US 11,946,584 B2
Composite insulation system
Robert Jacque Goulet, Gastonia, NC (US)
Assigned to NELSON GLOBAL PRODUCTS, INC., Stoughton, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/462,115
Filed by SAPREX, LLC, Gastonia, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/062573
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/094339, PCT Pub. Date May 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,164, filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0329486 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. B29C 53/58 (2006.01); B29C 63/04 (2006.01); B29C 63/10 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/68 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 15/14 (2006.01); D04B 1/22 (2006.01); D04B 21/20 (2006.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); F16L 57/06 (2006.01); F16L 59/02 (2006.01); F16L 59/10 (2006.01); F16L 59/16 (2006.01); F16L 59/22 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 59/22 (2013.01) [B29C 53/58 (2013.01); B29C 53/588 (2013.01); B29C 63/048 (2013.01); B29C 63/10 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/682 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 15/14 (2013.01); D04B 1/225 (2013.01); D04B 21/205 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); F16L 57/06 (2013.01); F16L 59/027 (2013.01); F16L 59/028 (2013.01); F16L 59/029 (2013.01); F16L 59/10 (2013.01); F16L 59/106 (2013.01); F16L 59/168 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0005 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0809 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0015 (2013.01); B29L 2023/225 (2013.01); B32B 2305/184 (2013.01); B32B 2307/304 (2013.01); B32B 2597/00 (2013.01); D10B 2401/04 (2013.01); F16L 59/163 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a composite insulation system, the method comprising:
providing a braided tape;
wrapping the braided tape around an exhaust component so that the braided tape conforms to the exhaust component;
wrapping and tucking ends of the braided tape into adjacent wraps of the braided tape;
positioning a self-molding fiber cover comprising an elastic structure over the braided tape to provide compression around the exhaust component;
providing a composite matrix solution comprising a dispersion of ground thermoplastic polymer in an organic or non-organic solvent;
applying the composite matrix solution to at least a portion of the braided tape and the self-molding fiber cover such that the composite matrix solution permeates the braided tape and the self-molding fiber cover; and
heat-curing the composite matrix solution to thereby mechanically and chemically bond the braided tape and the self-molding fiber cover to form the composite insulation system.