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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1976
Henry A Fremont, Wyoming, OH (US);
Walter Phalti Lawrence, Hamilton, OH (US);
Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved process and apparatus system for the continuous production of thin fiberboard products wherein a binder-impregnated wood fiber mat is continuously formed and then continuously and successively passed through a conditioning zone where the mat temperature is adjusted to about the glass transition temperature of the ligneous hemicellulosic matrix material of the wood fiber at a moisture content from about 6% to 12% by weight, prepressed to reduce the bulk thereof and substantially eliminate entrained air therefrom, hot pressed at a temperature and for a time sufficient to reduce the mat to the final thickness desired and to initiate but not to complete cure of the binder, and thereafter subjected to a temperature sufficient, but not above about 350.degree. F., and for a time sufficient to complete binder cure and mat consolidation.