigneeKnauf Insulation, Inc.
InventorsBrian Lee Swift, Ruijian Xu, Ronald E. Kissell
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to fibrous products, such as fiberglass, and methods for producing the same. For example, the disclosure describes cured and uncured binders useful in the fabrication of products from loosely assembled fibers. The disclosure also describes methods of fabricating products from loosely assembled fibers utilizing the aforementioned binders.
Claims7
A binder comprising a silicon-containing coupling agent and melanoidin products cross-linked with a polycarboxylic acid, wherein the melanoidin products are formed upon dehydrating and curing a mixture that includes a carbohydrate and an ammonium salt of the polycarboxylic acid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.