US Patent Issued to SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU on March 25 for "Method and apparatus for making insulating panels" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,803, issued on March 25, was assigned to SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH (Krefeld, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for making insulating panels" was invented by Jochem Berns (Grefrath, Germany), Klaus-Peter Schletz (Krefeld, Germany) and Jochen Dauter (Krefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and a method having a first and a second zone (Z1, Z2) for producing insulating or acoustic panels from a pressed material mat (2) which consists at least partially of lignocellulose particles coated with binders, the first zone (Z1) being designed for heating and/or compressing the pressed mat...