Improved containment mats and systems of containment mats may include multiple adjoining mats with a top surface and a bottom surface. The multiple mats may provide a modular structural mat system that may be installed at a drill site, with multiple mats placed adjacent to each other with a lap joint connecting adjacent mats. A geotextile may be used to cover the lap joints and a coating applied to the geotextile. Such a system may provide containment of potential spills, a reliable working surface for drilling operations, and relatively fast and less expensive installation.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an inorganic fiber laminate having improved uniformity of surface density, as well as provide a vacuum insulation material using the same, and a manufacturing method for the same. The present invention relates to an inorganic fiber laminate (10) at least including a first inorganic fiber mat (1) that has a high-surface-density section (1a) and a low-surface-density section (1b), and a second inorganic fiber mat (2) that has a high-surface-density section (2a) and a low-surface-density section (2a), wherein the high-surface-density section (1a, 2a) of the first inorganic fiber mat (1) and/or the second inorganic fiber mat (2) are/is laminated on the low-surface-density section (1b) of the first inorganic fiber mat (1), and the high-surface-density section (1a, 2a) of the first inorganic fiber mat (1) and/or the second inorganic fiber mat are/is laminated on the low-surface-density section (2b) of the second inorganic fiber mat (2).

The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment.

The method for manufacturing an object comprises the steps of (a) providing a wafer comprising a multitude of semi-finished objects; (b) separating said wafer into parts referred to as sub-wafers, at least one of said sub-wafers comprising a plurality of said semi-finished objects; (c) processing at least a portion of said plurality of semi-finished objects by subjecting said at least one sub-wafer to at least one processing step; and preferably also the step of (d) separating said at least one sub-wafer into a plurality of parts.

Improved containment mats and systems of containment mats may include multiple adjoining mats with a top surface and a bottom surface. The multiple mats may provide a modular structural mat system that may be installed at a drill site, with multiple mats placed adjacent to each other with a lap joint connecting adjacent mats. A geotextile may be used to cover the lap joints and a coating applied to the geotextile. Such a system may provide containment of potential spills, a reliable working surface for drilling operations, and relatively fast and less expensive installation.

A method of producing a sandwich panel core of mineral wool fibers from a cured mineral fiber product includes the steps of providing a cured mineral fiber product with a dual density having a top layer with mineral fibers with a first density and a base layer having mineral fibers with a second density, the second density is at least two times lower than said first density. The top layer and the base layer have different fiber orientations. Further steps including cutting the mineral fiber product into a plurality of lamellae, rotating the lamellae 90 degrees, and re-joining the lamellae so that the top layers with the first density are vertically oriented.

An arrangement of coils of varying widths and diameters in a warehouse having an automated crane wherein: the coil axes are parallel; the coils are arranged in lines, the coil widths in each line falling within a first predetermined range associated with the line, the coil diameters in each line falling within a second predetermined range associated with the line and the coil axes in each line being orientated perpendicularly to said each line; the lines define (i) rows of coils; (ii) a bottom layer of coils; and (iii) one or more upper layers of coils; each upper layer coil is supported by a pair of lower layer coils in a line; the first and second predetermined ranges associated with the line in which said each coil is arranged are the same as those associated with the line in which the supporting coils are arranged.

An engineered wood panel assembly includes a first layer including a first set of billets that abut against each other along a lengthwise edge of the billets. Each billet includes one or more joints connecting adjacent sheets within the billet, and the joints are oriented perpendicular to the lengthwise edge. Each of the sheets in the first layer includes at least one ply comprising wood grain oriented in a first direction. A second layer including a second set of billets of sheets is layered on top of the first layer. Each billet in the second set includes one or more additional joints that are oriented perpendicular to a lengthwise edge of the second set of billets. The additional joints in the second layer are offset from the joints in the first layer, and each of the sheets in the second layer includes at least one ply having wood grain oriented in a second direction. Additionally, a third layer including a third set of billets of sheets may be layered on top of the second layer.

Disclosed is a mass plywood panel assembly including at least two engineered wood panel assemblies. Each wood panel assembly includes a first layer including a first set of billets, a second layer including a second set of billets and a third layer including a third set of billets of sheets. The first set of billets, the second set of billets, and the third set of billets are all oriented longitudinally along the length of the wood panel assembly and the at least two engineered wood panel assemblies are connected by an end joint, thereby forming the mass plywood panel assembly. Methods of manufacturing mass plywood panel assemblies are also disclosed.

The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment.