Patent ID: 6743386
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: B01F,B01J

Abstract:
A method of agglomerating chopped bundles of wet fiberglass strands into uniform segments, comprising:providing a container having a curved inner surface disposed about a generally horizontally extending longitudinal axis, mounting the container on a plurality of springs to resiliently support the container above a base surface therefor; placing a plurality of chopped bundles of wet fiberglass strands to be agglomerated onto the curved inner surface at an input end of the container, producing a vibratory force to cause the chopped bundles of wet fiberglass strands to move from the input end to an output end of the container; the vibratory force causing the chopped bundles of wet fiberglass strands to be directed in a rising and falling path of rolling movement; whereby the rolling movement of the chopped bundles produces uniform segments by causing agglomeration of the wet fiberglass strands.