Patent ID: 9260345
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: C04B,D04H

Claim Text:
1. A method for manufacturing an aerogel-containing composite, said method comprising the steps of: providing mineral fibers in an amount of from 24 to 80 wt % of the total weight of starting materials, wherein the mineral fibers are provided in the form of a collected web and the collected web of fibers are further subjected to a disentanglement process, providing an aerogel particulate material in an amount of from 10 to 75 wt % of the total weight of starting materials, providing a binder in an amount of from 1 to 30 wt % of the total weight of starting materials, suspending the mineral fibers in a primary air flow and suspending the aerogel particulate material in the primary air flow, thereby mixing the suspended aerogel particulate material with the suspended mineral fibers, and mixing the binder with the mineral fibers and/or aerogel particulate material before, during or after mixing of the mineral fibers with the aerogel particulate material, collecting the mixture of mineral fibers, aerogel particulate material and binder and pressing and curing the mixture to provide a consolidated composite with a density of from 120 kg/m wherein the mineral fibers, binder and aerogel particulate material, when suspended in the primary air flow, are subjected to a further air flow in a different direction to the primary air flow; wherein the primary air flow is generally lateral and the further air flow is generally upwards.