Patent ID: 11939460
Assignee: KNAUF INSULATION SPRL
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a composite product comprising:
preparing a binder composition in the form of an aqueous solution, which comprises combining: i) Maillard reactants; ii) a component selected from a resin, reactants of the resin, and a combination thereof; and water; wherein the i) Maillard reactants are: a combination of one or more reducing sugar reactants and one or more nitrogen-containing reactants; a curable reaction product of the one or more reducing sugar reactants and the one or more nitrogen-containing reactants; or a combination of the one or more reducing sugar reactants, the one or more nitrogen-containing reactants, and the curable reaction product; and
stabilizing the i) Maillard reactants before, during or after said combining by introducing carbon dioxide; wherein the carbon dioxide reacts with the one or more nitrogen-containing reactants and/or the curable reaction product to form one or more carbamate compounds;

applying the binder composition to non-assembled or loosely-assembled matter to provide resinated matter;
arranging the resinated matter to provide loosely arranged resinated matter; and
subjecting the loosely arranged resinated matter to heat and/or pressure to cure the binder composition and to form the composite product.