Method of fabricating a multilayer insulation blanket
Abstract
An improved multilayer insulation blanket for insulating cryogenic structures operating at very low temperatures is disclosed. An apparatus and method for fabricating the improved blanket are also disclosed. In the improved blanket, each successive layer of insulating material is greater in length and width than the preceding layer so as to accommodate thermal contraction of the layers closest to the cryogenic structure. The fabricating apparatus has a rotatable cylindrical mandrel having an outer surface of fixed radius that is substantially arcuate, preferably convex, in cross-section. The method of fabricating the improved blanket comprises (a) winding a continuous sheet of thermally reflective material around the circumference of the mandrel to form multiple layers, (b) binding the layers along two lines substantially parallel to the edges of the circumference of the mandrel, (c) cutting the layers along a line parallel to the axle of the mandrel, and (d) removing the bound layers from the mandrel.
- Inventors:
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- Oak Lawn, IL
- Downers Grove, IL
- Aurora, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868837
- Patent Number(s):
- 5224832
- Assignee:
- Universities Research Association, Inc. (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16L - PIPES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; fabricating; multilayer; insulation; blanket; improved; insulating; cryogenic; structures; operating; temperatures; disclosed; apparatus; successive; layer; material; length; width; preceding; accommodate; thermal; contraction; layers; closest; structure; rotatable; cylindrical; mandrel; outer; surface; fixed; radius; substantially; arcuate; preferably; convex; cross-section; comprises; winding; continuous; sheet; thermally; reflective; circumference; form; multiple; binding; lines; parallel; edges; cutting; line; axle; removing; bound; reflective material; multiple layer; line parallel; improved blanket; continuous sheet; insulating material; outer surface; substantially parallel; multiple layers; successive layer; thermal contraction; rotatable cylindrical; multilayer insulation; insulation blanket; accommodate thermal; structures operating; fabricating apparatus; form multiple; cylindrical mandrel; layer insulation; improved multilayer; insulating cryogenic; cryogenic structure; cryogenic structures; /112/242/
Citation Formats
Gonczy, John D, Niemann, Ralph C, and Boroski, William N. Method of fabricating a multilayer insulation blanket. United States: N. p., 1993.
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Gonczy, John D, Niemann, Ralph C, & Boroski, William N. Method of fabricating a multilayer insulation blanket. United States.
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title = {Method of fabricating a multilayer insulation blanket},
author = {Gonczy, John D and Niemann, Ralph C and Boroski, William N},
abstractNote = {An improved multilayer insulation blanket for insulating cryogenic structures operating at very low temperatures is disclosed. An apparatus and method for fabricating the improved blanket are also disclosed. In the improved blanket, each successive layer of insulating material is greater in length and width than the preceding layer so as to accommodate thermal contraction of the layers closest to the cryogenic structure. The fabricating apparatus has a rotatable cylindrical mandrel having an outer surface of fixed radius that is substantially arcuate, preferably convex, in cross-section. The method of fabricating the improved blanket comprises (a) winding a continuous sheet of thermally reflective material around the circumference of the mandrel to form multiple layers, (b) binding the layers along two lines substantially parallel to the edges of the circumference of the mandrel, (c) cutting the layers along a line parallel to the axle of the mandrel, and (d) removing the bound layers from the mandrel.},
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year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
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