Building Materials Investment Corporation

Jacob Stephen Zhanel

Paul G Wilson

James A Svec

Margie Ann Beerer

Sudhir B Railkar

Daniel E Boss

Matti Kiik

A finished flake for a roofing material including a metal flake substrate having an emissivity value up to approximately 0.25 and a reflectivity value up to approximately 0.95. A first coating is provided having unpigmented sodium silicate disposed on the substrate, wherein the first coating increases the emissivity value of the substrate and decreases the reflectivity value of the substrate. A second coating is provided having sodium silicate loaded with reflective pigments non-uniformly disposed about the first coating, wherein the finished flake has an emissivity value in excess of approximately 0.75 and a reflectivity value ranging from approximately 0.4 to approximately 0.5.

Flake having multilayer coatings with optical and thermal properties

In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed drying and dewatering system comprises an air knife and a vacuum slot, wherein the air knife is positioned over the vacuum slot and fibrous nonwoven material is passed under the air knife and over the vacuum slot. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to achieve greater water removal and more uniform binding agent distribution across the nonwoven fibrous material.

Apparatus and methods of manufacturing fibrous nonwoven materials and products comprising the same

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Ennis, TX, United States of America

Jacob Stephen Zhanel