Cassette technology for the production of polystyrene foam without a press

Abstract

Today, there are several ways to obtain polystyrene foam. Unfortunately, not every constructive solution, being suitable for solving heat engineering and other problems, turns out to be optimal in terms of creating a heat-insulating, noise and sound-absorbing material that meets the following requirements: energy saving, energy efficiency, minimization of waste generation during its manufacture, increasing labor productivity and reducing costs. We have created a cassette technology for producing polystyrene foam without a press. The proposed technology makes it possible to obtain polystyrene plates of the required thickness with a compacted surface layer, simplifies the design for the formation of polystyrene plates, reduces the cost of foam plastic production, and creates ease of maintenance and obtaining up to ten foam plastic sheets in one cycle at a time. The advantage of the technology is that each foam sheet of the required thickness has a compacted surface layer, which reduces the water and moisture absorption of the foam and leads to an increase in the energy efficiency of the resulting plates and the disappearance of waste. In addition, this block form has a simplified design, it doesn't require pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, pumps, etc., which reduces the cost of foam plates, facilitates labor and ensures the safety of operation of this equipment. Also, this unit is mobile, it can be used on a construction site, which is important for northern territories characterized by active development of oil and gas fields, placing it in shift camps of the oil and gas industry in the Arctic for the production of construction cabins and trailers for shift workers.