Patent ID: 6103180
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B60R,D04H

Abstract:
A method for producing a porous, sound- and heat-insulating shaped element for lining sound-emitting vehicle components, heat-emitting vehicle components, or both sound-emitting and heat-emitting vehicle components, comprising:placing a bonded fiber fabric of natural fibers and thermoplastic binders into a cavity of a heatable press mold,closing said press mold and sealing the cavity so that the cavity is sealed gas-tight and pressure tight,injecting saturated dry steam into the cavity containing the bonded fiber fabric with the binder,holding said injected saturated dry steam under a static pressure of 2-20 bar and maintaining said saturated dry steam in said press mold cavity whereby no fluid flow is created in said press mold, during an entire dwell time of the bonded fiber fabric and the binder in the press mold to thereby produce a shaped element, said binder being crosslinked uniformly in all regions of said shaped elementdraining the saturated dry steam from the cavity,opening the press mold,removing the shaped element from the press mold, andfiltering the saturated dry steam from the cavity in a filtration system.