Method of fabricating hollow spheres, hollow spheres obtained thereby, and a sound absorber device making use thereof

• Main Authors: DELVERDIER OSMIN, VIE PHILIPPE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.06.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

A method of fabricating hollow spheres that involve cores in a mixer are covered by a polymeric binder; a first powder material is prepared in the form of an organic powder or a metal or mineral powder or fibers, and a second powder material that is can be decomposed by heat and/or that is soluble in a solvent; said powder materials are mixed together and added into the mixer; the resulting coated cores are dried; the coated cores are baking to destroy the cores and the second powder material, and to cross-link the binder so as to obtain hollow spheres with walls that are porous and perforated; optionally the spheres are immersed in a solvent; and said hollow spheres are subjected to mechanical piercing. Hollow spheres, and a sound-absorber device making use of them.