A method to recycle waste wood-based material, including collecting a waste wood-based material resulting from sawing and/or machining in a wood-based material, separating the waste wood-based material by particle size, without prior grinding, by screening the waste wood-based material through at least one first screen to separate a first fraction of particles from the waste wood-based material, wherein the at least one first screen has apertures having an aperture width of 3000 ?m or less, subsequently screening a remainder of the waste wood-based material through at least one second screen to separate a second fraction of particles from the waste wood-based material, wherein the at least one second screen has apertures having an aperture width exceeding 50 ?m, and wherein a third fraction of particles is formed by particles from the waste wood-based material passing through the at least one second screen.

A method to recycle waste wood-based material, including collecting a waste wood-based material resulting from sawing and/or machining in a wood-based material, separating the waste wood-based material by particle size, without prior grinding, by screening the waste wood-based material through at least one first screen to separate a first fraction of particles from the waste wood-based material, wherein the at least one first screen has apertures having an aperture width of 3000 ?m or less, subsequently screening a remainder of the waste wood-based material through at least one second screen to separate a second fraction of particles from the waste wood-based material, wherein the at least one second screen has apertures having an aperture width exceeding 50 ?m, and wherein a third fraction of particles is formed by particles from the waste wood-based material passing through the at least one second screen.

A method for densifying a fibrous mat, such as scrim, to achieve a uniform mat density, including a set of parallel bars each having a row of pins extending downward therefrom which can engage the mat fibers, a plurality of shafts along which the bars slide so as to maintain the bars parallel, a plurality of extendable accordion linkages connecting the set of bars, and a linear positioning assembly having a reciprocating drive mechanism coupled to one of the bars which can move the bars in response to an actuation signal. As the drive mechanism retracts the bar to which it is coupled the spacing between the rows of bars is decreased uniformly and the rows of pins draw the fibers together and compress them uniformly across the width of the mat.

A method for densifying a fibrous mat, such as scrim, to achieve a uniform mat density, including a set of parallel bars each having a row of pins extending downward therefrom which can engage the mat fibers, a plurality of shafts along which the bars slide so as to maintain the bars parallel, a plurality of extendable accordion linkages connecting the set of bars, and a linear positioning assembly having a reciprocating drive mechanism coupled to one of the bars which can move the bars in response to an actuation signal. As the drive mechanism retracts the bar to which it is coupled the spacing between the rows of bars is decreased uniformly and the rows of pins draw the fibers together and compress them uniformly across the width of the mat.

The present invention relates to a ceramized silicone resin composition and a pre-preg and a laminate that use the composition. The ceramized silicone resin composition comprises: 50-100 parts of a condensation-type silicone resin, 0.0001-2 parts of a catalyst, 5-80 parts of a ceramic-forming filler, and 0.01-50 parts of a flux. The pre-preg and the laminate manufactured using the ceramized silicone resin composition, when used in a sustained high temperature, can transform into complex ceramized structure thereby providing ceramic properties, thus providing great fireproof and flame retardant effects; also, manufacturing of the laminate is similar to that of a regular FR-4 laminate, where the process is easy to operate. The ceramized silicone resin composition, the pre-preg, and the laminate have the advantages of being halogen-free, low smoke, low toxicity, flame retardant, and fireproof, provide a novel concept and a novel method in terms of flame retardancy and fire resistance, accelerate the research progress in laminate passive fire protection technology, and have broad prospects in the field of fire protection and fire resistance.

A thermal insulation material is made of a plurality of insulating components. The plurality of insulating components includes a first insulating component made of wood shavings. The plurality of insulating components includes a second insulating component made of cellulose fibers, wherein the cellulose fibers are arranged in voids formed between the wood shavings. The cellulose fibers of the second insulating component are produced from decor paper or sanitary paper.

The disclosed composite wood particulate products, adhesives contained in such wood particulate products, and methods of making the adhesive and the wood particulate products employ an aldehyde-free adhesive, and more specifically a formaldehyde-free adhesive. The aldehyde-free adhesive includes an inert additive that extends a resin, such as an isocyanate resin, and forms an evenly dispersed, less expensive polymeric adhesive admixture. The extender-filler of the resin is mixed with water to form a slurry. The slurry can then be mixed with a resin, like the isocyanate resin, to form the adhesive. Various rheology modifiers can be added, if desired, to the extender-filler or the slurry. The adhesive can be blended with wood particles to form a mat that is then pressed into a composite wood particulate product.

The disclosed composite wood particulate products, adhesives contained in such wood particulate products, and methods of making the adhesive and the wood particulate products employ an aldehyde-free adhesive, and more specifically a formaldehyde-free adhesive. The aldehyde-free adhesive includes an inert additive that extends a resin, such as an isocyanate resin, and forms an evenly dispersed, less expensive polymeric adhesive admixture. The extender-filler of the resin is mixed with water to form a slurry. The slurry can then be mixed with a resin, like the isocyanate resin, to form the adhesive. Various rheology modifiers can be added, if desired, to the extender-filler or the slurry. The adhesive can be blended with wood particles to form a mat that is then pressed into a composite wood particulate product.

The present invention relates to a batchwise or continuous process for producing single-layer one multilayer lignocellulosic materials, comprising the process steps of (I) mixing the components of the individual layers, (II) scattering the mixture(s) produced in process step (I) to give a mat, (III) optionally precompacting the scattered mat and (IV) hot-pressing the optionally precompacted mat,
by using, in process step (I), for the core of multilayer lignocellulosic materials or for single-layer lignocellulosic materials, a mixture (component A) comprising a.sub.1) 50% to 99% by weight, preferably 70% to 97% by weight, more preferably 80% to 95% by weight and especially 85% to 92% by weight of organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups or mixtures thereof and a.sub.2) 1% to 50% by weight, preferably 3% to 30% by weight, more preferably 5% to 20% by weight and especially 8% to 15% by weight of organic carboxylic acid, carboxylic anhydride, carbonyl chloride or mixtures thereof and a.sub.3) 0% to 49% by weight, preferably 0% to 10% by weight and more preferably 0% to 5% by weight of auxiliaries or mixtures thereof.

The present invention relates to a batchwise or continuous process for producing single-layer one multilayer lignocellulosic materials, comprising the process steps of (I) mixing the components of the individual layers, (II) scattering the mixture(s) produced in process step (I) to give a mat, (III) optionally precompacting the scattered mat and (IV) hot-pressing the optionally precompacted mat,
by using, in process step (I), for the core of multilayer lignocellulosic materials or for single-layer lignocellulosic materials, a mixture (component A) comprising a.sub.1) 50% to 99% by weight, preferably 70% to 97% by weight, more preferably 80% to 95% by weight and especially 85% to 92% by weight of organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups or mixtures thereof and a.sub.2) 1% to 50% by weight, preferably 3% to 30% by weight, more preferably 5% to 20% by weight and especially 8% to 15% by weight of organic carboxylic acid, carboxylic anhydride, carbonyl chloride or mixtures thereof and a.sub.3) 0% to 49% by weight, preferably 0% to 10% by weight and more preferably 0% to 5% by weight of auxiliaries or mixtures thereof.