FORMALDEHYDE-FREE BINDER AND USE FOR MINERAL WOOL INSULATION PRODUCTS

• Main Authors: AZNAR ÉCIJA, ANA ISABEL, PI MACIAS, MARC, CASTRO-CABADO, MARIA MERCEDES, CASADO DOMÍNGUEZ, ARTURO LUIS, MOLINERO ARENAS, ALEJANDRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.05.2015
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

The present invention relates to a new formaldehyde-free binder composition for mineral wool products, wherein the binder composition is an aqueous composition containing starch, wherein an amount of 95 weight % or more of the starch is water-insoluble native starch, and an acrylic component. The present invention also relates to the use of this formaldehyde-free binder composition in the manufacturing of mineral wool insulation products. Finally, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing the formaldehyde-free binder composition wherein a dispersion of starch, wherein an amount of 95 weight % or more of the starch is water-insoluble native starch, is brought in contact with the acrylic component at a temperature of not higher than 40 °C.