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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Michael John Cusick, Englewood, CO (US);
Kenneth Andrew Clocksin, Grand Rapids, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
Relatively viscous glass is fiberized in a rotary fiberization process at relatively high disk speeds and through relatively large diameter holes to form long, fine diameter glass fibers which preferably are rapidly solubilized in biological fluids. The method of forming the long, fine diameter glass fibers includes maintaining a ratio of the velocity of the external surface of the peripheral wall of the fiberizing disk to the velocity of the glass passing through the fiberizing orifices within a specific range (the disc/glass velocity ratio); maintaining a ratio of the velocity of the air exiting the air ring to the velocity of the glass passing through the fiberizing orifices within a specific range (the air-ring/glass velocity ratio); and maintaining a ratio of the BTU content of the fuel expended forming the hot attenuating combustion gases to the BTU content of a pound of molten glass being fiberized within a specific range (the attenuating combustion gases/glass heat content ratio). Air-laid and wet-laid fibrous mats are made from these glass fibers for various applications, such as but not limited to, battery separators, ASHRAE paper, and HEPA and ULPA filtration papers.