Johns Manville

Doug Ferreira

Walter A Johnson

Gerard J DeMott

Yifang Cal

A spinner disc for a rotary fiberization process, includes a base plate and an annular peripheral sidewall extending upward from the base plate which has a plurality of rows of fiberizing holes therein for fiberizing molten thermoplastic fiberizable materials by centrifugal force. The base plate has: a central bore therein on a rotational axis of the spinner disc for mounting the spinner disc on a drive shaft; an outer annular portion for receiving molten thermoplastic fiberizable materials to be fiberized; and an inner annular portion intermediate the central bore and, the outer annular base plate portion. A plurality of slits in the inner annular portion of the base plate, passing completely through the base plate from an upper surface of the base plate to a lower surface of the base plate and radiating outward from a periphery of the central bore, relieve stresses in the base plate, especially during a start-up of a fiberizing process, and permit hot gases to pass out from within the spinner disc during a fiberizing operation to heat the underside of the spinner disc.

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Artois, CA, United States of America

Doug Ferreira