Title of Invention

METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED MINERAL WOOL AND BINDER THEREFOR

Abstract The present invention relates to a binder for the production of bonded mineral wool, wherein a phenol-formaldehyde-binder is applied onto the still hot fibers after the fiberization of a mineral wool, using a binder that comprises hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol with the following general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or hetrocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain- like or branched alyklether with 1-50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units; and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or branched alkylether with 1- 50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units.
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Description
Method for producing bonded mineral wool and binder therefor
The present invention relates to a method for producing bonded mineral
wool in accordance with the preamble of claim 1, a bonded mineral wool
product in accordance with claim 11, as well as a binder for producing
bonded mineral wool according to claim 12.
After fiberization in the production of bonded mineral wool products from a
glass melt or mineral melt, it has for a long time proved advantageous to
apply a phenol-formaldehyde resin-based binder onto the still hot fibers.
Such binders are well known in the prior art. US 3,231,349 of January 25,
1966, discloses for example the production of glass- and mineral fibers
bonded with an aqueous dispersion of a binder on the base of a phenolic
resin, maleic acid, the anhydride of which, or the equivalents of which, are
bonded with ammonium hydroxide with glucose and sugar type compounds
added.
From US 4,339,361 aqueous thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde resin-
preparations are known as binder for mineral wool products, on the one
hand comprising a molar ratio of phenol and formaldehyde of 1:2.3 to 1:5,
and on the other hand potentially containing sugar type compounds, urea
and ammonia.
European Patent Specification EP 0 810 981 B1 discloses a method for
manufacturing a mineral wool-based product comprising the following steps:
Preparation of an aqueous preparation of a phenol-formaldehyde resin with
the following components'.
Phenol and formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1:2.8 to 1:6, ammonia; and a
sugar preparation; applying of the (total) preparation onto the mineral wool;
and curing of the mineral wool while forming the product.
Further, EP 0 810 981 B1 discloses the adjustment of the pH of the binder
dispersion to an alkaline level between 8 and 9.25 by means of NH3.
According to the prior art of EP 0 810 981 B1, the sugar preparation may
comprise the saccharides glucose, fructose, sucrose (cane sugar), maltose
as well as sugar syrup, sugar molasses and/or dextrin.

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The concentration of the sugar preparation in aqueous solution
in EP 0 810 981 B1 amounts to 1 to 80 wt%.
According to the teaching of EP 0 810 981 B1, the emission of ammonia is to
be reduced by adding the sugar preparation to the binder resin when
producing the mineral fibers, and bonding those fibers with an ammonia-
containing phenol-formaldehyde resin.
Starting from the prior art of EP 0 810 981 B1, it is an object of the present
invention to find a substitute for NH3 that is more advantageous with respect
to work-place safety, more environmentally friendly as well as more
profitable.
With regard to process technology, this object is attained by the
characterising features of claim 1, with regard to product technology, it is
attained by the features of claim 11 and with.regard to a binder, it is
attained by the characterising features of claim 12.
The present invention particularly relates to a method for producing bonded
mineral wool, in which method after the fiberization of a mineral melt a
phenol-formaldehyde-binder is applied onto the still hot fibers, using a
binder comprising hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol having the following
general formula:

wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and
independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated
aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated
alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or
heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or
branched alkyl ether with 1-50 alkoxy units or chain-like or branched
alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units and R3 is a linear or branched,
saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a
saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8
carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12
ring members or a chain-like or branched alkyl ether with 1-50 alkoxy
units or chain-like or

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branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units.
Surprisingly, it was found out that mineral wool products produced with
the binder of the present invention exhibit increased strength and,
generally, improved water resistance or hydrolytic resistance, respectively,
in spite of the introduction of additional functional groups into the binder,
promoting the dissolution in water.
According to the present invention, it is preferred to use ethanolamine as it
is the simplest representative of amino alcohols. Ethanolamine is more
alkaline than NH3 and is commercially available at a reasonable price. It
reacts perfectly with unreacted formaldehyde, does practically not smell of
NH3 when the binder is mixed, if used in the necessary low concentration of
normally 1.0 percent by weight, and, finally, only a fractional amount of the
NH3 otherwise needed, is necessary. As the absolute amount of amino
alcohol that has to be added is much lower than the amount of NH3 that
has to be added in the prior art, the use of amino alcohols and especially
ethanolamine does virtually not involve additional costs or is even cheaper
than the use of NH3.
As the balance of the decomposition reaction of the amines to NH3 is
predominantly in favour of amines, the NH3-concentration is drastically
reduced in this working place, already when mixing the binder for the
use in the production line, so that potential dangers to the health of the
employees caused by inhalation of NH3 are eliminated.
The same is true for applying the binder after the fiberization onto the still
hot fibers. As a result of the reduced feed of NH3 and due to the specific
conditions from retention time and temperature during cooling of the
fibers, it is an important advantage of the present invention that the
emission of NH3 during this procedural step is practically reduced to zero.
Thus, the emission values of NH3 at this working place are also reduced to
values that are negligible and completely uncritical for health.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention is to further add to the
binder a sugar-containing preparation, in particular molasses, preferably
beet root molasses.

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On the one hand this leads to the binding of NH3 that potentially has been
created from the added amine during cooling of the fibers, and on the
other hand it has surprisingly turned out that fewer amino alcohols are
needed. This way it is possible to advantageously reduce the amount of
binder, i.e. a potential source of emission, introduced.
After this procedural step, a curing procedure is performed, in which the
liquid binder polymerises to obtain a solid bond. During this curing
procedure, the sugar-containing preparation binds into potentially created
decomposition products right into the created polymer structure, or
suppresses the creation of these decomposition products, respectively. To
sum it up, an advantageous reduction of potential emissions of
decomposition products may result in a reduction of environmental pollution.
One binder of the present invention contains a level of amino alcohol, and
particularly a level of ethanolamine, of approx. 0.05 to 4 percent by weight,
particularly of approx. 0.05 to 1.5 percent by weight, more preferably of
0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight, most preferably of 0.5 percent by weight.
It is further preferred to additionally add ammonium salt, preferably
ammonium sulphate, e.g. in a concentration of approx. 0.1 to 3.0 percent
by weight, particularly preferably of approx. 1.0 percent by weight, to the
binder.
The preferred binder contains a concentration of ethanolamine of approx.
0.5 percent by weight and a concentration of ammonium sulphate of approx.
1.0 percent by weight.
The invention further relates to a bonded mineral wool product obtainable
according to the method of the present invention.
Another object of the present invention is a binder for producing a
phenol-formaldehyde resin-based bonded mineral wool, characterised in
that it contains hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol of the following general
formula:


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wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and
independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated
aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated
alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or
heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like
or branched alkyl ether with 1-50 alkoxy units or chain-like or branched
alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units and R3 is a linear or branched,
saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a
saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8
carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12
ring members or a chain-like or branched alkyl ether with 1-50 alkoxy
units or chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units.
Ethanolamine is used as a preferred amino alcohol, nevertheless, other
amino alcohols of the described formula can be used as well for the
purposes of the present invention. Suitable as alkanol residue within the
amino alcohol are a hydroxyethyl-residue, an oxyalkoxyl-residue, a
hydroxypropyl-residue as well as the hydroxybutyl-residue and the
correspondingly branched iso-hydroxyalkyl-residues, as they are easily
technically available.
According to the present invention, it is preferred that the binder comprises
the sugar-containing preparation in a concentration of 0.5 to 25 percent by
weight.
The advantage of adding a sugar-containing preparation, e.g. in form of
molasses, particularly from sugar beets, is, among others, that with glass
wool up to approx. 15% relating to binder molasses and with mineral
wool/rock wool approx. 10% relating to binder molasses of binder can be
saved.
Further advantages and features of the present invention will emerge from
the description of preferred embodiments as well as from the drawing.
It shows:
Fig. 1: The hydrolytic stability of two binder resins according to the present
invention compared with the prior art comprising NH3 at different pH values.
Fig. 2: The gelling times of two binder resins according to the invention at
130°C compared to prior art comprising NH3; and

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For the purposes of the present invention and especially for the preferred
embodiments, some terms, parameters and abbreviations are defined in
the following:
P = phenol;
F = formaldehyde;
% = % by weight;
parts = parts by weight
Examples
Several tests were performed with a binder in which NH3 had been replaced
by an amino alcohol and the mineral wool products produced were
subjected to different tests in order to evaluate the quality by means of
quality characteristics such as stability, water repellent properties and optical
appearance.
The results of these tests are shown in tables 1 to 4.
The binder of the example contained ethanolamine as amino alcohol.
Similar results were, however, also achieved with short-chain amino
alcohols.
As in the standard proced ure, the binders used for the tests were jetted in
the hood onto the still hot fibers.
They exhibited the following composition as to quantity:
Resin 1: partially neutralised phenol-formaldehyde resin (P:F = 1:3.2)
catalysed
with sodium was mixed with urea to obtain a premix of the
following composition: resin 70%/ urea 30% .
Resin 2: partially neutralised phenol-formaldehyde resin (P:F = 1:3.2)
catalysed
with sodium was mixed with urea to obtain a premix of the
following composition: resin 60%/ urea 40% .
Resin 3: partially neutralised phenol-formaldehyde resin (P:F = 1:3.3)
catalysed
with sodium was mixed with urea to obtain a premix of the
following composition: resin 65%/ urea 35% .
The corresponding resins were mixed with additional loading agents to
obtain the binders 1-3.
The data refer to 100 parts of resin.

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Binder 1: resin 1, 3 parts ammonium sulphate, 2.4 parts ammonia, 0.4 part
3-
aminotriethoxysilane
Binder 2: resin 2, 3 parts ammonium sulphate, 2.4 parts ammonia, 0.4 part
3-
aminotriethoxysilane
Binder 3: resin 3, 1.2 part ammonium sulphate, 0.9 part ammonia, 0.2 part
3-aminotriethoxysilane
A fagade insulation board consisting of rock wool and exhibiting an
apparent density of 145 kg/m3 and clamping felt consisting of glass wool
and exhibiting an apparent density of 20 kg/m3 were produced as mineral
wool products.
The production of mineral wool products on the basis of resin 1 and 2 was
trouble-free. No striking changes as to e.g. thermal effects, changes in
colour, precipitations or a strong bad smell were observed. The pre-made
binders, the so called sizing agents (encollages), were used in tests made
by the applicant. Before the test, samples were drawn for reference.
Approximately 20 minutes after starting the test, samples were drawn and
the behaviour of the encollages in the hood was evaluated. It was found out
that no increased unpleasant smell occurred by the use of the binder
according to the invention, and the final product could not be distinguished
optically from the standard products. No pre-curing was observed. The
samples drawn were examined as to their product characteristics.
Additionally, the processability of encollage with ethanolamine and molasses
as well as the influence of added molasses were tested as to changes
in their product characteristics. The binders used had the following
composition as to quantity:
The corresponding resins and additional loading agents were mixed into
the binders 4-6.
The data given refer to 100 parts of resin.
Binder 4; Resin 1,1 part ammonium sulphate, 0.5 part ethanolamine, 0.4
part 3-aminotriethoxysilane, 10 parts sugar beet molasses
Binder 5: Resin 2, 1 part ammonium sulphate, 0.5 part ethanolamine, 0.4
part 3-

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aminotriethoxysilane, 10 parts sugar beet molasses
Binder 6: Resin 3, 1 part ammonium sulphate, 0.2 part ethanolamine, 0.2
part 3-aminotriethoxysilane, 10 parts sugar beet molasses
A fagade insulation board consisting of rock wool and exhibiting an
apparent density of 145 kg/m3 and clamping felt consisting of glass wool
and exhibiting an apparent density of 20 kg/m3 were produced as mineral
wool products. Test pieces were created from the products and tested
according to the corresponding test methods. At first, the results of the
testing of the fagade insulation panel are shown in tables 1 and 2.

Table 1 : Determination of BINDER 1 BINDER 4
nominal thickness (dN) mm 100 100
thickness at 0.05 kN/m2 mm 101 100
volume at 0.05 kN/m2 dm3 4.04 3.98
gross density at nominal
thickness kg/m3 145.9 150.5
gross density at 0.05 kN/m2 kg/m3 144.5 151.2
sample weight, dry g 584 602
sample weight, wet g 589 610
weight increase 24 h g 6 8
water absorption 24 h kg/m2 0.1 0.2
maximal admissible water
absorption after 24 h kg/m2 desired value
sample weight, dry g 584 608
sample weight, wet, after 28 d g 595 621
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weight increase 28 d g 11

water absorption 28 d kg/m2 0.3 0.3
maximal admissible water
absorption after 28 d kg/m2 desired value It is very important for fagade insulation material to exhibit strongly
delayed water absorption as well as a good mechanical strength. Thus,
a tearing test is carried out to test the strength of the particular product,
in addition to testing the water absorption that rises surprisingly
despite

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additionally introduced hydrophilic groups. To carry out the test,
standardised test pieces are glued between two metal plates having
two loops and are then torn into pieces in a suitable measuring
device. As facade insulation material has also to be plastered, not
only the untreated insulation material but also insulation material that
has been plastered with commercial mortar were tested. The
measurements of plastered and unplastered insulation material are
analogue. In the ideal case, there is no difference in strength to be
found between the conditions of both. The data given in table 2 show,
that the mechanical strength is generally superior to the standard, in
spite of the somewhat lower gross density. If the gross densities
exhibit the identical gross density, what is ideal, the difference should
be even clearer.
Table 2: Determination of the mechanical strength of the facade
insulation material

BINDER 1 BINDER 4
measured value gross density gross density
compression
stress untreated 89,9 kPa 144kg/m3 102,3kPa 141 kg/m3
tear resistance
untreated 27,7 kPa 144 kg/m3 32,6 kPa 140 kg/m3
tear resistance
roughcast 22,7 kPa 141 kg/m3 28,2 kPa 138 kg/m3
point load at 5
mm 730 N 140 kg/m3 940 N 139 kg/m3
There are different requirements as regards the mechanical properties of
the material for the clamping felt of the second example, as it is only used
in the interior. This product is very light which renders the use of the above
mentioned method for determining the tear resistance impossible, as
mechanical stability of this insulation material as such is only low. Ring-
shaped test pieces are

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punched out of the clamping felt and torn by means of a suitable measuring
equipment in order to determine the measurement value described as hoop
tear strength. As the tear strengths in longitude direction and in transverse
direction to the product are different from each other, they are determined
separately. The results are shown in table 3.
Table 3: Hoop tear strength of clamping felt

MEASURED
VALUE UNIT BINDER 2 BINDER 5 CHANGE OF BINDER
2 TO BINDER 5
(ROUNDED) IN %
longitudinal hoop
tear strength N/g 5.3 5.5 4
transversal hoop
tear strength N/g 4.1 4.8 17
hoop tear strength
with regard to gross
raw density N/g 4.8 5.2 8
The mechanical characteristics of this product, as well, are improved when
ethanolamine/molasses are used in the binder. Of course, the changes
compared to the standard are not very impressive with this product due to
its general low strength. The improvements of the characteristics shown
with the products can also be shown by simple test methods in the
laboratory. By means of the hydrolytic resistance showing the mass loss of
the binder during heating in water, it can be found out whether loading
agents hinder the polymerisation that occurs during curing. In order to
determine the hydrolytic stability, a suitable amount of binder is cured,
triturated and dried until constancy of weight is reached, 4 g of the
respective binder powder are boiled 5 hours in 1.2 I water, afterwards
filtered off and again dried until constancy of weight. The mass loss results
from the difference of binder

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weighed before and after the procedure. As phenol-formaldehyde resins
comprise different functionalities, this measurement is carried out at the pH
4.0, 7.0 and 10.0.
The results compared to a NH3-containing binder are shown in Fig. 1, in
which the mass loss in percent is shown at different pH values.
These studies surprisingly revealed that amino alcohol containing binder
resins (binders 4-6) generally exhibits a higher resistance against
dissolving in water than the NH3 standard (binders 1-3).
In order to further control the quality with regard to the general processability
of the new amino alcohol containing binders that are practically free of NH3
the gelling times that are important for the creation of crossing points
between the individual fiber loops, exemplified with ethanolamine, of three
binders according to the invention 4-6 compared with NH3 containing
binders 1-3 of the prior art were studied at 130°C. The results are shown in
Fig. 2. The ordinate shows the so called B-time, i.e. the rate at which the
initiated polymerisation starts. The B-time should lie within a certain time
limit that is already determined by the standard binders, which already
result in good final products. If the B-time is too short, the polymerisation
runs too fast and a shaping of the bonded but not yet cured binders is no
longer possible. However, if the B-time is too long, not enough binder is
applied to the fibers leading to a considerable decrease of product quality
as regards the mechanical properties.
It has turned out that the gelling times for the binders 4 and 5 are even
shorter than those for NH3-containing binders, whereas are somewhat
higher than the prior art for the other phenol-formaldehyde resin type in
binder 6. However, they are still admissible for this type of gel.

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No deterioration of the mechanical properties was observed caused by the
use of ethanolamine/molasses.
In the operating test it was shown that no particular difficulties are expected
during the preparation of the encollage with ethanolamine and molasses.
Further, it has proved advantageous that fewer problems arise as regards
weighing, compared to binders containing ammonia, when mixing by hand.
With the given technical conditions, there are no problems arising with the
technical application of the binders according to the invention. No
precipitation or plugging was observed.
The encollage could be used without any special occurrences. No
increased bad smell, pre-curing or deferred drying was observed.
The product properties are not disadvantageously affected by the use of
ethanolamine/molasses. The samples could not be distinguished visually
from the standard products. No deterioration of the mechanical
characteristics and of the water absorption property was observed. The data
given by the laboratory tests were thus confirmed.
The measurement values shown in Fig. 1 and 2 were similar to those of
binders containing propanolamine, N,N-dimethylethanolamine and
N-methylethanolamine.
At present, ethanolamine is the preferred amino alcohol due to its presently
superior availability in industrial amounts at reasonable prices and due to its
perfect (almost inexistent) fire and ignition performance, however, the tests
performed showed clearly that, on principle, the invention can be carried
out with any claimed compound.

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Claims
1. Method for producing bonded mineral wool, in which a phenol-
formaldehyde-binder is applied onto the still hot fibers after the
fiberization of a mineral melt,
characterised in that
a binder is used that contains hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol with
the following general formula:

wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and
independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or
unsaturated alipathic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a
saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or hetereocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-
8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or branched alyklether with 1-
50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50
alkylamine units; and
R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic
hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated
alicyclic or hetereocyclic hycrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a
carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring
members or a chain-like or branched alkylether with 1-50 alkoxy units
or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that ethanolamine is
used as amino alcohol.

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3. Method according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that a
sugar-containing preparation, in particular sugar molasses,
preferably made of sugar beets, is added.
4. Method according to claim 3, characterised in that the sugar-
containing preparation is added in the concentration of 0.5 to 25
percent by weight.
5. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that
an acidic salt, in particular ammonium sulphate, is additionally added
to the binder.
6. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that
a binder with a content of approx. 0.05 to 4 percent by weight,
preferably of approx. 0.05 to 1.5 percent by weight, more preferably
of approx. 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight, most preferably of approx.
0.5 percent by weight, of an amino alcohol, especially
ethanolamine, is used.
7. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 characterised in that
a binder with additionally approx. 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight of an
acid salt, especially ammonium sulphate, is used.
8. Method according to claim 7, characterised in that a binder with a
concentration of ammonium sulphate of approx. 1.0 percent by
weight is used.
9. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in the
use of a binder with an ethanolamine concentration of approx. 0.5
percent by weight and a ammonium sulphate concentration of
approx. 1.0 percent by weight.
10. Bonded mineral wool product that is obtainable according to the
procedure in accordance with at least any one of claims 1 to 9.

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11. Binder for the preparation of a phenol-formaldehyde resin based
bonded mineral wool, characterised in that it comprises an
hydroxylamine or an amino alcohol of the following general
formula:

wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and
independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched, saturated or
unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a
saturated or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8
carbon atoms, a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or branched alkylether with 1 -
50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50
alkylamine units; and
R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic
hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or unsaturated
alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a
carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring
members or a chain-like or branched alkylether with 1-50 alkoxy units
or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units.
12. Binder according to claim 11, characterised in that it comprises
ethanolamine.
13. Binder according to claim 11 or 12, characterised in that it
additionally comprises an ammonium salt, particularly ammonium
sulphate.
14. Binder according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterised in that
it has an amino alcohol, in particular ethanolamine, content of
approx. 0.05 to 2.5 percent by weight, preferably of approx. 0.05 to
1.5 percent by weight, more preferably of approx. 0.1 to 1.0 percent
by weight, most preferably of approx. 0.5 percent by weight.

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15. Binder according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterised in that
it comprises an ammonium salt, in particular ammonium sulphate,
in a concentration of approx. 0.1 to 3.0 percent by weight.
16. Binder according to claim 15, characterised in that it exhibits an
ammonium sulphate concentration of approx. 1.0 percent by weight.
17. Binder according to any one of claims 11 to 16, characterised in
that the concentration of the amino alcohol, in particular of the
ethanoiamine, amounts to approx. 0.5 percent by weight and the
concentration of ammonium sulphate amounts to approx. 1.0
percent by weight.
18. Binder according to any one of claims 11 to 17, characterised in that
it additionally comprises a sugar-containing preparation, especially
sugar molasses, preferably made out of sugar beets.
19. Binder according to claim 18, characterised in that the sugar
containing preparation is present in the binder in a concentration of
0.5 to 25 percent by weight.



The present invention relates to a binder for the production of bonded mineral wool,
wherein a phenol-formaldehyde-binder is applied onto the still hot fibers after the
fiberization of a mineral wool, using a binder that comprises hydroxylamine or an amino
alcohol with the following general formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are the same or
different from each other, and independently are hydrogen, a linear or branched,
saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated
or unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a
carbocyclic or hetrocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-
like or branched alyklether with 1-50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched
alkylamine with 1-50 alkylamine units; and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or
unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with 1-12 carbon atoms, a saturated or
unsaturated alicyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with 5-8 carbon atoms, a carbocyclic
or heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with 5-12 ring members or a chain-like or
branched alkylether with 1- 50 alkoxy units or a chain-like or branched alkylamine with
1-50 alkylamine units.

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Patent Number 264251
Indian Patent Application Number 5004/KOLNP/2007
PG Journal Number 51/2014
Publication Date 19-Dec-2014
Grant Date 17-Dec-2014
Date of Filing 24-Dec-2007
Name of Patentee SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
Applicant Address 18 AVENUE D'ALSACE F-92400 COURBEVOIE
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 HUENIG, H. GOETHESTRASSE 24 69221 DOSSENHEIM
2 WAGNER, E DALBERGSTRASSE 23, 67122 ALTRIP
PCT International Classification Number C03C 25/34
PCT International Application Number PCT/EP2006/063565
PCT International Filing date 2006-06-26
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 10 2005 029 479.0 2005-06-24 Germany