Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a blistered silicate material having a high content of wollastonite and a low content of cristobalite and containing up to 30 to 40 percent by volume of fine blisters the size of a majority of which are 0.1 to 1mm with a substantial proportion being below 0.1mm wherein raw materials for the silicate material are introduced partly at the upper end of an inclined rotary kiln and partly at the lower end of the rotary kiln, whereby the materials will be distributed in the burning zone and melt.

Abstract: Foldable boxboard made by dry-laying cellulosic fibers and 1-10% starch. The boxboard has a weight of at least 210 g.s.m., a stiffness in the machine direction of at least 5.8 Kenley units, and a ratio of stiffness in the machine direction and in the cross-machine direction of substantially 1:1.

Abstract: This invention concerns apparatus for moulding ribs, ridges, studs or other upstanding projections on a mouldable material and although not so restricted it will hereafter be described with reference to its use on apparatus for moulding dry formed fibrous material.

Abstract: An apparatus for the deposition of dry fibres on a gas permeable wire comprising in combination a hammer mill having a lower perforated wall, a fibre distributor comprising a housing having a perforated plane-surfaced bottom wall, at least one plate member being located within said housing and extending inwardly from the inside of the side walls of said housing to divide it into an upper part and a lower part, a feed pipe connecting the hammer mill with the fibre distributor and a recycle pipe connecting the upper part of the housing of the distributor with the hammer mill.

Abstract: Apparatus for consolidating a dry-laid web of fibers comprising means for moistening the web, a heated surface, a backing which holds the moistened web against the heated surface, and at least two spaced apart pressure rolls which press against the backing to define with the heated surface pressure nips to increase the pressure on the web against the heated surface at the nips and wherein the backing holds the web against the heated surface between the nips.

Abstract: In a method of preparing colored fibrous sheet materials wherein a fiber-pulp is treated in a defibrator to form a stream of gas containing suspended fibers which are caused to form a fibrous layer on a forming surface, a dye or dye solution is added to the fiber-pulp which is introduced into said defibrator.

Abstract: A method of preparing a ceramic material comprising the steps of forming a mixture of crystallizable glass frit particles and a silicate binder having a melting point of between 950 and 1,100.degree.C, heating the mixture to melt the binder and to initiate crystallization of the crystallizable glass frit and cooling the heated mixture to room temperature.