Koninklijke Emballage Industrie Van Leer B.v.

Per L Wolff

John Arthur Gent

Non-inflammable, non-flashing foam products such as foam boards, which comprise a layer of a rigid foam of a furfuryl alcohol-formaldehyde containing resin composition wherein at least one surface of said foam product has, as an integral part of its surface layer, porous glass fibre tissue. In accordance with another feature of the invention the glass fibre tissue surface is covered with a layer of an inorganic material such as a silicate. Methods of making these foam products are also disclosed.

Foam products from furfuryl alcohol-amino-formaldehyde

An improved process for the production of thermoset foams having a predetermined shape by subjecting a reactive amine to a condensation reaction in an enclosed mould cavity, wherein the reaction is carried out under conditions whereby by-product water found during the reaction is substantially free to move out into a space adjacent to and in communication with said foam, and controlling the temperature and care of said foam by regulation of the web bulb temperature of the gaseous mass inside said space. Foam products made in accordance with the process of the invention, e.g. urea-formaldehyde furfuryl alcohol-based insulating foams, are also claimed.

Process for preparation of foams by condensation reactions

Method of preparing foamed solid aminoformaldehyde furfurylalcohol products by polymerizing a liquid furfurylalcohol containing aminoformaldehyde resin composition in the presence of an acid, characterized in using as a starting material a resin compositioncontaining 15-90% by weight of total free and bound furfurylalcohol and having an urea:formaldehyde molar ratio of 1:1 to 1:5 and at least 10 parts by weight of a boron compound per 100 parts by weight of said resin, the boron compound being present in an amount sufficient so that the foam product will pass the muffle furnace test at 500.degree. C., and has no second exotherm at 200.degree. C. The boron compound can be selected from the group consisting of boric acid, boron oxide, borax, boric acid esters, boron tribromide, boron trichloride, boron nitride, boron phosphate, boron trifluoride etherate, boron trifluoride methanol, boron trifloride monoethylamine, complexes of boric acid with polyhydroxyl compounds, and mixtures thereof.

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Birkerød, Denmark

Per L Wolff